Pughat, 'who shoulders water, who knows the course of the stars', is one of the most vividly drawn women of Levantine narrative literature. After her brother Aqhat's murder she washes and rouges herself, straps on a hero's dagger and sword beneath her garments, and comes at dusk to the tent of the assassin Yatpan, who is plied with wine as the extant text breaks off, on the evident brink of her revenge. She has often been compared with the vengeful and resourceful heroines of later biblical narrative such as Jael and Judith.