Avignon_Punic_inscription

Avignon Punic inscription

Avignon Punic inscription

Language inscription found in the Champfleury area of Avignon in 1892

The Avignon Punic inscription is a Punic language inscription found in the Champfleury area of Quartier Ouest of Avignon in 1897, by a builder digging a trench 2-3 meters deep on the boundary of a property. It was first announced by Mayer Lambert.[1]

The Avignon Punic inscription

It is currently held at the Musée d'archéologie méditerranéenne in Marseilles. It is known as KAI 70 and RES 360

It is considered to originate from Carthage.

Inscription

(1)QBR ZYBQT HKHN[T L]RBT ... BT(This is the) grave of ZYBQT, the pries[tess of (the)] Lady... daughter of
(2)ʿBDʾŠMN BN BʿLYTN BN ʿBDʾŠMN ʾŠT 'Abd-Eshmun, son of Baalyaton, son of 'Abd-Eshmun; wife of
(3)BʿLḤNʾ MQM ʾL[M BN] ʿBDMLQRT BNBaalhanno, (the) servant (of the) go[ds, son of] 'Abd-Melqart, son of
(4)ḤMLKT BN ʿBDʾŠMN ʾBL LPTḤHimilco, son of 'Abd-Eshmun. Do not open this.

Bibliography

References

  1. [1]
    Berger Philippe. Annonce de la découverte d'une inscription phénicienne à Avignon. In: Comptes rendus des séances de l'Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres, 41e année, N. 6, 1897. p. 672. DOI : https://doi.org/10.3406/crai.1897.71073
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