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  • English: Funerary stele, ca. 350–300 BC. Marble, found in the grove of the Academy, Athens. Bears a Phoenician inscription: “To Benhodesh, son of ʿAbdmilqart, son of ʿAbdshamash, son of TGNS, men of Kition” and a Greek inscription: ΝΟΥΜΗΝΙΟΣ ΚΙΤΙΕΥ / NOUMÊNIOS KITIEU
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  • Français : Stèle funéraire en marbre, v. 350–300 av. J.-C. Trouvée dans les jardins de l'Académie, à Athènes. Inscription phénicienne : «à Benodesh, fils de ʿAbdmilqart, fils de ʿAbdshamash, fils de TGNS, hommes de Cittium.» Inscription grecque : ΝΟΥΜΗΝΙΟΣ ΚΙΤΙΕΥ / NOUMÊNIOS KITIEU .
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institution QS:P195,Q19675
Current location
Department of Oriental Antiquities, Sully, ground floor, room 18b
Accession number
AO 4834
Credit line Sold by Louis François Sébastien Fauvel to the comte de Forbin ; in the Louvre collections since 1817.
Source/Photographer Jastrow (2005)
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