Abdmiskar cippus

Abdmiskar cippus
The cippus at the Louvre, 2022
Material	Marble
Height	1.05 meters
Width	30 cm
Created	c. 300 BC
Discovered	1890 Sidon, South, Lebanon
Discovered by	Joseph-Ange Durighello
Present location	Paris, Ile-de-France, France
Language	Phoenician

The Abdmiskar cippus is a white marble cippus in obelisk form discovered in Sidon, Lebanon, dated to 300 BCE. Discovered in 1890 by Joseph-Ange Durighello (son of the discoverer of the Sarcophagus of Eshmunazar II).

It contains a two line Phoenician inscription, stating that it represents an "offering made by Abdmiskar, son of Baalsillekh, to his lord Salman." It measures 105cm x 30cm x 30cm. ^[1] It has been compared to the obelisks in the Temple of the Obelisks in Byblos.

Today it is on display at the Louvre (AO 1759 + 1762). ^[1]

The inscription is known as KAI 282, RES 930, or the "fourth Sidonian".

Gallery

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  The cippus
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  The cippus
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  The inscription
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  The inscription

Bibliography

• Clermont-Ganneau Charles. Le cippe phénicien du Rab Abdmiskar. In: Comptes rendus des séances de l'Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres, 42^e année, N. 3, 1898. pp. 403–408. DOI : https://doi.org/10.3406/crai.1898.71201
• Chatonnet, F. and Catherine Apicella. "Réflexions à propos de l'inscription d'Abdmiskar." (2008), Escapades au Levant, editor: C. Roche
• Renan, Ernest. "INSCRIPTION PHÉNICIENNE INÉDITE DE SIDON." Revue d'Assyriologie et d'archéologie Orientale 2, no. 3 (1891): 75–77. http://www.jstor.org/stable/23275681.

References

1. AO 1759