The Batnoam inscription is a Phoenician inscription (KAI 11 and TSSI III 26) on a sarcophagus. It is dated to c. 450-425 BCE.
It was published in Maurice Dunand's Fouilles de Byblos (volume I, 1926-1932, numbers 1142, plate XXVIII). [1]
The inscription reads: [2] [3]
B’RN ZN ’NK BTN‘M | In this coffin I, Batno‘am, |
’M MLK ‘ZB‘L MLK GBL | mother of King Azbaal, King of Byblos, |
BN PLṬB‘L KHN B‘LT | son of Pilletbaal, Priest of Baalat |
ŠKBT | lie, |
BSWT WMR’Š ‘LY | wearing a garment and a head-piece on me, |
WMḤSM ḤRṢ LPY | and a muzzle [4] of gold on my mouth |
KM ’Š LMLKYT ’Š KN LPNY | like those of the queens who were before me. |