Batnoam sarcophagus

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Batnoam inscription

The Batnoam inscription is a Phoenician inscription (KAI 11 and TSSI III 26) on a sarcophagus. It is dated to c. 450-425 BCE.

Contents

It was published in Maurice Dunand's Fouilles de Byblos (volume I, 1926-1932, numbers 1142, plate XXVIII). [1]

Text of the inscription

The inscription reads: [2] [3]

B’RN ZN ’NK BTN‘MIn 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 ‘LYwearing 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.

Bibliography

References

  1. Dunand, Maurice (1939). Fouilles de Byblos: Tome 1er, 1926-1932 [The Byblos excavations, Tome 1, 1926–1932]. Bibliothèque archéologique et historique (in French). Vol. 24. Paris: Librarie Orientaliste Paul Geuthner.
    (1937). Fouilles de Byblos, Tome 1er, 1926–1932 (Atlas) [The Byblos excavations, Tome 1, 1926–1932 (Atlas)]. Bibliothèque archéologique et historique (in French). Vol. 24. Paris: Librarie Orientaliste Paul Geuthner.
  2. Donner, Herbert; Röllig, Wolfgang (2002). Kanaanäische und aramäische Inschriften (5 ed.). Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz. p. I, 2.
  3. Krahmalkov, Charles R. (2000). Phoenician-Punic Dictionary. Leuven: Peeters / Departement Oosterse Studies. ISBN   90-429-0770-3.
  4. maḥsom: a funerary object to seal the lips of the deceased.