Humbert Punic inscriptions

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The first four inscriptions, as published by Humbert The first published sketch of tombstones from Carthage (Jean Emile Humbert).jpg
The first four inscriptions, as published by Humbert

The Humbert Punic inscriptions are seven Punic inscriptions, found in Carthage by Jean Emile Humbert in 1817 in Husainid Tunisia. They were the first published Punic inscriptions found in Carthage.

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In 1821 Humbert published the first five Carthaginian inscriptions widely known in his publication: Notice sur quatre cippes sépulcraux et deux fragments, découverts en 1817 sur le sol de l’ancienne Carthage. In 1822, Hamaker republished these inscriptions, including his own interpretations and a wealth of linguistic commentary, in: Diatribe philologico-critica aliquot monumentorum Punicorum, nuper in Africa repertorum, interpretationem exhibens..., and in the same year, Reuvens published his observations in: Periculum animadversionum archaeologicarum ad cippos Punicos Humbertianos, Musei antiquarii Lugduno-Batavi. In 1824, a new inscription, based on a drawing from Tunis, was published by F. Münter in: Om en nylig blandt Ruinerne af Carthago opdaget Punisk Gravskrift. [1]

In 1828, Hamaker released his major work Miscellanea Phoenicia sive commentarii de rebus Phoenicum... which commented on these inscriptions. This was superseded in 1837 with Gesenius' monumental work: Scripturae Linguaeque Phoeniciae. [1]

Today they are held in the Rijksmuseum van Oudheden. [2]

Humbert publications 1821

The first four were discovered in 1817 and published in 1821 in Humbert's Notice sur quatre cippes sépulcraux et deux fragments, découverts en 1817, sur le sol de l'ancienne Carthage, which included the first published sketches of artefacts from Carthage.

Hamaker publications

Hamaker's inscriptions in 1828 Hamakar's Carthaginian inscriptions, 1828.jpg
Hamaker's inscriptions in 1828
Stele number 1, from the Rijksmuseum van Oudheden Carthaginian steles from Rijksmuseum van Oudheden Cat. Leemans 1842 CAb 1.jpg
Stele number 1, from the Rijksmuseum van Oudheden

A further three Punic inscriptions, found in Carthage in 1824 and published in Hamaker's 1828 Miscellanea Phoenicia.

The largest and best inscribed was first published in 1824 by Friedrich Münter. [3] It is labelled as CAb1 in the Rijksmuseum van Oudheden. [4] It is known as NE 432, 16. It was not published in CIS. [5]

The other two are known as CIS I 440 (CAa6, mid sized fragment) and CIS I 173 (smallest fragment); the latter is presumed to have been lost. [6]

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References

  1. 1 2 Leemans 1842, p. 53-56.
  2. ↑ CIS I 186, CIS I 187,CIS I 240, CAa5, CBa2
  3. ↑ Münter, Frederik (1824). Om en nylig blandt Ruinerne af Karthago opdaget Punisk Gravskrift ... Særskilt aftrykt af det Kongelige danske Videnskabers Selskabs Skrifter . Retrieved 2025-05-24.
  4. ↑ CAb1
  5. ↑ "ASOR PUNIC PROJECT :: STELA H U 3". ASOR PUNIC PROJECT. notes: many funerary inscriptions, including this well-known one (Carthaginensis octava) and others found by Falbe (below), never made their way into CIS.
  6. ↑ "ASOR PUNIC PROJECT :: STELA DRAWING HTC 85d.2". ASOR PUNIC PROJECT. Retrieved 2025-05-25.
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