Carthage Tariff Explained

Carthage Tariff
Material:Limestone
Location:British Museum, London
Id:BM 125303
Language:Punic
Discovered Place:Tunis, Tunisia
Discovered Date:1856-58

The Carthage Tariff is a Punic language inscription from the third century BCE, found on a fragments of a limestone stela in 1856-58 at Carthage in Tunisia. It is thought to be related to the Marseille Tariff, found two decades earlier.[1]

It was first published by Nathan Davis, and the 11-line inscription is known as KAI 74 and CIS I 167.

The plaque lists the payments for ritual sacrifices, including which portions go to the priests and which to the offerer. It is thought to have been placed on a temple wall, setting out the rules for those giving offerings.

It is held in the archives of the British Museum, as BM 125303.[2]

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Notes and References

  1. [George Albert Cooke]
  2. Web site: Plaque | British Museum .