Carthaginian slaughterhouse inscription explained

The Carthaginian slaughterhouse inscription is a notable Punic inscription from Carthage published in 1871, currently held in the British Museum (ID number BM 125263[1] . One of 10 inscriptions collected by Anglican clergyman William Fenner, based in La Goulette, Tunis, and given to Julius Euting for publication.[2] Euting had numbered it Carthage 195, having numbered his collection beginning at 120, picking up after the numbering published two years previously in 1869 by Paul Schröder in his Die Phönizische Sprache. It is known as CIS I 175, NSI 46, KAI 80 and KI 68.

Inscription

The Decemvirs in charge of the sanctuaries renovated and made this slaughter-house (?) ? steps: which was in the year of the s[uffetes....] Ger-sakun and Ger-ashtart, son of Yaḥon-baal, son of 'Azru-ba'al, son of Shafat, and Bod‘ashtart, son....

Bibliography

. Julius Euting. Punische Steine . Académie impériale des sciences de St.-Pétersbourg . Mémoires de l'Académie Impériale des Sciences de St.-Pétersbourg . 1871 . de.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Altar; BM 125263. The British Museum . 2024-08-19.
  2. Euting, 1871, p.2, "Der englische Geistliche in der Goletta, Rev. W. Fenner, hat mir 10 ihm gehörige Inschriften zur Publikation überlassen."