Khaznadar inscriptions explained

The Khaznadar inscriptions are approximately 120 Punic inscriptions, found in Carthage by Muhammad Khaznadar in the 1860s in Husainid Tunisia.

In 1869 Heinrich von Maltzan noted that Khaznadar's museum contained more than 120 Punic inscriptions (2/3 Punic and 1/3 neo-Punic) found during Khaznadar's excavations in three different points around the ruins of Carthage.

A number of the inscriptions were published in 1870 by von Maltzen in his 1870 Travels in the regencies of Tunis and Tripoli, and again in the following year by Julius Euting in his Punic stones.

Concordance

A number of the most notable inscriptions have been collected in the corpuses of Canaanite and Aramaic inscriptions, notably the Corpus Inscriptionum Semiticarum and theKanaanäische und Aramäische Inschriften.

NameImageDiscoveredNo. unitsEst. DateLocation foundCurrent LocationConcordance
NE KI NSI TSSIOth. ref.
Carthaginian mother goddess inscription1866-691Carthage83I 1777247Carth 215
Maltzen Sardlink1866-691Carthagelost (was at Paris WF)I 180432, 1584
Maltzen 1[image]1866-691CarthageI 2016431, 1182Carth 151
Maltzen 231866-691Carthage88I 1885431, 1383Carth 162
Maltzen 47[image]1866-691CarthageI 363431, 12Carth 183

KAI 88 (= CIS I 1885 = KI 83 = AO 28126[1]):[2] [3]

(line 1)   LRBT LTNT PNB‘L   [Stele dedicated] to the Lady Tinnīt-Phanebal
(1–2) WL’/[DN] LB‘L ḤMN and to the L[ord] Baal-hammon,
(2–3) ’Š NDR/’ [M]TNB‘L ’ŠT ‘BDM/LQRT that [M]attanbal has vowed, the wife of Abdmilqart,
(4) BN B‘LḤN’ the son of Baalhanno,
(4–5) BN / BD‘ŠTRT the grandson of Bodastart (Bostar);
(5) K ŠM’ QL’ for He [the god] heard her [Mattanbal's] voice (prayer).
(6) YBRK’ May He bless her!

Bibliography

. Heinrich von Maltzan. Sittenbilder aus Tunis und Algerien . Dyk . 1869a . de.

. Heinrich von Maltzan . Reise auf der Insel Sardinien. § 4. Inschrift zu Manuba . Dyk'sche Buchhandlung . 1869b . de . 583–586.

. Heinrich von Maltzan. Reise in den Regentschaften Tunis und Tripolis . Dyk . Reise in den Regentschaften Tunis und Tripolis . v. 1 . 1870 . de . Anhang: Ueber die neuentdeckten phönicischen Inschriften von Karthago.

. 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. https://collections.louvre.fr/en/ark:/53355/cl010152402 Louvre AO 28126
  2. Book: Donner . Herbert . Rölig . Wolfgang . Kanaanäische und aramäische Inschriften . 2002 . Harrassowitz . Wiesbaden . I, 21–22 . 5.
  3. Book: Krahmalkov . Charles R. . Phoenician-Punic Dictionary . 2000 . Peeters / Departement Oosterse Studies . Leuven . 90-429-0770-3.