Sant'Antioco bilingual explained

The Sant'Antioco bilingual is a bilingual Latin-Punic inscription found in 1881 in Sant'Antioco, Sardinia.[1] The inscription is on a large marble block 71 x 63 cm, with a hole at the top for a statue.[1]

It was discovered by German epigrapher Johannes Schmidt, who was working in Sardinia on behalf of Theodor Mommsen and his Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum.[1] It was found in the courtyard of the house of Giuseppe Angius.[1]

It is currently in the Museo archeologico comunale Ferruccio Barreca.[2] The Punic inscription is known as KAI 172 and CIS I 149.

Notes and References

  1. https://archive.org/details/hrdillmannlasube00dill_0/page/n4/mode/1up Hr. Dillmann las: Über eine neuentdeckte punische Inschrift
  2. Web site: Sulcis, Sardinia. 25 March 2020.