Saqqara Aramaic Stele Explained

The Saqqara Aramaic Stele is an Egyptian-Aramaic stele found in Saqqara in 1877.[1]

It was held in the Neues Museum in Berlin which was destroyed in World War II.[2] [3]

The Aramaic inscription is known as KAI 267, CIS II 122 and TAD C20.3. Its content according to KAI is:

Official Aramaic (700-300 BCE);; Imperial Aramaic (700-300 BCE);: בריך אבה בר חור ואחתבו ברת עדיה כל 2 זי חסתמח קריתא
Official Aramaic (700-300 BCE);; Imperial Aramaic (700-300 BCE);: קדם אוסרי אלהא אבסלי בר אבה אמה אחתבו
Official Aramaic (700-300 BCE);; Imperial Aramaic (700-300 BCE);: כן אמר בשנת 4 ירח מחיר חשיארש מלכא בזי מ[לכיא]
Official Aramaic (700-300 BCE);; Imperial Aramaic (700-300 BCE);: ביד פמנ[...]

Notes and References

  1. Karl Richard Lepsius . Karl Richard . Lepsius . Eine Aegyptisch - Aramäische Stele. Zeitschrift für ägyptische Sprache und Altertumskunde. 1877. 15. 127–132 and pl. 1.
  2. https://www.trismegistos.org/text/91158 TM 91158
  3. https://referenceworks.brillonline.com/entries/context-of-scripture/funerary-stela-from-saqqarah-berlin-gipsformerei-939-formerly-am-7707-destroyed-ww-ii-262-aCOSB_2_62 Funerary Stela From Saqqarah (Berlin Gipsformerei 939 Formerly ÄM 7707 [destroyed WW II]) (2.62)