Son of Safatba'al inscription explained
The Son of Safatba'al inscription is a Phoenician inscription (KAI 9) dated to 500-475 BCE.
It was published in Maurice Dunand's Fouilles de Byblos (volume I, 1926–1932, numbers 1143, plate XXXIII).[1]
It is currently at the National Museum of Beirut.
Text of the inscription
Three parts of the inscription are extant. The largest, fragment A (six lines), reads:[2] [3]
Notes and References
- Book: Dunand, Maurice. Fouilles de Byblos: Tome 1er, 1926-1932. Librarie Orientaliste Paul Geuthner. 1939. Bibliothèque archéologique et historique. 24. Paris. fr. The Byblos excavations, Tome 1, 1926–1932. none. and Book: Dunand, Maurice. Fouilles de Byblos, Tome 1er, 1926–1932 (Atlas). Librarie Orientaliste Paul Geuthner. 1937. Bibliothèque archéologique et historique. 24. Paris. French. The Byblos excavations, Tome 1, 1926–1932 (Atlas). https://gallica.bnf.fr. none.
- Book: Donner . Herbert . Rölig . Wolfgang . Kanaanäische und aramäische Inschriften . 2002 . Harrassowitz . Wiesbaden . I, 2 . 5.
- Book: Krahmalkov . Charles R. . Phoenician-Punic Dictionary . 2000 . Peeters / Departement Oosterse Studies . Leuven . 90-429-0770-3.