Abibaʻl inscription | |
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![]() The Abibaʻl Inscription in Phoenician letters. The Egyptian hieroglyphs are the cartouches of Sheshonq I | |
Created | c. 935 BC |
Discovered | 1895 Byblos, Keserwan-Jbeil, Lebanon |
Present location | Berlin, Germany |
The Abibaʻl Inscription is a Phoenician inscription from Byblos on the base of a throne on which a statue of Sheshonq I was placed. It is held at the Vorderasiatisches Museum Berlin.
It was found in 1895, [1] published in 1903. [2]
It was acquired by Charles Clermont-Ganneau via the Danish diplomat Julius Loytved. [3]
Currently in the archives of the Vorderasiatisches Museum Berlin, VA 3361. [4] [5]
It is known as KAI 5, and is one of thirteen significant inscriptions discovered in Byblos.
The inscription reads: [6]
(1) | [MŠ(?) Z Y]Bʼ ʼBBʻL MLK [GBL BYḤMLK (?) | This is the statue (?) that he brought, Abibaʻal, King [of Byblos, son of Yehimelk (?)] |
(2a) | MLK] GBL BMṢRM LBʻL[T GBL ʼDTW | King of] Byblos, from Egypt, for Baʻalat Gebal, his Lady]. |
(2b) | TʼRK BʻLT GBL YMT ʼBBʻL WŠNTW] ‘L GBL | May she prolong, Baʻalat Gebal, the days of Abibaal and his years] over Byblos. |
Abibaʻl inscription | |
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![]() The Abibaʻl Inscription in Phoenician letters. The Egyptian hieroglyphs are the cartouches of Sheshonq I | |
Created | c. 935 BC |
Discovered | 1895 Byblos, Keserwan-Jbeil, Lebanon |
Present location | Berlin, Germany |
The Abibaʻl Inscription is a Phoenician inscription from Byblos on the base of a throne on which a statue of Sheshonq I was placed. It is held at the Vorderasiatisches Museum Berlin.
It was found in 1895, [1] published in 1903. [2]
It was acquired by Charles Clermont-Ganneau via the Danish diplomat Julius Loytved. [3]
Currently in the archives of the Vorderasiatisches Museum Berlin, VA 3361. [4] [5]
It is known as KAI 5, and is one of thirteen significant inscriptions discovered in Byblos.
The inscription reads: [6]
(1) | [MŠ(?) Z Y]Bʼ ʼBBʻL MLK [GBL BYḤMLK (?) | This is the statue (?) that he brought, Abibaʻal, King [of Byblos, son of Yehimelk (?)] |
(2a) | MLK] GBL BMṢRM LBʻL[T GBL ʼDTW | King of] Byblos, from Egypt, for Baʻalat Gebal, his Lady]. |
(2b) | TʼRK BʻLT GBL YMT ʼBBʻL WŠNTW] ‘L GBL | May she prolong, Baʻalat Gebal, the days of Abibaal and his years] over Byblos. |