The Bashamem inscription or Baalshamam inscription is a Phoenician language inscription found in Cagliari, Sardinia in 1877. It is currently in the Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Cagliari.
It is engraved on a rectangular block of dolomite, 61 x 20 x 29 cm, with a cavity in the top for the insertion of a statue, sculpture or other votive object linked to the cult of divinity. [1]
It was found in the Piazza Sant'Eulalia; [2] [3] although it was originally thought to have come from near the Chiesa della Santissima Annunziata [4]
The inscription is thought to mention San Pietro Island, known in classical times as Hawk Island.
It is also known as KAI 64 or CIS I 139.
Transcription | Translation |
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L’DN LB‘ŠMM B’YNṢM NṢBM [W]ḤN[W]ṬM ŠNM 2 ’Š NDR B‘
LḤN’ ŠBDMLQRT BN ḤN’ BN ’ŠMN‘MS BN MHRB‘L BN ’TŠ |
To lord Bashamem, in Hawk Island, stelae and ḥnwṭs two (2), vowed the man Baa-
-lhanno to Bodmelqart, son of Hanno, son of Eshmunamas, son of Maharbal, son of ’TŠ |
The Bashamem inscription or Baalshamam inscription is a Phoenician language inscription found in Cagliari, Sardinia in 1877. It is currently in the Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Cagliari.
It is engraved on a rectangular block of dolomite, 61 x 20 x 29 cm, with a cavity in the top for the insertion of a statue, sculpture or other votive object linked to the cult of divinity. [1]
It was found in the Piazza Sant'Eulalia; [2] [3] although it was originally thought to have come from near the Chiesa della Santissima Annunziata [4]
The inscription is thought to mention San Pietro Island, known in classical times as Hawk Island.
It is also known as KAI 64 or CIS I 139.
Transcription | Translation |
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L’DN LB‘ŠMM B’YNṢM NṢBM [W]ḤN[W]ṬM ŠNM 2 ’Š NDR B‘
LḤN’ ŠBDMLQRT BN ḤN’ BN ’ŠMN‘MS BN MHRB‘L BN ’TŠ |
To lord Bashamem, in Hawk Island, stelae and ḥnwṭs two (2), vowed the man Baa-
-lhanno to Bodmelqart, son of Hanno, son of Eshmunamas, son of Maharbal, son of ’TŠ |