Maktar inscriptions | |
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![]() The Grand Dedicatory Inscription, in ten parts (KAI 145) | |
Writing | Punic |
Discovered | 1892 |
The Maktar and Mididi inscriptions are a number of Punic language inscriptions, found in the 1890s at Maktar and Mididi, Tunisia. A number of the most notable inscriptions have been collected in Kanaanäische und Aramäische Inschriften, and are known as are known as KAI 145-158.
More than 150 such inscriptions were known by the end of the 19th century. [1]
A number of inscriptions were found in 1892 during excavation of the Temple of Hathor Miskar.
They were first published by Philippe Berger in 1901, [2] and are known as KAI 145-147.
In 1901 Paul Gauckler sent to the Comité des travaux historiques et scientifiques stampings of 6 monuments found in Maktar, from the Punico-Roman cemetery next to the Aïn-el-Bab gate. [3] These are known as KAI 148-153 and RES 161-166.
In 1901, René Basset sent to the Comité des travaux historiques et scientifiques stampings of 18 monuments and inscriptions found in the excavation of Mididi, of which 14 were neo-punic funerary inscriptions. [4] These are known as KAI 154-158 and RES 167-180.
Temple of Hathor Miskar inscriptions
Ain Bab and Mididi
Maktar inscriptions | |
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![]() The Grand Dedicatory Inscription, in ten parts (KAI 145) | |
Writing | Punic |
Discovered | 1892 |
The Maktar and Mididi inscriptions are a number of Punic language inscriptions, found in the 1890s at Maktar and Mididi, Tunisia. A number of the most notable inscriptions have been collected in Kanaanäische und Aramäische Inschriften, and are known as are known as KAI 145-158.
More than 150 such inscriptions were known by the end of the 19th century. [1]
A number of inscriptions were found in 1892 during excavation of the Temple of Hathor Miskar.
They were first published by Philippe Berger in 1901, [2] and are known as KAI 145-147.
In 1901 Paul Gauckler sent to the Comité des travaux historiques et scientifiques stampings of 6 monuments found in Maktar, from the Punico-Roman cemetery next to the Aïn-el-Bab gate. [3] These are known as KAI 148-153 and RES 161-166.
In 1901, René Basset sent to the Comité des travaux historiques et scientifiques stampings of 18 monuments and inscriptions found in the excavation of Mididi, of which 14 were neo-punic funerary inscriptions. [4] These are known as KAI 154-158 and RES 167-180.
Temple of Hathor Miskar inscriptions
Ain Bab and Mididi