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Abibaʻl inscription

Abibaʻl inscription
The Abibaʻl Inscription in Phoenician letters. The Egyptian hieroglyphs are the cartouches of Sheshonq I
Createdc. 935 BC
Discovered1895
Byblos, Keserwan-Jbeil, Lebanon
Present locationBerlin, Germany
Abibaʻl inscription archaeological (copy)

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.

Text of the inscription

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The inscription reads:[6]

(1) [MŠ(?) Z Y]Bʼ ʼBBʻL MLK [GBL BYḤMLK (?) [This is the statue (?) that he br]ought, Abibaʻal, King [of Byblos, son of Yehimelk (?)]
(2a) MLK] GBL BMṢRM LBʻL[T GBL ʼDTW [King of] Byblos, from Egypt, for Baʻal[at 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.

Bibliography

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References

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  1. ^ Vriezen, Theodoor Christiaan (1951). Palestine Inscriptions. Brill Archive. p. 9. GGKEY:WGXUQKP9C87.
  2. ^ Charles Simon Clermont-Ganneau, Inscription égypto-phénicienne de Byblos, Comptes rendu, Académie des inscriptions et belies-lettres (Paris, 1903).
  3. ^ Clermont-Ganneau Charles. Fragment de stèle découvert à Djebaïl (Byblos), avec les cartouches du pharaon Chechonk Ier. In: Comptes rendus des séances de l'Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres, 47e année, N. 1, 1903. p. 91. DOI : https://doi.org/10.3406/crai.1903.19290 "M. Clermont-Ganneau communique ensuite des estampages et photographies d'un autre monument recueilli à Djebaïl même par M. Lôytved."
  4. ^ "Ganz nach dem Geschmack von Lepsius!“ - Das Statuenfragment Scheschonqs I. aus Byblos im Vorderasiatischen Museum zu Berlin und Neues zur königlichen Skulptur der Libyerzeit
  5. ^ Lemaire, André, La datation des rois de Byblos Abibaal et Élibaal et les relations entre l’Égypte et le Levant au Xe siècle av. notre ère, Comptes rendus des séances de l'Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres Année 2006 150-4 pp. 1697-1716
  6. ^ Donner, Herbert; Rölig, Wolfgang (2002). Kanaanäische und aramäische Inschriften (5 ed.). Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz. p. I, 1.
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