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Phoenician inscription from 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 |
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Discovered | 1895
Byblos,
Keserwan-Jbeil,
Lebanon |
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Present location |
Berlin,
Germany |
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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.
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Currently in the archives of the
Vorderasiatisches Museum Berlin, VA 3361.
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It is known as
KAI 5, and is one of thirteen significant inscriptions discovered in
Byblos.
The inscription reads:
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[MĆ (?) Z Y]Bʼ ʼBBÊ»L MLK [GBL BYកMLK (?) |
This is the statue (?) that he brought, Abibaʻal, King [of Byblos, son of Yehimelk (?)]
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(2a) |
MLK] GBL BMáčąRM LBÊ»L[T GBL ʼDTW |
King of] Byblos, from Egypt, for
Baʻalat Gebal, his Lady].
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(2b) |
TʼRK BÊ»LT GBL YMT ʼBBÊ»L WĆ NTW] âL GBL |
May she prolong, Baʻalat Gebal, the days of Abibaal and his years] over Byblos.
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^ Vriezen, Theodoor Christiaan (1951).
Palestine Inscriptions. Brill Archive. p. 9. GGKEY:WGXUQKP9C87.
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Charles Simon Clermont-Ganneau,
Inscription égypto-phénicienne de Byblos, Comptes rendu, Académie des inscriptions et belies-lettres (Paris, 1903).
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^ Clermont-Ganneau Charles.
Fragment de stÚle 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 Ă DjebaĂŻl mĂȘme par M. LĂŽytved."
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"Ganz nach dem Geschmack von Lepsius!â - Das Statuenfragment Scheschonqs I. aus Byblos im Vorderasiatischen Museum zu Berlin und Neues zur königlichen Skulptur der Libyerzeit
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^ Lemaire, André,
La datation des rois de Byblos Abibaal et Ălibaal et les relations entre lâĂgypte et le Levant au Xe siĂšcle av. notre Ăšre, Comptes rendus des sĂ©ances de l'AcadĂ©mie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres AnnĂ©e 2006 150-4 pp. 1697-1716
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^ Donner, Herbert; Rölig, Wolfgang (2002). KanaanÀische und aramÀische Inschriften (5 ed.). Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz. p. I, 1.