The Safatba'al inscription or the Shipitbaal inscription is a Phoenician inscription (KAI 7, TSSI III 9) found in Byblos in 1936,[1] published in 1945.[2][3]
| Safatba'al inscription | |
|---|---|
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| Created | c. 900 BC |
| Discovered | 1936 Byblos, Keserwan-Jbeil, Lebanon |
| Present location | Beirut, Beirut Governorate, Lebanon |
It is at the National Museum of Beirut.
Text of the inscription
editThe inscription reads:[4]
(1)
QR
Z
BNY
ŠPṬB‘L
MLK
This wall was built by Safatbaal, king
(2)
GBL
BN
’LB‘L
MLK
GBL
of Byblos, son of Elibaal, king of Byblos,
(5)
YMT
ŠPṬB‘L
WŠNTW
‘L
GBL
the days of Safatbaal and his years over Byblos.
Bibliography
edit- Christopher Rollston, "The Dating of the Early Royal Byblian Phoenician Inscriptions: A Response to Benjamin Sass." MAARAV 15 (2008): 57–93.
- Benjamin Mazar, The Phoenician Inscriptions from Byblos and the Evolution of the Phoenician-Hebrew Alphabet, in The Early Biblical Period: Historical Studies (S. Ahituv and B. A. Levine, eds., Jerusalem: IES, 1986 [original publication: 1946]): 231–247.
- William F. Albright, The Phoenician Inscriptions of the Tenth Century B.C. from Byblus, JAOS 67 (1947): 153–154.
- Vriezen, Theodoor Christiaan (1951). Palestine Inscriptions. Brill Archive. GGKEY:WGXUQKP9C87.
References
edit- ^ Vriezen 1951, p. 11.
- ^ Maurice Dunand, Biblia Grammata: Documents et Recherches sur le Dévelopment de L'écriture en Phénicie (Beyrouth: Direction des Antiquité, 1945): 146–151.
- ^ "Middle East Kingdoms- Ancient Central Levant States". Kessler Associates. Retrieved 23 May 2017.
- ^ Donner, Herbert; Rölig, Wolfgang (2002). Kanaanäische und aramäische Inschriften (5 ed.). Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz. p. I, 2.