DASI ID: ID: 4201
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"Stone inscriptions BNM 2037 and 877 By kind permission of National Museum of Beirut"
Text:
Translations:
1[...so]n of Špṭbʿl, king of Byblos I made this tomb for me [... ...] 2[... ...]?...sarcophagus on sarcophagus. This is why I made[... ...] 3[... ...]y in this tomb in which I lie [...and] in [this] place [... ...] 4[... ...] for me? I [ ] among the Powerful. And I gave [... ...] 5[you shall not op]en this [tomb] to disturb my bones[... ...] 6[... ...] 7[... ...] 8[... ...] next to [this] tomb [... ...] 9[... ...] this tomb which you op[en... ...] 10[... ...] sarcophagus and on the sarcophagus [... ...] 11[... ...] and Baal Addir and Baalat and all [the gods... ...] 12[... ...] Baalat and all [the gods... ... ]
Physical
Support: Object → Stone piece
Measures: h. 22, w. 40, th. 31 (2037) ; h. 18, w. 19, th. 32 (877)
Linguistic
Language: Canaanite → Phoenician
Alphabet: Canaanite
Script Typology: Monumental writing
Textual Typology: Funerary text
Writing Techniques: Incision
Spatial
Deposit:
settlement: Beirut
institution: National Museum
private Collection: false
identification Number: 2037+877
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