Son of Safatba'al inscription

The Son of Safatba'al inscription is a Phoenician inscription (KAI 9) dated to c. 500-475 BCE.

Son of Safatba'al inscription

It was published in Maurice Dunand's Fouilles de Byblos (volume I, 1926–1932, numbers 1143, plate XXXIII).[1]

It is currently at the National Museum of Beirut.

Text of the inscription

Three parts of the inscription are extant. The largest, fragment A (six lines), reads:[2][3]

(line A1a)[’NK *** B]N ŠPṬB‘L MLK GBL[I, *** (name unknown),[4] the so]n of Safatbaal, King of Byblos,
(A1b)P‘LT LY HMŠKB ZN [...I made for myself this resting-place (tomb) [...
(A2a)...]BYTK BL T[QM LŠT] ’RN ‘LT ’RN...] your tomb (?). You shall not per[sist in placing] coffin upon coffin.
(A2b)‘L KN P‘L[T LY HMŠKB ZN ...For this reason have I mad[e for myself this resting-place ...
(A3a)... WP‘L ’NK ’RN ZN L]Y BMŠKB ZN ’Š ’NK ŠKB BN... and I made this coffin for mys]elf in this resting-place that I (am) lying in.
(A3b)WBMQM [ZN ...And in [this] place [...
(A4)...]LY ’N[K ..]TY BRBM WYTN ’NK ’[......] for myself I [...] among the generals. And I gave [...
(A5)... ’L TPT]Ḥ ‘[LT HMŠKB] ZN LRGZ ‘ṢMY ’[M...... you shall not ope]n this [resting-place] to disturb my bones. [...
(A6)...(?)ŠM]Š ‘L[M...... Ete]rnal Se[mes (Sun-goddess) (?) ...
Composite picture of fragments B and C

Two smaller fragments, B and C, have been joined together and are now known as fragment B. It reads:

(line B1)...]H[......
(B2)... ’L TP‘L LK MŠK]B ’ṢL HMŠK[B ZN ...... You shall not make for yourself a resting-pla]ce (tomb) adjacent to [this] resting-pla[ce! ...
(B3)...]QR HMŠKB ’Š TP[TḤ......]QR(?) the resting-place that you op[en ...
(B4)... ’L YŠT ’Y]T ’RNW ‘LT ’RN ’N[K...... Let him not place] his coffin upon a coffin. I[...
(B5)... B‘LŠM]M WB‘L ’DR WB‘LT WKL ’[LN GBL ...... Baalsame]m and Baal ’Iddīr[5] and Baalt and all the god[s of Byblos ...
(B6)...]B‘LT WKL [’L ......] Baalt and all the [gods ...

Bibliography

References

  1. Dunand, Maurice (1939). Fouilles de Byblos: Tome 1er, 1926-1932 [The Byblos excavations, Tome 1, 1926–1932]. Bibliothèque archéologique et historique (in French). Vol. 24. Paris: Librarie Orientaliste Paul Geuthner. and Dunand, Maurice (1937). Fouilles de Byblos, Tome 1er, 1926–1932 (Atlas) [The Byblos excavations, Tome 1, 1926–1932 (Atlas)]. Bibliothèque archéologique et historique (in French). Vol. 24. Paris: Librarie Orientaliste Paul Geuthner via https://gallica.bnf.fr. {{cite book}}: External link in |via= (help)
  2. Donner, Herbert; Rölig, Wolfgang (2002). Kanaanäische und aramäische Inschriften (5 ed.). Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz. p. I, 2.
  3. Krahmalkov, Charles R. (2000). Phoenician-Punic Dictionary. Leuven: Peeters / Departement Oosterse Studies. ISBN 90-429-0770-3.
  4. Possibly Urimilk II.
  5. Ba‘al ’Iddīr or ’Addīr: Powerful, Great, or Mighty Baal.
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