| Abibaʻl inscription | |
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The Abibaʻl Inscription in Phoenician letters. The Egyptian hieroglyphs are the cartouches of Sheshonq I
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| Created | c. 935 BC |
| Discovered | 1895 Byblos, Keserwan-Jbeil, Lebanon |
| Present location | Berlin, Germany |
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.
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. |
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