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Ashdod, Nebi Yunis, 3rd century BCE. Limestone offering table. Dedicatory.
Transcription נצב מלךאש נדר ויתן הערכת אש עבדא בן עבדאס
לאדננם לאשמן שמאדני בן עבדאס ושמע בן שמעושלם בן בדא ועבדמלך בן
עבדאשמןתטא ובעליתן בן יסף ועבדתוין בן בעליתן ובעלצלח בן עבדאשמן עבדאמן בן
עבדאבסת ומריחי ויתנבעל בן עבדא ושלם בן עבדאשמן גראמן בן במא
עבדצפןעבדיצן ואסיתן בן
בן עבדאשמן ועבדא בןאשמן וע בדי
בןעבדי בן הגר ועבדאס בן הגרשלמי בן מריחי
ועבדאסר |
Translation Stele “Mlk”. (This is) which (he?/they?) vowed and donated – this – (namely,)
ʿbdʾ son of ʿbdʾs, to their master, to ʾshmn. Shmʾdny son of ʿbdʾs, and Shmʿ son
of Shmʿ, and Shlm son of Bdʾ, and ʿbdmlk son of ʿbdʾshmn, ʿbdyṣn and ʾsytn son
of ʿbdʾshmn, and ʿbdʾ son of ʾshmn ... and ʿbdy son of Hgr, and ʿbdʾs son of
Hgr, Shlmy son of Mryḥy, and ʿbdʾsr. |
Diplomatic [no diplomatic] |
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Languages
Hebrew
Dimensions
H: 7 cm; W: 116 cm; D: 98 cm
Date
299 BCE to 200 BCE
Current location
No provenance provided.
Figures
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Bibliography
Source of diplomatic
- ZoteroLagrange, M.J. “UNE INSCRIPTION PHÉNICIENNE.” Revue Biblique 1, no. 2 (1892): 275–79.
Source of transcription
- ZoteroLagrange, M.J. “UNE INSCRIPTION PHÉNICIENNE.” Revue Biblique 1, no. 2 (1892): 275–79.
Source of translation
- ZoteroLagrange, M.J. “UNE INSCRIPTION PHÉNICIENNE.” Revue Biblique 1, no. 2 (1892): 275–79.
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