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Safatba'al Inscription
Safatba'al Inscription

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]

It is at the National Museum of Beirut.

Text of the inscription

The 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,
(3) BYḤMLK MLK GBL LB‘LT son of Yehimelk, king of Byblos, for Baalat
(4) GBL ’DTW T’RK B‘LT GBL Gebal, his Lady. May Baalat Gebal prolong
(5) YMT ŠPṬB‘L WŠNTW ‘L GBL the days of Safatbaal and his years over Byblos.

Bibliography

References

  1. Vriezen 1951, p. 11.
  2. Maurice Dunand, Biblia Grammata: Documents et Recherches sur le Dévelopment de L'écriture en Phénicie (Beyrouth: Direction des Antiquité, 1945): 146–151.
  3. "Middle East Kingdoms- Ancient Central Levant States". Kessler Associates. http://www.historyfiles.co.uk/KingListsMiddEast/CanaanByblos.htm. 
  4. Donner, Herbert; Rölig, Wolfgang (2002). Kanaanäische und aramäische Inschriften (5 ed.). Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz. p. I, 2.