The Honeyman inscription, also known as the Archaic Cyprus inscription, is a seven-line Phoenician gravestone inscription found in Cyprus and first published in 1939. It is the oldest detailed Phoenician inscription found in Cyprus.[1]
It was first published in 1939 by Professor Alexander Mackie Honeyman in a review of the Phoenician inscriptions in the Cyprus Museum.[2] Its provenance is unknown, but it is made from red sandstone typical of Kokkinochoria.[2] On the basis of letter forms and grammatical peculiarities the writing was dated to c. 900 BCE (or rather the first half of the ninth century) by William F. Albright.[2]
It is currently in the Cyprus Museum (no. 397).
It is also known as KAI 30.
^Christina Ioannou, Cypriotes and Phoenicians, Kyprios Character: History, Archaeology & Numismatics of Ancient Cyprus, 25 August 2015, The Phoenicians and Cyprus prior to the 8th century: "The earliest Phoenician inscription dates paleographically to the 11th century BC... consists of three letters incised... The second inscription is cut on a grave stela and is intriguing both in respect of the date it is paleographically attributed to, i.e. 9th century BC, and in terms of its content. The inscribed grave stela refers to a Phoenician buried on the island by his/her relatives. Being in charge of his/her burial, they erected the stela while other elements indicate the high social position of the deceased. The content of the inscription also attests to the importance of the dead person. It is a text of seven lines which informs readers about the kind of disasters awaiting them if they attempt to violate the tomb.
^ abcHoneyman, A. M. “The Phoenician Inscriptions of the Cyprus Museum” Iraq, vol. 6, no. 2, 1939, pp. 104–108 see p.106-107, number 8.
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