Global InformationLarnakas tis Lapithou pedestal inscription information
| Larnakas tis Lapithou pedestal inscription | |
|---|---|
 The inscription, as published by Ph. Berger in 1894[1] | |
| Material | Marble |
| Height | 44 cm |
| Width | 69 cm |
| Created | c. 275 BC |
| Discovered | 1893 Larnakas tis Lapithou, Girne, Northern Cyprus |
| Discovered by | Emile Deschamps |
| Present location | Paris, Ile-de-France, France |
| Language | Phoenician |
The Larnakas tis Lapithou pedestal inscription, also known as KAI 43 or RES 1211, is a sixteen-line Phoenician inscription on the pedestal of a now lost statue of a local Cypriote governor, Yatonbaal. It is on a piece of greyish marble, measuring 44 by 69 centimeters, found in 1893 by Émile Deschamps at the foot of a hill near the northeastern Cypriote village of Larnax-Lapithou (ancient Narnaka), in a field strewn with ancient stones, "that local inhabitants use as building material".[1]
The inscription is now in the Louvre, with identification AM 624.[2] It probably dates from 275 BCE.[3]
- ^ a b Berger, Ph. (1894). "Mémoire sur une inscription Phénicienne de Narnaka: dans l'île de Chypre". Revue d'Assyriologie et d'archéologie orientale. 3 (3). JSTOR: 69–88. Archived from the original on 7 May 2022. Retrieved 1 June 2022.
- ^ AM 624 Archived 2022-06-01 at the Wayback Machine, Louvre
- ^ Sznycer Maurice. Nouvelle lecture d'un mot dans l'inscription phénicienne de Larnaka-Tis-Lapithou Archived 2022-06-01 at the Wayback Machine. In: Cahiers du Centre d'Etudes Chypriotes. Volume 27, 1997. Mélanges Olivier Masson. pp. 149-156. DOI : https://doi.org/10.3406/cchyp.1997.1329 Archived 2022-06-01 at the Wayback Machine