Global InformationMitsri genealogy inscription information
| Mitsri genealogy inscription | |
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| Material | Stone |
| Created | 4th century BCE |
| Discovered | c. 1924 Tunis, Tunisia |
| Language | Punic |
The Mitsri genealogy inscription, known as KAI 78 or CIS I 3778, is a votive stele from Carthage in the Punic language.
It was excavated between 1922-25 by French archaeologist François Icard (Icard no. C!4392*)[1] and published by Eusèbe Vassel. Francis Kelsey took a squeeze of the stele during his 1925 archaeological mission.[2]
The inscription was originally attached to a statue of Baal-Hammon, and is dated to the fourth century BCE.[3] It is remarkable because it traces back the lineage of a certain Baalay, who put up the statue, for no less than sixteen generations, spanning a period of at least four centuries.
The name of the earliest ancestor, Mitsrî, means "(the) Egyptian". Two of Baalay's forefathers, three and four generations before him, had high functions in Carthage as a General (rab) and a head of state (suffes), respectively.
- ^ Benichou-Safar, Hélène (1995). "Les fouilles du tophet de Salammbô à Carthage (première partie)". Antiquités africaines (in French). 31 (1). PERSEE Program: 165–166. doi:10.3406/antaf.1995.1236. ISSN 0066-4871.
- ^ Bruehl, Eric (2006). "To the Lady Tanit, Face of Ba'al, and to Our Lord Ba'al Hammon: The Kelsey Squeezes from the 1925 Excavation in the Sanctuary of Tanit at Carthage". Bulletin. Bulletin: Vol. 12. 12. MPublishing, University of Michigan Library: 61. hdl:2027/spo.0054307.0012.001:03. Retrieved 2023-07-02.
- ^ Röllig, Wolfgang (1971). "Review [of Pierre Cintas, Manuel d'Archéologie punique, Vol. 1 (Paris 1970)]". Die Welt des Orients. 6 (2): 280–282: p. 280. JSTOR 25682719. Retrieved 2 December 2022.