image courtesy of J.-Á. Zamora/CIP

location: Copenhagen, Nationalmuseet Danmarks
registry: NMD ABb 149
findspot: Carthage, precinct of Tinnit and Ba‘l
date: 300-150 BCE
measure: x. , y. , z.270m
material: limestone
iconography: above, egg-and-dart; bordered inscription; below, astral florette and Egyptian-style offering table

inscription: CIS I.438 (Falbe 2)
¹LRBT LTNT PN B²ᶜL
WLᵓDN LBᶜL Ḥ³MN
ᵓŠ NDR MTM⁴LKT BT ŠPṬ
translation:
To the Mistress, to Tinnit Visage-of-Ba‘l
and to the Lord, to Ba‘l Ḥammon
(this is the votive) which she vowed did MTMLKT daughter of ŠPṬ

provenance: Falbe donation
bibliography: Gesenius 1835: 1345
Schröder 1869: Karth.14-15 xxvii.5 Taf.xiii.5
Euting 1883: Carth.13-14 Taf.6-7
Sznycer 2001: 43
notes: duplicated in Schröder (14-15) and Euting (13-14), but corrected by Renan (CIS I.438), who labels it “Falbe 2” (despite absence from 1833);
regarding the offering table, see also Paris AO 23100 (CIS I.2145) and London BM 125284 (Pu27), the latter labelled by Mendelson as “incense shovel“ and “offering tray“ (1999: 13, 24). Compare the form and function of offering tables in Leiden, such as those of Ankhshepenwepet (RMO AM 103) and of Senbebu & Dedusobek (RMO AM 12-c), etc.