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location: Copenhagen, Nationalmuseet Danmarks;
Leiden, Rijksmuseum van Oudheden (cast)
London, British Museum (copy)
registry: NMD ABb 91; RMO CF*7 CAa9; BM C.211
findspot: Meteda (Falbe 1833: 105-106)—between Vacca (Béja) and Sicca Veneria (el-Kef)
precinct of Ba‘l
date: 1st CE
measure: x.260, y.145, z.51m
material: gypsum plaster
iconography: solar rosette, lunar crescent; paired birds facing wreath; paired solar rosettes and paired dolphins facing a vessel and flanking paired palm fronds
inscription: NP 8
¹LᵓDN BᶜL ḤMN
Kᶜ ŠMᶜ ²QLᵓ BRKᵓ
SWṢKᵓ BN ³BRKBᶜL BN MᶜSGᶜBN
translation:
To the Lord Ba‘l Ḥammon
because he heard his voice and blessed him,
SWṢKᵓ son of BRKBᶜL son of MᶜSGᶜBN
provenance: C. T. Falbe 1833; cast 1841
bibliography:
Falbe 1833: pl.V.4 (Copenhague deuxième)
Gesenius 1837: nᵒ58 Numidica secunda Taf.22
Schröder 1869: Neup.8
Euting 1883: Neop.8
Lidzbarski 1898: 432 nᵒ16 Taf.14.2
Hoftijzer 1963: 98 (presumed lost)
Sznycer 2001: pl.2
Jongeling Tunisia OU N1
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