Avignon Punic inscription

The Avignon Punic inscription is a Punic language inscription found in the Champfleury area of Quartier Ouest of Avignon in 1897, by a builder digging a trench 2-3 meters deep on the boundary of a property. It was first announced by Mayer Lambert.

It is currently held at the Musée d'archéologie méditerranéenne in Marseilles. It is known as KAI 70 and RES 360

It is considered to originate from Carthage.

Inscription



 * (1) || QBR ZYBQT HKHN[T L]RBT ... BT|| (This is the) grave of ZYBQT, the pries[tess of (the)] Lady... daughter of
 * (2) || ʿBDʾŠMN BN BʿLYTN BN ʿBDʾŠMN ʾŠT ||  'Abd-Eshmun, son of Baalyaton, son of 'Abd-Eshmun; wife of
 * (3) || BʿLḤNʾ MQM ʾL[M BN] ʿBDMLQRT BN || Baalhanno, (the) servant (of the) go[ds, son of] 'Abd-Melqart, son of
 * (4) || ḤMLKT BN ʿBDʾŠMN ʾBL LPTḤ || Himilco, son of 'Abd-Eshmun. Do not open this.
 * }
 * (3) || BʿLḤNʾ MQM ʾL[M BN] ʿBDMLQRT BN || Baalhanno, (the) servant (of the) go[ds, son of] 'Abd-Melqart, son of
 * (4) || ḤMLKT BN ʿBDʾŠMN ʾBL LPTḤ || Himilco, son of 'Abd-Eshmun. Do not open this.
 * }
 * (4) || ḤMLKT BN ʿBDʾŠMN ʾBL LPTḤ || Himilco, son of 'Abd-Eshmun. Do not open this.
 * }