Cippi of Melqart
The Cippi of Melqart is the collective name for two Phoenician marble cippi that were unearthed in Malta under undocumented circumstances and dated to the 2nd century BC. These are votive offerings to the god Melqart, and are inscribed in two languages, Ancient Greek and Phoenician, and in the two corresponding scripts, the Greek and the Phoenician alphabet. They were discovered in the late 17th century, and the identification of their inscription in a letter dated 1694 made them the first Phoenician writing to be identified and published in modern times. Because they present essentially the same text (with some minor differences), the cippi provided the key to the modern understanding of the Phoenician language. In 1758, the French scholar Jean-Jacques Barthélémy relied on their inscripti
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Cippi of Melqart
The Cippi of Melqart is the collective name for two Phoenician marble cippi that were unearthed in Malta under undocumented circumstances and dated to the 2nd century BC. These are votive offerings to the god Melqart, and are inscribed in two languages, Ancient Greek and Phoenician, and in the two corresponding scripts, the Greek and the Phoenician alphabet. They were discovered in the late 17th century, and the identification of their inscription in a letter dated 1694 made them the first Phoenician writing to be identified and published in modern times. Because they present essentially the same text (with some minor differences), the cippi provided the key to the modern understanding of the Phoenician language. In 1758, the French scholar Jean-Jacques Barthélémy relied on their inscripti
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Als Cippi des Melqart oder Cip ...... sich im in Valletta auf Malta.
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El Cipo de Melqart o Cippi de ...... rqueología en Valletta, Malta.
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Els Cips de Melqart o Cippi de ...... ueologia a La Valletta, Malta.
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Les cippes de Melqart sont deu ...... du déchiffrement du phénicien.
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The Cippi of Melqart is the co ...... nscription is known as KAI 47.
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The Louvre Cippus
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National Museum of Archaeology ...... Room 18b, at the Louvre Museum
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White marble
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Notice
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The Cippi of Melqart
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CIS I, 122/122 bis or KAI 47 , AO 4818
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Greek script and ancient Phoenician alphabet
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Als Cippi des Melqart oder Cip ...... sich im in Valletta auf Malta.
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El Cipo de Melqart o Cippi de ...... 4, el erudito francés utilizó
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Els Cips de Melqart o Cippi de ...... a identificar 18 de les 22 ll
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Les cippes de Melqart sont deu ...... du déchiffrement du phénicien.
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The Cippi of Melqart is the co ...... lémy relied on their inscripti
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Cipo de Melqart
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Cippes de Melqart
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Cippi des Melqart
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Cippi of Melqart
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Cips de Melqart
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