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KAI 049

Metadata

Language
Phoenician / Punic
Script
Phoenician
Find Type
Excavation
Material
Graffito
Updated by
James D. Moore, 2026-06-28

Donner, Herbert, and Wolfgang Röllig, eds. Kanaanäische und aramäische Inschriften. 5., erw. Und überarbeitete Aufl. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz, 1971.
References: 49.
Textual Notes
Ln. 7: ˀBNKY is a mispelling of ˀNKY "I". The writer stopped and began again after ˀBNKY B... Ln. 16: see Ves. Cairo EM JdE 43464 h. Ln. 22: Most likely the name is ˀršy, not ˀrmy as KAI proposes. For discussion of the name Aramaya see Moore, Aspects of Judean Life.

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James Moore Last updated 07 April, 2026 by James D. Moore

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James Moore Last updated 07 April, 2026 by James D. Moore

I am Bodmelqar⸢t⸣
[PN]dan son of ⸢Ṣ⸣anar the boatman
Baˁalyatan (his) life is Astarte’s, (by the) name of B⸢aˁal⸣, for life
I am Ešmunšillek
I am king/Malk(i)
I am Baˁalsakar
I am Paser. I, Paser son of Baˁalyaton the drummer
I am ˁAbdrašap son of Ḥšq
I am ˁAzaˀ
Parsî/Persian/horseman
There am I, ˁAbdsism(i) son of ˁAzartbaˁal
I am Menaḥem son of Baˁalyaton
I am ˁAbdeshmnun son of Šallum the Kittian, I am.
Belonging to Gerˀahal
I am Ḥalbaˁal son of Baˁalpilles
Benḥodesh son of Gerhakkol, among the Krs
ˁAbdrašap son of Abanšamš son of ˀAnan the interpreter
I am ˁAbdṣapel son of ˁAbdmilkat son of Melqartˁammam
I am Geraˀ son of Abiqam, of H⸢pn⸣
Pilles
I am Benba[ˁal]
I am ˁAbde[š]mun son of ˀr[◦]y the perfumer
I am ˀšthl
ˀAb(i)baˁalšam
I am Eshmunb[arak]
I am Nipsaḥ son of Rambaˁal son of Ḥqrḥ, the judge/governor
I am Rambaˁal son of Y◦m◦ the palmmerchant
[I] am Eshmunˀadon[î] son of Mattani son of ˀAzorbaˁal
to ˁAbdšamš
Ab(i)baˁal, ˀAb(i)bel is equal
ˁAbdmelqart
ˁAbdhˀ K
ˁAbdrašap
I am Paˁalˀubast son of Ṣidyaton son of Gerṣid the Tyrian, who dwells in {Dky or 'ky (Akko)}. I enter Egypt, in the district of ˁAbdmnqrt the Onite. I am P...
I am Baˁalyaton son of Melqartḥannî
I am Magon son of Boda', who belongs to Ḥpṣbaˁal (of) Memphis
I am ˁAbdˀubast son of Ṣidyaton
Hnbaˁal came 3 (times) in the month of Ḥiyyar
I am ˀArš(i) son of (ˀA)bša⸢llu⸣[m]
I am B[od]aˀ son of ˀArš(i)
I am E[š]munˀadon son of Tartaˀ
son of Neraˀ
Abiqam
to Eshmun...
Anpqr, underlings
I am Šallum son of ˁAbdsism(i)
[I am Šal]lum son of ˁAbdsism(i), s[on of …]
I am ˁAbdḥˀ son of Baˁal...ṣr
I am T...nḥn...rašap
Moore, James D.. 'KAI 049.' DEAPS. 04 Feb, 2026. https://deaps.osu.edu/text_objects/11489. Accessed: 01 Jul, 2026.