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KAI 217

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Language
Aramaic
Script
Aramaic
Updated by
Cody Beasley, 2026-11-15
General Notes
This inscription, which mentions Bar-Rākib son of Panamuwa II and therefore dates to 733/2-727 BCE based on the reference to Tiglath-pileser III, was found during the five seasons of excavation at the site of ancient Sam’al undertaken from 1888-1902 by a team of researchers commissioned by the German Orient-Comité and the Berlin Museum. Carved in relief on dolerite, what remains of the inscription measures 44 by 45 cm. According to Donner and Röllig (1964), the icons beside the head of the king are intended to represent the Canaanite deities referred to in other Sam’alian inscriptions: the horned cap represents Hadad, the janus cap represents El, the yoke represents Rākib-El, and the winged sun disk represents Šamaš.

Donner, H. “Ein Orthostatenfragment Des Königs Barrakab von Sam’al.” Mitteilungen Des Instituts Für Orientforschung Mitteilungen des Instituts für Orientforschung (1955): 73–98. https://hdl.handle.net/2027/uva.x030224384?urlappend=%3Bseq=1.
Donner, Herbert, and Wolfgang Röllig. Kanaanäische und aramäische Inschriften. 5th ed. Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag, 2002.
References: No. 217
Donner, Herbert, and Wolfgang Röllig, eds. Kanaanäische und aramäische Inschriften. 5., erw. Und überarbeitete Aufl. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz, 1971.
References: 217.
Garbinin, G. “Note Aramaiche.” Antonianum 32 (1957): 427–30.

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Donner and Röllig Last updated 28 April, 2026 by James D. Moore

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Donner and Röllig Last updated 28 April, 2026 by James D. Moore

Ich bin Barrākib, der Sohn des Panammuwa, der (des) König(s) von Sam’al, der Sklave Tiglatpi
lesers, des Herrn der vier Viertel der Er[de, der Sklave des NN]
und der Götter des Hauses meines Vaters. L[oyal bin ich gegenüber]
meinem [H]errn und gegenüber den Sklaven des Hauses [meines Herrn, des Königs von Assyrien;]
ferner bin ich loyal gegenüber [ Wer]
von meinen Söhnen (den Söhnen des) [ ]
ihre Seelen [ Und es gebe Rā]
kib-el meine Gunst vo[r meinem Herrn, dem König von]
Assyrien und vor .[ ]
Moore, James D., Cody Beasley. 'KAI 217.' DEAPS. 12 Dec, 2025. https://deaps.osu.edu/text_objects/11657. Accessed: 15 Nov, 2026.