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Bashamem Inscription
The Bashamem inscription or Baalshamin, Baalshamam inscription is a Phoenician language, Phoenician language Canaanite and Aramaic inscriptions, inscription found in Cagliari, Sardinia in 1877. It is currently in the Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Cagliari. It is engraved on a rectangular block of Dolomite (rock), dolomite, 61 x 20 x 29 cm, with a cavity in the top for the insertion of a statue, sculpture or other votive object linked to the cult of divinity. It was found in the :it:Chiesa di Sant'Eulalia (Cagliari), Piazza Sant'Eulalia; although it was originally thought to have come from near the :it:Chiesa della Santissima Annunziata (Cagliari), Chiesa della Santissima AnnunziataAmadasi Guzzo 1967 sard. 23 The inscription is thought to mention San Pietro Island, known in classical times as Hawk Island. It is also known as Kanaanäische und Aramäische Inschriften, KAI 64 or Corpus Inscriptionum Semiticarum, CIS I 139. Text of the inscription Bibliography *''Editio p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1877 Archaeological Discoveries
Events January * January 1 – Queen Victoria is proclaimed Empress of India by the Royal Titles Act 1876, introduced by Benjamin Disraeli, the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom . * January 8 – Great Sioux War of 1876: Battle of Wolf Mountain – Crazy Horse and his warriors fight their last battle with the United States Cavalry in Montana. * January 20 – The Conference of Constantinople ends, with Ottoman Turkey rejecting proposals of internal reform and Balkan provisions. * January 29 – The Satsuma Rebellion, a revolt of disaffected samurai in Japan, breaks out against the new imperial government; it lasts until September, when it is crushed by a professionally led army of draftees. February * February 17 – Major General Charles George Gordon of the British Army is appointed Governor-General of the Sudan. March * March 2 – Compromise of 1877: The 1876 United States presidential election is resolved with the selection of Rutherfor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
