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The Bashamem inscription or Baalshamam inscription is a Phoenician language
Cagliari fenicia e punica in Rivista di Studi Fenici XXXV
1-2007 Agnano Pisano (Pisa) 2009 pp. 54–57, fig. 6:3. * E. Pais, Bibliografia, Corpus Inscriptionum..... in BAS Anno I Serie II ed. A. Forni, p. 185, Cagliari 1884. * A. Taramelli, Guida del Museo Nazionale di Cagliari in Archivio Storico Sardo 1914 p. 264- 279 spec. p. 298. * M.G. Amadasi Guzzo, IFPCO Sard. 23, Roma 1967 pp. 101–102 Tav. XXXV
The Bashamem inscription or Baalshamam inscription is a Phoenician language inscription
Epigraphy () is the study of inscriptions, or epigraphs, as writing; it is the science of identifying graphemes, clarifying their meanings, classifying their uses according to dates and cultural contexts, and drawing conclusions about the wr ...
found in Cagliari
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, Sardinia
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in 1877. It is currently in the Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Cagliari Museo may refer to:
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It is engraved on a rectangular block of 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 Piazza Sant'Eulalia; although it was originally thought to have come from near the Chiesa della Santissima AnnunziataAmadasi Guzzo 1967 sard. 23
The inscription is thought to mention San Pietro Island
San Pietro Island (Italian language, Italian: ''Isola di San Pietro'', Ligurian (Romance language), Ligurian Tabarchino: ''Uiza de San Pé'', Sardinian language, Sardinian: ''Isula 'e Sàntu Pèdru'') is an island approximately off the South ...
, known in classical times as Hawk Island.
It is also known as KAI 64 or CIS I 139.
Text of the inscription
Bibliography
*''Editio princeps
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'': Elena, sopra una iscrizione fenicia scoperta in Cagliari : lettera al chiar . sig . cav . Gaetano Cara direttore del R. Museo archeologico di Cagliari . (28 pag . con tavola litogr . 4.) Livorno
* A. StiglitzCagliari fenicia e punica in Rivista di Studi Fenici XXXV
1-2007 Agnano Pisano (Pisa) 2009 pp. 54–57, fig. 6:3. * E. Pais, Bibliografia, Corpus Inscriptionum..... in BAS Anno I Serie II ed. A. Forni, p. 185, Cagliari 1884. * A. Taramelli, Guida del Museo Nazionale di Cagliari in Archivio Storico Sardo 1914 p. 264- 279 spec. p. 298. * M.G. Amadasi Guzzo, IFPCO Sard. 23, Roma 1967 pp. 101–102 Tav. XXXV
References
{{reflist Phoenician inscriptions Archaeological discoveries in Italy 1877 archaeological discoveries Phoenician steles KAI inscriptions