Cyprus, Bilingual Greek-Phoenician inscription

Cyprus, Bilingual Greek-Phoenician inscription

Description

Cyprus, Bilingual Greek-Phoenician inscription

Details

[Ξά]νθιος̣
[ἐκ] Λυκίης
[Σ]μύρνος
ἐνθάδε κεῖ-
μαι ἀνὴρ
ἐκπωματ̣ο-
ποιός.

LMRNS HLWKY P῾L QŠM ᾿[Š B]BT Z

Here I lie, Smyrnos the Xanthian from Lycia, the cup maker,

For MNRS the Lycian, the cup maker (?), who is in this house (=tomb).

Date

ca. 500 BCE–ca. 300 BCE

Inscriptionnr

SEG 40.1355 (Greek/Phoenician)

Creator

Jona Lendering

Museum

Paris, Louvre

Licence

CC0 1.0 Universal

Categories

Cyprus

Tags

Inscription

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