The Abdmiskar cippus is a white marble cippus in obelisk form discovered in Sidon, Lebanon, dated to 300 BCE. Discovered in 1890 by Joseph-Ange Durighello (son of the discoverer of the Sarcophagus of Eshmunazar II).
| Abdmiskar cippus | |
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_-_Louvre_-_AO_1759_et_AO_1762._-_picture_03.jpg) The cippus at the Louvre, 2022 | |
| Material | Marble |
| Height | 1.05 meters |
| Width | 30 cm |
| Created | c. 300 BC |
| Discovered | 1890 Sidon, South, Lebanon |
| Discovered by | Joseph-Ange Durighello |
| Present location | Paris, Ile-de-France, France |
| Language | Phoenician |
It contains a two line Phoenician inscription, stating that it represents an "offering made by Abdmiskar, son of Baalsillekh, to his lord Salman." It measures 105cm x 30cm x 30cm.[1] It has been compared to the obelisks in the Temple of the Obelisks in Byblos.
Today it is on display at the Louvre (AO 1759 + 1762).[1]
The inscription is known as KAI 282, RES 930, or the "fourth Sidonian".
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Bibliography edit
- Clermont-Ganneau Charles. Le cippe phénicien du Rab Abdmiskar. In: Comptes rendus des séances de l'Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres, 42e année, N. 3, 1898. pp. 403–408. DOI : https://doi.org/10.3406/crai.1898.71201
- Chatonnet, F. and Catherine Apicella. "Réflexions à propos de l'inscription d'Abdmiskar." (2008), Escapades au Levant, editor: C. Roche
- Renan, Ernest. "INSCRIPTION PHÉNICIENNE INÉDITE DE SIDON." Revue d'Assyriologie et d'archéologie Orientale 2, no. 3 (1891): 75–77. http://www.jstor.org/stable/23275681.