Amotbaal

Women XIV

Amotbaal
CIS I 3349  XI-A-601 Tanit III Carthage
Date: third century BC
Photography: R.Kubiczek, Krakow.

Punic:
[lrbt l tnt p]n b['l]
[wl'dn lb']l h.mn[']
[sj ndr ']mtb'l bt b
[d'sj]trt bn yh.w'

To the lady, to Tanit, face of Baal
and to the lord, to Baal H.amon is this
devoted by Amotbaal, daughter of Bo-
dasjtart, son of Yih.wo'

In: Appendix: Carthaginian Stones in the museum of Krakow.
Sacrifices d'enfants à Carthage et dans le monde sémitique oriental, E.Lipinski.

Yih.wo = YH.W' = grandfather of Amotbaal.
According to Ch.R.Krahmalkov it is a personal name. Phoenician-Punic Dictiomary, OLA 90, St.Phoen.XV, Leuven 2000 (blz 206). It could mean: "grant long live!"


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