Batbaal Women XIII

Women XIII

Batbaal
nr.H.V.Cataloque Leemans CAb1
Inscription on a stone in Carthage (high 0.07m width 0.25m thick 0.115m)

Punic:
qbr btb['l] bt h.mlkt bn 'bd'sjmnytn bn bry hrb
Grave of Batbaal, daughter of Himilkat, son of Abesjmoen, son of Esjmoenyaton, son of Beray, the RAB

Date: unknown

So there are five generations mentioned:
5.Beray
4.Esjmoenyaton
3.Abdesjmoen
2.H.imilkat
1.Batbaal

The wife of H.imilkat is not mentioned. The line of the pedrigee is continued along the masculin branche.
The name Beray is strange. It occurs only twice in the Phoenician-Punic world. It could als mean "the fat one".

See also Benz 100-101
               Lidzbarski page 432

Source: Liste des pierres et moulages à textes phéniciens/puniques du musée des antiques à Lleyde, J.Hoftijzer.


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