Language:
French
Year of publication:
2022
Titel der Quelle:
Semitica et Classica; revue internationale d'études orientales et méditerranéennes
Angaben zur Quelle:
15 (2022) 142-145
Keywords:
Inscriptions, Phoenician
;
Iron age
;
Nicosia (Cyprus) Antiquities
Abstract:
A White-Painted IV jug acquired by the Nicosia Museum bears a short Phoenician inscription. A re-examination of this inscription reveals its contents: pine cones from Sidon. In the process, two new Phoenician words are identified for the first time, šbr = pine cone, ʾr = pine, words which should enter the vocabulary of West Semitic. Only the abbreviation “5 P” remains more enigmatic, probably referring to a measure. The Sidonian origin of the pine cone is the object of particular attention on the jug, perhaps emphasizing the quality of the pine seeds from that region.
DOI:
10.1484/J.SEC.5.133129
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