Saqqara Aramaic Stele

The Saqqara Aramaic Stele, also known as the Berlin stele or the Egypto-Aramaean Stela of Ahatabu, is an Egyptian-Aramaic stele found in Saqqara in 1877.[1]

It was held in the Neues Museum in Berlin which was destroyed in World War II.[2][3]

The Aramaic inscription is known as KAI 267, CIS II 122 and TAD C20.3. Its content according to KAI is:

בריך אבה בר חור ואחתבו ברת עדיה כל 2 זי חסתמח קריתא bryk ʾbh br ḥwr wʾḥtbw brt ʿdyh kl 2 zy ḥstmḥ qrytʾ
קדם אוסרי אלהא אבסלי בר אבה אמה אחתבו qdm ʾwsry ʾlhʾ ʾbsly br ʾbh ʾmh ʾḥtbw
כן אמר בשנת 4 ירח מחיר חשיארש מלכא בזי מ[לכיא] kn ʾmr bšnt 4 yrḥ mḥyr ḥšyʾrš mlkʾ bzy m[lkyʾ]
ביד פמנ[...] byd pmn[...]

Bibliography

  • Wasmuth, Melanie; Silverman, Jason M.; Töyräänvuori, Joanna (2022-12-29). "The Egypto-Aramaean Stela of Ahatabu (Berlin ÄM 7707): A Cross-Cultural Discussion". Die Welt des Orients. 52 (2): 198–251. doi:10.13109/wdor.2022.52.2.198. ISSN 0043-2547.

References

  1. ^ Lepsius, Karl Richard (1877). "Eine Aegyptisch - Aramäische Stele". Zeitschrift für ägyptische Sprache und Altertumskunde. 15: 127–132 and pl. 1.
  2. ^ TM 91158
  3. ^ Funerary Stela From Saqqarah (Berlin Gipsformerei 939 Formerly ÄM 7707 [destroyed WW II]) (2.62)
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