Ur Box Inscription
The Ur Box inscription is a 7th century BCE Phoenician inscription on the lid of an ivory box found in Ur in 1927 during the excavations of Leonard Woolley (a joint excavation by the British Museum and University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Penn Museum).Burrows, E. (1927)Phoenician Inscription from Ur Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland, (4), 791-794 It was the first Phoenician inscription found in Iraq. It is currently in the archives of the British Museum, with ID number BM 120528. Description The box measures 11 x 5 cm. The script resembles the Neirab steles. Inscription Guzzo proposes a translation of: This coffer here(?) ''’MTB‘L'', daughter of ''PṬ’S'', servant of our lord(?), has offeredas a gift(?) to her lady Ashtart; may she bless her. In his days, (the days) of our lord... son of ''YSD''/''YSR''. Discovery It was found beneath "Nebuchadnezzar's pavement of the north-east chamber of the sanctuary E-nu ...
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Ur Box Inscription (front Of Box)
The Ur Box inscription is a 7th century BCE Phoenician inscription on the lid of an ivory box found in Ur in 1927 during the excavations of Leonard Woolley (a joint excavation by the British Museum and University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Penn Museum).Burrows, E. (1927)Phoenician Inscription from Ur Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland, (4), 791-794 It was the first Phoenician inscription found in Iraq. It is currently in the archives of the British Museum, with ID number BM 120528. Description The box measures 11 x 5 cm. The script resembles the Neirab steles. Inscription Guzzo proposes a translation of: This coffer here(?) ''’MTB‘L'', daughter of ''PṬ’S'', servant of our lord(?), has offeredas a gift(?) to her lady Ashtart; may she bless her. In his days, (the days) of our lord... son of ''YSD''/''YSR''. Discovery It was found beneath "Nebuchadnezzar's pavement of the north-east chamber of the sanctuary E-nu ...
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