The Carthage Tariff is a
Punic language inscription from the third century BCE, found on a fragments of a limestone stela in 1856-58 at
Carthage in
Tunisia. It is thought to be related to the
Marseille Tariff
The Marseille Tariff is a Punic language inscription from the third century BCE, found on two fragments of a stone in 1844/45 at Marseille in Southern France. It is thought to have originally come from the temple of Baal-Saphon in Carthage. It is ...
, found two decades earlier.
It was first published by
Nathan Davis, and the 11-line inscription is known as
KAI 74 and
CIS I 167.
Of all the inscriptions found by Davis, it was one of just three that was not a traditional
Carthaginian tombstone - the other two being number 71 (the
Son of Baalshillek marble base) and number 73 (the
Carthage tower model).
[Nathan Davis, 1863]
Inscriptions in the Phœnician character, now deposited in the British Museum, discovered on the site of Carthage, during researches made by Nathan Davis, esq; at the expense of Her Majesty's government, in the years 1856, 1857, and 1858
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The plaque lists the payments for ritual sacrifices, including which portions go to the priests and which to the offerer. It is thought to have been placed on a temple wall, setting out the rules for those giving offerings.
It is held in the archives of the
British Museum, as BM 125303.
Gallery
File:Nathan Davis Phoenician Inscriptions from Carthage in the British Museum (1856-58) 63.jpg
File:Nathan Davis Phoenician Inscriptions from Carthage in the British Museum (1856-58) 64.jpg
File:Cooke's Text-book of North-Semitic Inscriptions, KAI 74 from Carthage.jpg
See also
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Palmyra Tariff
The Palmyra Tariff is an ancient bilingual limestone inscription discovered in Palmyra, Syria. Dating to the 2nd century CE, the inscription provides valuable insights into the economic and political structure of the city and the wider Roman Empi ...
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Marseille Tariff
The Marseille Tariff is a Punic language inscription from the third century BCE, found on two fragments of a stone in 1844/45 at Marseille in Southern France. It is thought to have originally come from the temple of Baal-Saphon in Carthage. It is ...
References
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KAI inscriptions
Punic inscriptions
Phoenician religion
Economy of Phoenicia
Archaeological discoveries in Tunisia
3rd-century BC inscriptions
1850s archaeological discoveries
Middle Eastern objects in the British Museum