Kition Necropolis Phoenician inscriptions

The Kition Necropolis Phoenician inscriptions are four Phoenician inscriptions discovered in the necropolis of Tourapi at Kition in 1894 by British archaeologist John Myres on behalf of the Cyprus Exploration Fund. They currently reside in the British Museum, the Cyprus Museum and the Ashmolean Museum.[1][2][3]

The inscription in the British Museum (KAI 34)
The inscription in the British Museum (KAI 34), close up

They are dated to the 4th century BCE.[4]

British Museum inscription

The inscription in the British Museum, known as BM 125082, and the inscription as KAI 34, is a white marble funeral stela with a rectangular shaft and triangular top. The inscription is in five lines.[5]


Notes
  1. Cooke, George Albert (1896). Four Phoenician Inscriptions from Cyprus I. The Academy. J. Murray. p. 59.
  2. Cooke, George Albert (1896). Four Phoenician Inscriptions from Cyprus II. The Academy. J. Murray. p. 80.
  3. Frothingham, A., & Marquand, A. (1896). Archæological News. The American Journal of Archaeology and of the History of the Fine Arts, 11(1), 62-144. doi:10.2307/496535
  4. Myres, J. (1897). Excavations in Cyprus in 1894. The Journal of Hellenic Studies, 17, 134-173. doi:10.2307/623823
  5. BM 125082
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