The Athenian Greek-Phoenician inscriptions are 18 ancient Phoenician inscriptions found in the region of Athens, Greece (also known as Attica). They represent the second largest group of foreign inscriptions in the region after the Thracians (25 inscriptions). 9 of the inscriptions are bilingual Phoenician-Greek and written on steles. Almost all of them bear the indication of the deceased's city of origin, not just the more general designation of their ethnicity, like most other non-Greek inscriptions in the region.
The bilingual inscriptions
Athens inscriptions Dedicated toImageType DiscoveredDateCurrent LocationConcordance KAI CIS / RÉS NE KI NSI TSSI IG II2Artemidoros son of Heliodoros of Sidon = Abdtanit, son of Abdshamash, of Sidon Funerary 1795 ca. 340 BC British Museum (BM 1861,0726.1 and 1937,1211.1)Marble stele of a Phoenician resident of Athens with a bilingual inscription in Greek alphabetic and Phoenician scripts, British Museum 53 I 116 424,2 45 III 40 10270Antipatros son of Aphrodisias of Askalon = Shem son of Abdashtart of Askalon Funerary 1861 300s BC National Archaeological Museum, Athens (NM 1488) 54 I 115 424,1 46 32 8388 Benḥudeš, son of 'Abdmilqart, son of 'Abdšamaš, son of TGNṢ of Kition = Noumenios of Citium Funerary 1794 ca. 300 BC Louvre (AO 4834) 55 I 117 424,3 47 34 9034Erene of Byzantium Funerary 1831 Archaeological Museum of Piraeus (3582) 56 I 120 425,1 48 8440
Piraeus inscriptions Dedicated toImage Type DiscoveredDateCurrent LocationConcordance KAI CIS / RÉS NE KI NSI TSSI IG II2 Maḥdaš son of Pene-Simlat of Kition = Noumenios of Kition Funerary 1884 200s BC 57 R 388 425,2 49 9035 Askun-Adar Dedication 1871 100 BC Archaeological Museum of Piraeus 58 I 118 425,5 50 Asept daughter of Esyselemos of Sidon = Asept daughter of Ešmunšillemi of Sidon Funerary 1841 200s BC Archaeological Museum of Piraeus 59 I 119 425,3 51 35 10271 Diopeithes of Sidon = Shema'ba'al son of Magon (Marzēaḥ inscription) Decree 1887Renan, Ernest. “INSCRIPTION PHÉNICIENNE ET GRECQUE DÉCOUVERTE AU PIRÉE.” Revue Archéologique 11 (1888): 5–7. http://www.jstor.org/stable/41728884. ca. 300 BC Louvre 60 R 1215 425,4 52 33 III 41 2946Abdešmun son of Šallum son of Ab[...] Funerary 1842Archaeological Museum of Piraeus (3850)I 121
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External links Artemidorus stele on Attic Inscriptions Online KAI 60 on the Louvre site (AO 4827) Noumenius stele on the Louvre site (AO 4834)