Cebel Ires Daği (3.55)(2,712 words)
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Younger, K. Lawson, Jr., “Cebel Ires Daği (3.55)”, in: Context of Scripture Online, Editor in Chief: W. Hallo. Consulted online on 20 February 2019 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/2211-436X_cos_aCOSB_3_55>▲ Back to top ▲
Commentary
This inscription, written in good standard (Tyro-Sidonian) Phoenician and dating approximately to 625–600 bce, was incised on a coarse, dark limestone in the rough shape of a prism with three sides (measuring.545 m maximum in length along its base,.175 m in height and.315 m maximum in depth). The three sides (designated A, B, and C) follow an interlocking ord…