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Terracotta amphora with Phoenician inscription, Cypriot (MET, 74.51.2300)

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Terracotta amphora with Phoenician inscription
Description

Cypriot; Amphora with Phoenician inscription; Cesnola Inscriptions; There is a painted inscription of three lines:

𐤁𐤏𐤋𐤐𐤋𐤎
𐤉𐤕𐤍
𐤔𐤌𐤓𐤉 or 𐤔𐤌𐤏𐤉

meaning:

Baalpilles (probably the name of the owner)
Yaton (personal name or verb meaning "gave")
ŠMRY or ŠMʿY
See: Teixidor, Javier (1976). "The Phoenician Inscriptions of the Cesnola Collection". Metropolitan Museum Journal 11: 66. DOI:10.2307/1512684. ISSN 0077-8958.
Date 6th–5th century B.C.; Cypro-Archaic II
Medium Clay
Dimensions H.: 22 3/4 in. (57.8 cm)
institution QS:P195,Q160236
Current location
Greek and Roman Art
Accession number
74.51.2300
Place of discovery From Cyprus, said to be from the sanctuary of the Phoenician diety Eshmun-melqarth at Kition (modern Larnaka)
Credit line The Cesnola Collection, Purchased by subscription, 1874–76
Notes Production of such Phoenician amphorae appears to have taken place on Cyprus, but finds at shipwrecks sites show that they were widely dispersed thoughout the eastern Mediterranean.
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https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/241854

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