Tripolitania Punic inscriptions

Tripolitania Punic inscriptions
Bilingual inscription at Leptis Magna
WritingPunic

The Tripolitania Punic inscriptions are a number of Punic language inscriptions found in the region of Tripolitania – specifically its three classical cities of Leptis Magna, Sabratha and Oea (modern Tripoli), with the vast majority being found in Leptis Magna. The inscriptions have been found in various periods over the last two centuries, and were catalogued by Giorgio Levi Della Vida. A subset of the inscriptions feature in all the major corpuses of Canaanite and Aramaic inscriptions, notably as KAI 119-132.

In addition to inscriptions in the Punic script, the corpus includes a number of Punic inscriptions written in Latin script, such as KAI 304-305.[1][2]

According to Karel Jongeling, 68 inscriptions are known from Leptis Magna, 15 from Sabratha, 10 from Oea, 4 from Zaiuet el-Mahgiub, 3 from Wadi el-Amud, 2 from Germa and 1 each from El-Amruni, Gasr Doga, Bir Gebira, Bu Khemmàsc, Henchir Gen Rieime, Misurata Marina, Al-Qusbat, Ras el-Hadagia, Sàmet el-Crèma, Taglit and Tarhuna.[3]

  1. ^ Goodchild, R. G. (2011-11-29). "The Latino-Libyan Inscriptions of Tripolitania - The Antiquaries Journal". The Antiquaries Journal. 30 (3–4): 135–144. doi:10.1017/S0003581500087795. ISSN 1758-5309. S2CID 162787261. Retrieved 2022-05-31.
  2. ^ Charles R. Krahmalkov. “A Reinterpretation of the Neo-Punic Inscription IRT 889 from Roman Tripolitania.” Journal of the American Oriental Society, vol. 93, no. 1, 1973, pp. 61–64. JSTOR, https://doi.org/10.2307/600518. Accessed 31 May 2022.
  3. ^ Neo-punic inscriptions from Libya