- The
Ahiram sarcophagus (also
spelled Ahirom, 𐤀𐤇𐤓𐤌 in Phoenician) was the
sarcophagus of a
Phoenician King of
Byblos (c. 1000 BC),
discovered in 1923...
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between the two. The so-called
Ahiram epitaph,
whose dating is controversial,
engraved on the
sarcophagus of king
Ahiram in Byblos, Lebanon, one of five...
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disintegrated over time. The
stone sarcophagi were undecorated, save the
Ahiram sarcophagus. This
sarcophagus is
famed for its
Phoenician inscription, one...
- it was
believed Ithobaal was
mentioned in the
inscription found on the
Ahiram sarcophagus as the
titular king's heir; however, more
recent transcriptions...
- text in
Phoenician script is an
inscription on the
sarcophagus of King
Ahiram c. 1000 BCE. This
script is the
parent script of all
western alphabets....
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accomplishments were
usually conve****
through ornate sarcophagi, like that of
Ahiram of Byblos. The
Phoenicians kept
records of
their rulers in tomb inscriptions...
- is in both
lists Ashbel,
progenitor of the Ashbelites, is in both
lists Ahiram,
progenitor of the Ahiramites,
appears in this list but not the
first Shupham...
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Benjamite and the
father of Hushim. (1
Chronicles 7:12) He
might be the same as
Ahiram and Aharah. (Hebrew אֲחִי "my brother") Ahi is the son of
Abdiel in 1 Chronicles...
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indistinguishable before that time. The so-called
Ahiram epitaph,
engraved on the
sarcophagus of King
Ahiram from
about 1000 BC,
shows a
fully developed Phoenician...
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Phoenician alphabet of twenty-two characters; an
important example is the
Ahiram sarcophagus. The use of the
alphabet was
spread by
Phoenician merchants...
