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Serapeum Offering Table

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On display at the Louvre (AO 4824)

The Serapeum Offering Table is an Aramaic-inscribed offering table for libation found at the Serapeum of Saqqara in Egypt by Auguste Mariette in 1850. It has been dated to 400 BCE.[1]

The inscription is known as KAI 268, CIS II 123 and TAD C20.1. It is a dedication by Ahital to his father Baneith.

Bibliography

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  • Bargès, J.J.L. (1856). Nouvelle interprétation de l'inscription phénicienne découverte par m. Mariette dans le sérapéum de Memphis. Thèses religieuses (in French). J. Rouvier. Retrieved 2024-08-31.

References

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  1. ^ Inscription phénicienne sur une pierre à libation du Sêrape'um de Memphis, Bulletin archéologique de l'Athenaeum français, Number 8, August 1855