Carthaginian mother goddess inscription

The Carthaginian mother goddess inscription is a notable Punic inscription from Carthage published in 1871. One of about 140 inscriptions collected by Muhammad Khaznadar, it was first published by Julius Euting. Khaznadar was refused permission to make copies, but was passed copies of 19 inscriptions by E. Massé, Sidi Muhammed's secretary, and the consul Karl Tulin De La Tunisie.^[1] Euting had numbered it Carthage 215, having numbered his collection beginning at 120, picking up after the numbering published two years previously in 1869 by Paul Schröder in his Die Phönizische Sprache. It is known as CIS I 177, NSI 47, KAI 83 and KI 72.

The Carthaginian mother goddess inscription in the Corpus Inscriptionum Semiticarum (CIS I 177)

Inscription

‎𐤋𐤓𐤁𐤕 𐤋𐤀𐤌𐤀 𐤅𐤋𐤓𐤁𐤕 𐤋𐤁𐤏𐤋𐤕 𐤄𐤇𐤃𐤓𐤕 𐤀𐤔 𐤐𐤏𐤋 𐤇𐤌𐤋𐤓 𐤁𐤍 𐤁𐤏𐤋𐤇𐤍𐤀^[2]

To the lady Amma, and to the lady, mistress of the inner shrine (?) which HMLR, son of Ba'al-hanno, made.^[2]

Bibliography

Euting, Julius (1871). Punische Steine. Mémoires de l'Académie Impériale des Sciences de St.-Pétersbourg (in German). Académie impériale des sciences de St.-Pétersbourg.
Moumni, Ridha (2020). "Archaeology and Cultural Policy in Ottoman Tunisia Part I: Muhammad Khaznadar (1865–70)". Muqarnas. 37. Brill: 265–289. doi:10.1163/22118993-00371P10. ISSN 0732-2992. JSTOR 27141540. Retrieved August 18, 2024.
Moumni, Ridha (December 6, 2021). "Archaeology and Cultural Policy in Ottoman Tunisia Part II: Muhammad Khaznadar (1871–99)". Muqarnas Online. 38 (1). Brill: 223–252. doi:10.1163/22118993-00381p08. ISSN 0732-2992.

References

^ Euting 1871, p. 2: "Von den in der Manuba befindlichen Schätzen etwas copiren zu dürfen, ertheilte mir der Inhaber derselben, Prinz Sidi Muhammed, Sohn des Premierministers Mustafa Chasnadar, die Erlaubniss durchaus nicht, und so hätte ich darauf verzichten müssen, von den dort gesehenen (circa 140) Inschriften etwas zuverlässiges mittheilen zu können, wäre ich nicht durch die persönlich aufopfernden Bemühungen des Herrn E. Massé, Secretärs des Sidi Muhammed, in den Besitz einer Anzahl von Abklatschen gekommen, die an Pünktlichkeit und Deutlichkeit Nichts zu wünschen übrig lassen. Dieselben dienen, wofern sie nicht ineditae sind, zur Correctur für die v. M.'schen Copien. Es sind 19 Nummern, die mir durch Herrn Tulin de la Tunisie zugegangen sind, und für die ich meinen ganz besonderen Dank ausspreche; in der nachfolgenden Abhandlung sind sie durch SMM bezeichnet." (transl. The owner of the Manuba, Prince Sidi Muhammed, son of Prime Minister Mustafa Chasnadar, did not give me permission to copy anything from the treasures in the Manuba, and so I would have had to forego being able to report anything reliable about the inscriptions I saw there (around 140) had I not come into possession of a number of copies through the personally self-sacrificing efforts of Mr. E. Massé, Sidi Muhammed's secretary, which leave nothing to be desired in terms of punctuality and clarity. These serve, provided they are not unedited, to correct the copies made by von M. There are 19 copies that were sent to me by Mr. Tulin de la Tunisie and for which I express my very special thanks; in the following article they are designated by SMM.)
^ ^a ^b George Albert Cooke, 1903: Text-book of North-Semitic Inscriptions: Moabite, Hebrew, Phoenician, Aramaic, Nabataean, Palmyrene, Jewish, number 47

[1] Euting 1871, p. 2: "Von den in der Manuba befindlichen Schätzen etwas copiren zu dürfen, ertheilte mir der Inhaber derselben, Prinz Sidi Muhammed, Sohn des Premierministers Mustafa Chasnadar, die Erlaubniss durchaus nicht, und so hätte ich darauf verzichten müssen, von den dort gesehenen (circa 140) Inschriften etwas zuverlässiges mittheilen zu können, wäre ich nicht durch die persönlich aufopfernden Bemühungen des Herrn E. Massé, Secretärs des Sidi Muhammed, in den Besitz einer Anzahl von Abklatschen gekommen, die an Pünktlichkeit und Deutlichkeit Nichts zu wünschen übrig lassen. Dieselben dienen, wofern sie nicht ineditae sind, zur Correctur für die v. M.'schen Copien. Es sind 19 Nummern, die mir durch Herrn Tulin de la Tunisie zugegangen sind, und für die ich meinen ganz besonderen Dank ausspreche; in der nachfolgenden Abhandlung sind sie durch SMM bezeichnet." (transl. The owner of the Manuba, Prince Sidi Muhammed, son of Prime Minister Mustafa Chasnadar, did not give me permission to copy anything from the treasures in the Manuba, and so I would have had to forego being able to report anything reliable about the inscriptions I saw there (around 140) had I not come into possession of a number of copies through the personally self-sacrificing efforts of Mr. E. Massé, Sidi Muhammed's secretary, which leave nothing to be desired in terms of punctuality and clarity. These serve, provided they are not unedited, to correct the copies made by von M. There are 19 copies that were sent to me by Mr. Tulin de la Tunisie and for which I express my very special thanks; in the following article they are designated by SMM.)

[NSI-2] George Albert Cooke, 1903: Text-book of North-Semitic Inscriptions: Moabite, Hebrew, Phoenician, Aramaic, Nabataean, Palmyrene, Jewish, number 47

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