Bashamem inscription
The Bashamem inscription or Baalshamam inscription is a Phoenician language inscription found in Cagliari, Sardinia in 1877. It is currently in the Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Cagliari.
It is engraved on a rectangular block of dolomite, 61 x 20 x 29 cm, with a cavity in the top for the insertion of a statue, sculpture or other votive object linked to the cult of divinity.
It was found in the Piazza Sant'Eulalia; although it was originally thought to have come from near the Chiesa della Santissima Annunziata
The inscription is thought to mention San Pietro Island, known in classical times as Hawk Island.
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