Honeyman inscription
| Honeyman inscription | |
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| Created | c. 900 BC |
| Discovered | before 1940 Cyprus |
| Present location | Nicosia, Nicosia District, Cyprus |
| Part of a series on |
| Canaanite and Aramaic inscriptions |
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The Honeyman inscription, also known as the Archaic Cyprus inscription, is a seven-line Phoenician gravestone inscription found in Cyprus and first published in 1939. It is the oldest detailed Phoenician inscription found in Cyprus.
It was first published in 1939 by Professor Alexander Mackie Honeyman in a review of the Phoenician inscriptions in the Cyprus Museum. Its provenance is unknown, but it is made from red sandstone typical of Kokkinochoria. On the basis of letter forms and grammatical peculiarities the writing was dated to c. 900 BCE (or rather the first half of the ninth century) by William F. Albright.
It is currently in the Cyprus Museum (no. 397).
It is also known as KAI 30.