Larnakas tis Lapithou pedestal inscription
| Larnakas tis Lapithou pedestal inscription | |
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The inscription, as published by Ph. Berger in 1894 | |
| Material | Marble |
| Height | 44 cm |
| Width | 69 cm |
| Created | c. 275 BC |
| Discovered | 1893 Larnakas tis Lapithou, Girne, Northern Cyprus |
| Discovered by | Emile Deschamps |
| Present location | Paris, Ile-de-France, France |
| Language | Phoenician |
| Part of a series on |
| Canaanite and Aramaic inscriptions |
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The Larnakas tis Lapithou pedestal inscription, also known as KAI 43 or RES 1211, is a sixteen-line Phoenician inscription on the pedestal of a now lost statue of a local Cypriote governor, Yatonbaal. It is on a piece of greyish marble, measuring 44 by 69 centimeters, found in 1893 by Émile Deschamps at the foot of a hill near the northeastern Cypriote village of Larnax-Lapithou (ancient Narnaka), in a field strewn with ancient stones, "that local inhabitants use as building material".
The inscription is now in the Louvre, with identification AM 624. It probably dates from 275 BCE.