Saqqara Aramaic Stele
The Saqqara Aramaic Stele, also known as the Berlin stele or the Egypto-Aramaean Stela of Ahatabu, is an Egyptian-Aramaic stele found in Saqqara in 1877.
It was held in the Neues Museum in Berlin which was destroyed in World War II.
The Aramaic inscription is known as KAI 267, CIS II 122 and TAD C20.3. Its content according to KAI is:
בריך אבה בר חור ואחתבו ברת עדיה כל 2 זי חסתמח קריתא bryk ʾbh br ḥwr wʾḥtbw brt ʿdyh kl 2 zy ḥstmḥ qrytʾ קדם אוסרי אלהא אבסלי בר אבה אמה אחתבו qdm ʾwsry ʾlhʾ ʾbsly br ʾbh ʾmh ʾḥtbw כן אמר בשנת 4 ירח מחיר חשיארש מלכא בזי מ[לכיא] kn ʾmr bšnt 4 yrḥ mḥyr ḥšyʾrš mlkʾ bzy m[lkyʾ] ביד פמנ[...] byd pmn[...]
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