Son of Baalshillek marble base

The Son of Baalshillek marble base is a Punic language inscription on a marble statue base discovered in 1856–58 at Carthage in Tunisia.

It was first published by Nathan Davis, and the one-line inscription is known as KAI 84 and CIS I 178.

Davis wrote that "This tablet is peculiar, as well for its material (white marble) as for its inscription. The plain square may have served as the base of a statuette,—the subject of the epitaph on the edges, of which two only have been preserved."

Of all the inscriptions found by Davis, it was one of just three that was not a traditional Carthaginian tombstone - the other two being number 73 (the Carthage tower model) and number 90 (the Carthage Tariff), which contained a bevelled architectural ornamentation.

It is held in the archives of the British Museum, as BM 125217.

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