1 janv. 800 av. J.-C. - Nora Stone

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EXAMINATION OF ANACHRONISMS IN BIBLICAL AND ASSYRIAN CHRONOLOGIES by Gerard Gertoux

The Nora stone, considered the oldest Phoenician inscription ever found in southern Sardinia, currently dated by epigraphy to c.800 BCE, confirms the episode of Queen Elissa's flight to found Carthage, since we read (proper names are in bold type):

1. btršš
2. wgrš h’
3. bšrdn š
4. lm h’ šl
5. m ṣb’ m
6. lkt nbn
7. š bn ngd
8. lpmy

Translation:
in Tarshish,
and he was driven
in Sardinia.
He is safe. Safe
is the crew (army) of
the Queen. Structure which the herald has built for Pumay

New translation:
A house he beat down.
And he drove out.
In Sardinia,
he is at peace;
his army is at peace. Mi-
-lkaton, son
of Shubon, [the] Commander (nagid). For Pummay.