Tabnit Sarcophagus

E641457

The Tabnit Sarcophagus is an ornate 5th-century BCE Phoenician royal stone coffin, famed for its bilingual inscriptions and exceptional preservation, now housed in the Istanbul Archaeological Museums.

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Tabnit Sarcophagus canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Phoenician sarcophagus ⓘ
archaeological artifact ⓘ
royal funerary object ⓘ
sarcophagus ⓘ
associatedPeriod Achaemenid period ⓘ
linked to: Achaemenid Empire
associatedRegion Eastern Mediterranean ⓘ
associatedWith Phoenician royal necropolis of Sidon ⓘ
Tabnit ⓘ
burialOf Tabnit ⓘ
collection Istanbul Archaeological Museums collection ⓘ
conservationStatus well preserved ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Phoenicia ⓘ
linked to: Fenicia
culture Phoenician civilization ⓘ
currentLocation Istanbul Archaeological Museums ⓘ
dateOfCreation 5th century BCE ⓘ
depicts reclining human figure on lid ⓘ
discoveredAt Sidon necropolis ⓘ
discoveredIn 19th century ⓘ
discoveredInCountry Lebanon ⓘ
genre funerary art ⓘ
hasFeature anthropoid shape ⓘ
bilingual inscription ⓘ
lid carved with human figure ⓘ
royal titulary inscription ⓘ
well-preserved surface ⓘ
hasInscription Egyptian hieroglyphic text ⓘ
Phoenician funerary curse ⓘ
hasLanguage Egyptian ⓘ
Phoenician ⓘ
hasType anthropoid sarcophagus ⓘ
historicalSignificance evidence of cultural interaction between Phoenicia and Egypt ⓘ
key source for Phoenician language and royal titulature ⓘ
inception 5th century BCE ⓘ
locatedIn Istanbul ⓘ
Istanbul Archaeological Museums ⓘ
Turkey ⓘ
material stone ⓘ
notableFor artistic quality of carving ⓘ
bilingual Phoenician-Egyptian inscriptions ⓘ
exceptional preservation ⓘ
royal Phoenician epigraphy ⓘ
originalLocation royal necropolis of Sidon ⓘ
partOf Phoenician royal tombs of Sidon ⓘ
placeOfOrigin Sidon ⓘ
relatedTo Eshmunazar II Sarcophagus ⓘ
usedFor royal burial ⓘ
writingSystem Egyptian hieroglyphs ⓘ
Phoenician alphabet ⓘ

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