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    The Ahiram sarcophagus (also spelled Ahirom, 𐤀𐤇𐤓𐤌‎ in Phoenician) was the sarcophagus of a Phoenician King of Byblos (c. 1000 BC), discovered in 1923...
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  • "missing link" between the two. The Ahiram epitaph, whose dating is controversial, engraved on the sarcophagus of king Ahiram in Byblos, Lebanon, one of five...
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    disintegrated over time. The stone sarcophagi were undecorated, save the Ahiram sarcophagus. This sarcophagus is famed for its Phoenician inscription, one...
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  • it was believed Ithobaal was mentioned in the inscription found on the Ahiram sarcophagus as the titular king's heir; however, more recent transcriptions...
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  • indistinguishable before that time. The so-called Ahiram epitaph, engraved on the sarcophagus of King Ahiram from about 1000 BC, shows a fully developed Phoenician...
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    text in Phoenician script is an inscription on the sarcophagus of King Ahiram c. 1000 BCE. This script is the parent script of all western alphabets....
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  • brother of death Ahinadab Ahinoam Ahio Ahira, brother of evil, i.e. unlucky Ahiram Ahisamach Ahishahar, "the [divine] brother is dawning light" Ahishar Ahithophel...
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    accomplishments were usually conveyed through ornate sarcophagi, like that of Ahiram of Byblos. The Phoenicians kept records of their rulers in tomb inscriptions...
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  • Benjamite and the father of Hushim. (1 Chronicles 7:12) He might be the same as Ahiram and Aharah. (Hebrew אֲחִי "my brother") Ahi is the son of Abdiel in 1 Chronicles...
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    site in the region which has been excavated to pre-Hellenistic levels. The Ahiram Sarcophagus (KAI 1), discovered in 1923, together with two fragments of...
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