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Ekron Royal Dedicatory Inscription – Biblical Epigraphy (7th Century BCE)

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03.04.22
Ekron Royal Dedicatory Inscription – Biblical Epigraphy (7th Century BCE)

EKRON ROYAL DEDICATORY INSCRIPTION
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Discovered in 1996 at Tel Miqne (Biblical Ekron, one of the Philistine Pentapolis), inside the inner shrine of an Iron Age II (7th Century BCE) temple, which was destroyed by Babylonian King Nebuhadnezar II in 604 BCE).
This monumental inscription serves as chronological anchor for scholars, as it mentions names (Achish & Padi) well known from Assyrian Royal Chronicles, & thus, allowing the synchronization of ancient near eastern history.
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Phoenician Text:
๐ค๐ค•๐คŸ๐ค๐ค๐คŸ๐ค€๐คŠ๐ค‰๐ค”๐คŸ๐ค๐ค๐คŸ๐ค๐คƒ๐ค‰๐คŸ๐ค๐ค๐คŸ
๐ค‰๐คŽ๐คƒ๐คŸ๐ค๐ค๐คŸ๐ค€๐คƒ๐ค€๐คŸ๐ค๐ค๐คŸ๐ค‰๐ค๐ค“๐คŸ๐ค”๐ค“๐ค๐ค’
๐ค“๐ค๐คŸ๐ค‹๐ค๐ค•[ ]๐ค‰๐ค„๐คŸ๐ค€๐คƒ๐ค•๐ค„๐คŸ๐ค•๐ค๐ค“๐คŠ๐ค„๐คŸ๐ค…๐ค•
๐ค”๐คŒโธข๐ค“โธฃ๐ค„๐คŸ๐ค…๐ค•๐ค€๐ค“๐คŠ๐คŸ๐ค‰๐คŒ๐ค„๐คŸ๐ค…๐ค•๐ค๐ค“๐คŠ๐คŸ
โธข๐ค€โธฃ๐ค“โธข๐ค‘โธฃ๐ค„
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Translation:
โ€œThis house (Temple) built by, Achish son of Padi, son of
Yasad, son of Ada, son of Ya’ir, ruler of Ekron,
for PADRAYA (Wife of Baal Hadad) his lady, may she bless him, and protect him, and prolong his days,
and bless his landโ€.
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