Tabnit Sarcophagus

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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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