Douïmès medallion
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The Douïmès medallion is a small gold medallion found in 1894 in the Douïmès Necropolis of ancient Carthage. It is the oldest known Phoenician-Punic inscription found in North Africa.[1] It has been described by Donald Harden as the “earliest Punic text at Carthage of any consequence - perhaps the earliest of all”.[2] It is currently at the Carthage National Museum.
Douïmès medallion | |
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![]() Carthaginian medallion from Lidzbarski's Handbuch der Nordsemitischen Epigraphik Table II (cropped) | |
Created | c. 700 BC |
Discovered | 1894 Tunisia |
The inscription, known as KAI 73, includes a reference to pgmlyn, understood as Pygmalion of Tyre, although scholars have "expressed disbelief" given the archaeological context. It has been assumed to have been produced earlier than its archaeological context.[3]
The medallion's inscription reads:
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