The monument can be dated to 406 BCE, on the basis of an action by two Carthaginian generals, ’Adnoiba‘al (Idnibal) and Ḥimilco, who are mentioned in lines 9-10. The Greek historian
Diodorus Siculus tells that both generals were active in a Carthaginian military campaign in Sicily in 406 BCE, in particular the siege and taking of the city of Akragas (
Bibliotheca historica, 13.43.5 and 13.80.1-2). Now Charles R. Krahmalkov recognized this city's name in the word ’GRGNT (Agragant) in line 10. The taking of this city and the "pacification" of its inhabitants are mentioned in line 11 of the inscription. From Diodorus Siculus we may assume that the refugees from Akragas tried to flee to the city of
Gela, 60 kilometers east of Agrigento. A bonus of the inscription is that it gives the names of the
eponymous heads of state of Carthage, the so-called suffetes (
šofetim), for this year: Ešmûn-‘amos and Ḥanno (lines 8–9). The importance of this inscription was described by Schmitz: ==References==