Ain Nechma inscriptions

The first two inscriptions were discovered in 1837 by Jean Guyon. Between 1843-45, Adolphe Hedwige Alphonse Delamare collected a greater number and published them in 1850. Most of the steles were sent to the Louvre, and others to the public garden of the city of Guelma, to private individuals, and to the museum of Constantine, Algeria. The Guelma inscriptions were initially the subject of studies by scholars such as Auguste Celestin Judas, Heinrich Ewald and Moritz Abraham Levy. ==Inscriptions==

Two types of inscriptions are known: votive inscriptions and funerary inscriptions. The funerary inscriptions, with a few exceptions, show the usual formulaic of neopunic epitaphs. The votive inscriptions, however, contain a unique formula specific to the Ain Nechma inscriptions. The Delamare inscriptions in the Louvre are known as: • AO 5107 (Delamare 4 [187]) • AO 5108 (Delamare 5 [187]), on display in room 313 of the Louvre • AO 5109 (Delamare 2 [187], Lidzbarski 7) • AO 5110 (Delamare 1 [187], Lidzbarski 6) • AO 5111 (Delamare 7 [187]) • AO 5112 (Delamare 6 [185], Lidzbarski 5) • AO 5113 (Delamare 3 [187]) • AO 5114 (Delamare 6 [187]) • AO 5290 (Delamare 18 [178]) on display in room 313 of the Louvre • AO 5291 (Delamare 9 [178]) • AO 5292 (Delamare 21 [178]) • AO 5293 (Delamare 10 [178]) Others: • Delamare 9 [185], Lidzbarski 2 • Delamare 7 [185], Lidzbarski 3 ==Gallery==

File:Delamare's sketch of the Guelma Punic inscriptions 02.png|Delamare's sketch (plate 185), including the Guelma Punic inscriptions File:Delamare's sketch of the Guelma Punic inscriptions 03.png|Delamare's sketch (plate 178), including the Guelma Punic inscriptions File:Lidzbarski's Handbuch der Nordsemitischen Epigraphik Table XVIII.jpg|A selection of the inscriptions in Lidzbarski's Handbuch der Nordsemitischen Epigraphik ==Bibliography==