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Tamassos bilinguals

The Tamassos bilinguals are a pair of bilingual Cypriot–Phoenician inscriptions on stone pedestals found in 1885 in Tamassos, Cyprus. It has been dated to 363 BC.

Inscription number 1
{{multiple image Inscription number 1 is an imported marble pedestal with a six line Phoenician inscription and a five line Cypriot inscription. The inscription is a statue dedication: {{fs interlinear|lang=phn|number=1 {{fs interlinear|lang=phn|number=2 {{fs interlinear|lang=phn|number=3 {{fs interlinear|lang=phn|number=4 {{fs interlinear|lang=phn|number=5 {{fs interlinear|lang=phn|number=6 The Cypriot text was first translated by M. D. Pierides. {{fs interlinear|number=1 {{fs interlinear|number=2 {{fs interlinear|number=3 {{fs interlinear|number=4 {{fs interlinear|number=5 ==Inscription number 2==
Inscription number 2
{{multiple image Inscription number 2 is on a limestone pedestal, with a worn inscription. The inscription is a statue dedication to Reshef-Elenites (Apollo Alasiotes) by 'Abd-sasom on the 16th day of the 17th year of Milkyaton or Melekyaton, king of Kition and Idalion. {{fs interlinear|number=1 {{fs interlinear|number=2 {{fs interlinear|number=3 {{fs interlinear|number=4 {{fs interlinear|number=5 {{fs interlinear|number=6 {{fs interlinear|number=7 {{fs interlinear|number=8 {{fs interlinear|number=9 {{fs interlinear|number=10 ==Bibliography==
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