Handbuch der Nordsemitischen Epigraphik, nebst ausgewählten Inschriften (“Handbook of North-Semitic Epigraphy, together with selected inscriptions”) is a two-volume reference work on Canaanite and Aramaic inscriptions by Mark Lidzbarski, published in 1898.[1]
It became a foundational manual for the field of Semitic epigraphy.[2]
History
Conceived as a comprehensive handbook of Canaanite and Aramaic inscriptions, the Handbuch contained texts, readings, references, and selected facsimiles.[3]
It was subsequently eclipsed by later standard corpora such as Kanaanäische und Aramäische Inschriften (KAI), and the Textbook of Aramaic Documents from Ancient Egypt (TADAE) for Egyptian Aramaic.
Contents
In the same way that the Répertoire d'Épigraphie Sémitique (RES) functioned as a companion to the Corpus Inscriptionum Semiticarum (CIS), Lidzbarski published further works related to the Handbuch:
- Ephemeris für semitische Epigraphik (ESE): 3 vols., Giessen: J. Ricker / Töpelmann, 1902–1915 (vol. 1 = 1900–1902; vol. 2 = 1903–1907; vol. 3 = 1909–1915). Conceived to publish new finds and to re-discuss previously published texts, updating and correcting the Handbuch.[2]
- Altsemitische Texte, Heft 1: Kanaanäische Inschriften (KI): Giessen: A. Töpelmann, 1907. A reader for students with brief notes, intended “primarily for lectures”; in the preface Lidzbarski explicitly directs teachers to show reproductions for the Handbuch and Ephemeris. Although published as Heft 1 (Volume 1), no further volumes were published.[4]
Concordance
| Name |
NE |
KI
|
| Punic-Libyan bilinguals
|
433,c |
93
|
| Cippi of Melqart
|
425f |
53
|
| Carpentras Stela
|
448b1 |
|
| Pococke Kition inscriptions
|
420,4 |
19, 23, 27, 28
|
| Benhisa inscription
|
426,3 |
55
|
| Phoenician Harpocrates statues
|
424 |
44
|
| Nora Stone
|
427c |
60
|
| Athenian Greek-Phoenician inscriptions
|
424,1–3, 425,1–5 |
45–52
|
| Tripolitania Punic inscriptions
|
434, B-a |
|
| Elephantine papyri and ostraca
|
|
|
| Mdina steles
|
426,2 |
54
|
| Carthaginian tombstones
|
|
74
|
| Humbert Carthage inscriptions
|
431, 9; 432, 16
|
|
| Turin Aramaic Papyrus
|
|
|
| Blacas papyrus
|
|
|
| Falbe Punic inscriptions
|
431, 10
|
75
|
| Reade Punic inscriptions
|
|
|
| Limyra bilingual
|
446b |
|
| Abu Simbel Phoenician graffiti
|
423b |
43
|
| Ain Nechma inscriptions
|
437 |
|
| Kellia inscription
|
420,5 |
24
|
| Marseille Tariff
|
428 |
63
|
| Nimrud ivory inscriptions
|
|
|
| Assyrian lion weights
|
446c |
|
| Phoenician metal bowls
|
|
|
| Anat Athena bilingual
|
422,1 |
35
|
| Bourgade inscriptions
|
436,3–12 |
|
| Sarcophagus of Eshmunazar II
|
417,2 |
7
|
| Gozo stele
|
426,4 |
56
|
| Serapeum Offering Table
|
448a2 |
|
| Cirta steles
|
433,1–9 and 434,10–12 |
94–99
|
| Carthage Tariff
|
429b |
66
|
| Son of Baalshillek marble base
|
430,7 |
73
|
| Carthage tower model
|
432, 14
|
|
| Bodashtart inscriptions
|
|
8–10
|
| Kition Resheph pillars
|
420,1 |
18, 30
|
| Ankh-Hapy stele
|
448b2 |
|
| Pauli Gerrei trilingual inscription
|
427b |
59
|
| Baalshamin inscription
|
418,d |
12
|
| Phoenician sun dial
|
|
|
| Umm al-Amad votive inscription
|
419,2 |
13
|
| Cesnola Phoenician inscriptions
|
|
|
| Khaznadar inscriptions
|
431,11-13, 431,15 |
82-84
|
| Hadrumetum Punic inscriptions
|
432,1–3 |
91–92
|
| Mesha Stele
|
415 |
1
|
| Abydos graffiti
|
423a |
38-42
|
| Idalion bilingual and Idalion Temple inscriptions
|
421,1–3 |
31–33
|
| Yehawmilk Stele
|
416 |
5
|
| Tharros Punic inscriptions
|
|
61-62
|
| Royal Steward inscription
|
|
|
| Carthaginian slaughterhouse inscription
|
430,4 |
68
|
| Carthaginian mother goddess inscription
|
430,6 |
72
|
| Carthage Festival Offering inscription
|
430,3 |
67
|
| Wilmanns Neopunic inscriptions
|
435,2, 437a |
|
| Pricot de Sainte-Marie steles
|
|
76-80
|
| Cherchell Neopunic inscriptions
|
439,2 |
|
| Bashamem inscription
|
427a |
58
|
| Baal Lebanon inscription
|
419 |
17
|
| Saqqara Aramaic Stele
|
448a1 |
|
| Tayma stones
|
447,1–3 |
|
| Kition Tariffs
|
|
29
|
| Adadnadinakhe bricks
|
446c
|
|
| Siloam inscription
|
|
3
|
| Sant'Antioco bilingual
|
434,1 |
100
|
| Palmyra Tariff
|
|
|
| Osorkon Bust
|
|
|
| Pierides Kition inscriptions
|
|
20, 25–26
|
| Eshmun obelisk
|
420,2
|
21
|
| Persephone Punic stele
|
|
71
|
| Lilybaeum stele
|
|
57
|
| Henchir Guergour Neopunic inscriptions
|
|
|
| Guelaât Bou Sbaâ Neopunic inscriptions
|
|
|
| Hegra Nabataean inscriptions
|
|
|
| Tyre Cistern inscription
|
418,c |
|
| Tamassos bilinguals
|
421c |
34
|
| Masub inscription
|
419e
|
16
|
| Tabnit sarcophagus
|
417,1 |
6
|
| Panamuwa II inscription
|
442 |
|
| Madaba Nabataean Inscriptions
|
|
|
| Hadad Statue
|
440-2 |
|
| Abdmiskar cippus
|
418,3 |
11
|
| Abdbaal the centurion inscription
|
|
|
| Maktar and Mididi inscriptions
|
436,11 |
|
| Bar-Rakib inscriptions
|
443, 444 |
|
| Neirab steles
|
445 |
|
| Sarıaydın inscription
|
446a |
|
| Larnakas tis Lapithou pedestal inscription
|
422,2 |
36
|
| Kilamuwa Stela
|
|
|
| Hasanbeyli inscription
|
|
|
| Kition Necropolis Phoenician inscriptions
|
420,3 |
22
|
| Douïmès medallion
|
429,1 |
70
|
| El Amrouni mausoleum
|
435b |
101
|
| Abiba’l inscription
|
|
|
| Arebsun inscriptions
|
|
|
| Tortosa bomos inscription
|
|
|
| El-Osiris inscription
|
|
|
| Avignon Punic inscription
|
|
64
|
| Astarte and Tabit sanctuary dedication
|
|
69
|
| Punic Tabella Defixionis
|
|
85
|
|
|
|
88
|
| Quintus Markius trilingual inscription
|
|
|
| Farasa bilingual inscription
|
|
|
| Phoenician Adoration steles
|
|
14–15
|
| Banobal stele
|
|
37
|
| KAI 140
|
|
|
| KAI 96
|
|
|
| Eshmun inscription
|
|
|
| Sibbolet funeral inscription
|
|
89
|
| Stele of Zakkur
|
|
|
| Villaricos Phoenician stele
|
|
65
|
| Assur ostracon and tablets
|
|
|
| Baal Hannon tomb inscription
|
|
87
|
|
|
|
90
|
References