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Carpentras Stele
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The Carpentras Stele is a stele found at Carpentras in southern France in 1704 that contains the first published inscription written in the Phoenician alphabet, and the first ever identified as Aramaic. It remains in Carpentras, at the Bibliothèque Inguimbertine, in a "dark corner" on the first floor. Older Aramaic texts were found since the 9th century BC, but this one is the first Aramaic text to be published in Europe. It is known as KAI 269, CIS II 141 and TAD C20.5.
The inscription in the Corpus Inscriptionum Semiticarum
The inscription in the Corpus Inscriptionum Semiticarum
The stele as published in 1704.
The stele as published in 1704.
Carpentras Stela, in CIS II 141 (inscription close up)
Carpentras Stela, in CIS II 141 (inscription close up)
Carpentras
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Carpentras is a commune in the Vaucluse department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southeastern France.
Town hall
Town hall
The Carpentras Stela, found in the town in 1704, was the first Northwest Semitic (i.e. Canaanite or Aramaic) inscription published anywhere in modern
The Carpentras Stela, found in the town in 1704, was the first Northwest Semitic (i.e. Canaanite or Aramaic) inscription published anywhere in modern times.
Hôtel-Dieu in Carpentras.
Hôtel-Dieu in Carpentras.
Truffle market in Carpentras
Truffle market in Carpentras