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Abishemu obelisk
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<h2 id="inscription">Inscription</h2> <p>Transcribed:<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:6" href="#fn:6"><sup>6</sup></a> </p> <blockquote> <p>mry Ḥr-š·f ḥꜣty-ʻ n Kpny ʼb-šmw wḥm ʻnḫ </p><p> [...]f Kwkwn śꜣ Rwqq mꜣʻ ḫrw</p></blockquote> <p>Translated:<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:7" href="#fn:7"><sup>7</sup></a> </p> <blockquote> <p>Beloved of <a href="/facts/Arsaphes/g6bG7VkK">Arsaphes</a> [also translated Herishef], Abishemu, prince of Byblos, renewed in life, his..., Kukun, son of 'the Lycian' justified (i. e., deceased). </p> </blockquote> <h2 id="see-also">See also</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Kings_of_Byblos/skv57naG">Kings of Byblos</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/List_of_Egyptian_obelisks/Vs3R4UAv">List of Egyptian obelisks</a></li></ul> <h2 id="notes">Notes</h2> Wikimedia Commons has media related to Abishemu obelisk. <h3>Editio princeps</h3> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Maurice_Dunand/RbC5CgBa">Maurice Dunand</a>, Fouilles de Byblos, volume 2, p. 878, no. 16980; and plate XXXII number 2</li></ul> <h3>Secondary sources</h3> <ul><li><a href="/facts/William_F._Albright/PX5lthdr">Albright, William F.</a> (1959). "Dunand's New Byblos Volume: A Lycian at the Byblian Court". <i><a href="/facts/Bulletin_of_the_American_Schools_of_Oriental_Research/htWLbu5L">Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research</a></i>. 155 (155): 31–34. <a href="/facts/Doi_(identifier)/muM9Etpq">doi</a>:<a href="https://doi.org/10.2307%2F1355673">10.2307/1355673</a>. <a href="/facts/JSTOR_(identifier)/YTeVmaJ7">JSTOR</a> <a href="https://www.jstor.org/stable/1355673">1355673</a>. <a href="/facts/S2CID_(identifier)/ldJsHa2Y">S2CID</a> <a href="https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:163957543">163957543</a>.</li> <li>Miniaci, Gianluca (2018). <a href="https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10122641/1/Miniaci_Byblos-Miniaci_04_07_18_TO%20ADJUST.pdf">"Deposit f (Nos. 15121–15567) in the Obelisk Temple at Byblos"</a> (PDF). <i>Ägypten und Levante / Egypt and the Levant</i>. 28: 383. <a href="/facts/Doi_(identifier)/muM9Etpq">doi</a>:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1553%2FAEundL28s379">10.1553/AEundL28s379</a>. <a href="/facts/JSTOR_(identifier)/YTeVmaJ7">JSTOR</a> <a href="https://www.jstor.org/stable/26664997">26664997</a>.</li> <li>Münnich, Maciej M. (2013). <a href="https://books.google.com/books?id=RiLoYwdLUekC&pg=PA121"><i>The God Resheph in the Ancient Near East</i></a>. Mohr Siebeck. <a href="/facts/ISBN_(identifier)/15AdSPa9">ISBN</a> 978-3-16-152491-2.</li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>Bryce, T. R. (1974). "The Lukka Problem – And a Possible Solution". Journal of Near Eastern Studies. 33 (4): 395–404. doi:10.1086/372378. JSTOR 544776. S2CID 161428632. <a href="/wiki/Lukka" target="_blank">/wiki/Lukka</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>Woudhuizen, Frederik Christiaan (2006). The Ethnicity of the Sea Peoples (Ph.D.). Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam, Faculteit der Wijsbegeerte. p. 31. hdl:1765/7686. <a href="/wiki/Hdl_(identifier)" target="_blank">/wiki/Hdl_(identifier)</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>Münnich 2013, p. 120-121. - Münnich, Maciej M. (2013). The God Resheph in the Ancient Near East. Mohr Siebeck. ISBN 978-3-16-152491-2. <a href="https://books.google.com/books?id=RiLoYwdLUekC&pg=PA121" target="_blank">https://books.google.com/books?id=RiLoYwdLUekC&pg=PA121</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>Albright 1959, p. 33. - Albright, William F. (1959). "Dunand's New Byblos Volume: A Lycian at the Byblian Court". Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research. 155 (155): 31–34. doi:10.2307/1355673. JSTOR 1355673. S2CID 163957543. <a href="https://doi.org/10.2307%2F1355673" target="_blank">https://doi.org/10.2307%2F1355673</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:5"><p>Albright 1959, p. 33. - Albright, William F. (1959). "Dunand's New Byblos Volume: A Lycian at the Byblian Court". Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research. 155 (155): 31–34. doi:10.2307/1355673. JSTOR 1355673. S2CID 163957543. <a href="https://doi.org/10.2307%2F1355673" target="_blank">https://doi.org/10.2307%2F1355673</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:6"><p>Albright 1959, p. 33. - Albright, William F. (1959). "Dunand's New Byblos Volume: A Lycian at the Byblian Court". Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research. 155 (155): 31–34. doi:10.2307/1355673. JSTOR 1355673. S2CID 163957543. <a href="https://doi.org/10.2307%2F1355673" target="_blank">https://doi.org/10.2307%2F1355673</a> <a href="#fnref:6" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:7"><p>Albright 1959, p. 33. - Albright, William F. (1959). "Dunand's New Byblos Volume: A Lycian at the Byblian Court". Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research. 155 (155): 31–34. doi:10.2307/1355673. JSTOR 1355673. S2CID 163957543. <a href="https://doi.org/10.2307%2F1355673" target="_blank">https://doi.org/10.2307%2F1355673</a> <a href="#fnref:7" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>