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A new Neo-Punic inscription from the region of Lepcis Magna

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 March 2015

Abdulhafid F. Elmayer
Abdulhafid F. Elmayer*
Affiliation:
College of Arts, University of Al-Fatah, Tripoli, Libya
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Abstract

A new Neo-Punic inscription from the region of Lepcis Magna region is discussed in detail, and its wider context outlined. Not only does this inscription attest to the prevalence of the Punic language in the suburbs of Lepcis Magna, but it also provides evidence for the diffusion of Phoenician religion in this area. The inscription also sheds more light on the history of Tripolitania and indicates, by the use of Libo-Phonecian personal names, that at least some of the inhabitants of the city of Snpba were of Libo-Phoenician origin.

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Libyan Studies , Volume 39 , 2008 , pp. 161 - 166
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Copyright © Society for Libyan Studies 2008

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