Serapeum Offering Table

The Serapeum Offering Table is an Aramaic-inscribed offering table for libation found at the Serapeum of Saqqara in Egypt by Auguste Mariette in 1850. It has been dated to 400BCE.[1]

On display at the Louvre (AO 4824).

The inscription is known as KAI 268, CIS II 123 and TAD C20.1.. It is a dedication by Ahital to his father Baneith.

References

  1. Inscription phénicienne sur une pierre à libation du Sêrape'um de Memphis, Bulletin archéologique de l'Athenaeum français, Number 8, August 1855
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