Bar-Rakib inscriptions
{{Short description|Group of 8th-century BC steles}}
The Bar-Rakib inscriptions are a group of 8th-century BC steles, or fragments of steles, of King Bar-Rakib, from Sam'al.
The inscriptions were discovered during the 1888–1911 German Oriental Society expeditions led by Felix von Luschan and Robert Koldewey.
Their Aramaic inscriptions are written in Luwian-style raised characters, and represent some of the first known inscriptions to use Imperial Aramaic. Older inscriptions found at Sam'al were written in the "Samalian language" or the Phoenician language.
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| Bar Rakib I (KAI 216) | File:20131205 Istanbul 067.jpg | Museum of the Ancient Orient | Twenty lines, recounting the construction of the second palace between 732 and 727 B.C.E. | 1891
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| Bar Rakib II (KAI 218) | File:Relief of king Barrakib from Zincirli - Pergamonmuseum - Berlin - Germany 2017.jpg | Vorderasiatisches Museum Berlin, VA 02817 | Short inscription that states, "My lord is Baal Harran. I am Bar Rakkib, son of Panamu." | 1891 |
| Bar Rakib III (KAI 219) | File:Bar Rakib IV (KAI 219) in Lidzbarski's Handbuch der Nordsemitischen Epigraphik Table XXIV (cropped).jpg | Vorderasiatisches Museum Berlin | rowspan="3" | Three small fragments | 1891 |
| Bar Rakib IV (KAI 220) | File:Bar Rakib V (KAI 220) in Lidzbarski's Handbuch der Nordsemitischen Epigraphik Table XXIV (cropped).jpg | Vorderasiatisches Museum Berlin | 1891 | |
| Bar Rakib V (KAI 221) | File:Bar Rakib VI (KAI 221) in Lidzbarski's Handbuch der Nordsemitischen Epigraphik Table XXIV (cropped).jpg | Vorderasiatisches Museum Berlin | 1891 | |
| Bar Rakib VIII (KAI 217) | File:Relief from the citadel of Sam'al (Zincirli) in Turkey, ca. 730 BCE; Pergamon Museum, Berlin (3) (40208720312).jpg | Vorderasiatisches Museum Berlin, S 06581
|Incomplete fragment of nine lines; at the right, a bearded man holds a drinking vessel and a fan. Symbols of deity appear at the top. In the inscription, Bar Rakkib declares his loyalty to Tiglath Pileser, "lord of the four quarters of the earth," and expresses the favor shown to him by the god Rakkab El. | 1891
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Gallery
File:Bar-rakib.jpg|Bar-Rakib silver ingot in the British Museum (BM 134918)[https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/W_1967-0617-1 Bar Rakib Silver ingot]
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Bibliography
- Halévy, J., "La première inscription araméenne de Barrekoub ou A1." RevSém 3 (1895b): 394–95.
- Müller, D.H., "Die Bauinschrift des Barrekub." WZKM 10 (1896): 193–97 + 1 pl..
- Winckler, H., "Die Bauinschrift Bar-rekub's aus Sendschirli." MVAG 1 (1896): 198–202.
- Halévy, J., "La première inscription de Bar-Rekoub revue et corrigée." RevSém 4 (1896a): 185–87.
- Hoffmann, G., "Zur Bauinschrift des Barrekab." ZA 11 (1896a): 317–22.
- Halévy, J., "Le texte définitif de l'inscription architecturale araméenne de Barrekoub." RevSém 5 (1897): 84–91.
- Peiser, F.E., "Aus dem kaiserlich-ottomanischen Museum in Constantinopel." OLZ 1 (1898): 6–9.
- Halévy, J., "Nouvel examen des inscriptions de Zindjirli." RevSém 7 (1899): 333–55
- Halévy, J., "Un bas-relief à inscription araméenne de Barrekoub." RevSém 3 (1895a): 392–94
- Müller, D.H., "Die Bauinschrift des Barrekub." WZKM 10 (1896): 193–97 + 1 pl.
- Luschan, F. von, "Bildwerke und Inschriften." Pp. 325–80 In Ausgrabungen in Sendschirli, IV., Berlin: G. Reimer, 1911
- Halévy, J., "Les deux inscriptions hétéennes de Zindjîrlî." RevSém 1 (1893–94): 138–67, 218-58, 319-36; 2:25-60
- Sachau, E., "[https://bibliothek.bbaw.de/digitalisierte-sammlungen/akademieschriften/ansicht-akademieschriften?tx_bbaw_academicpublicationshow%5Baction%5D=show&tx_bbaw_academicpublicationshow%5Bcontroller%5D=AcademicPublication%5CVolume&tx_bbaw_academicpublicationshow%5Bpage%5D=133&tx_bbaw_academicpublicationshow%5Bvolume%5D=251&cHash=31d7a20c718968e88e19e165b31afd62 Baal-Harrân in einer altaramäischen Inschrift auf einem Relief des Königlichen Museums zu Berlin]." SPAW 8 (1895): 119–22
Category:8th-century BC Aramean kings