Pauli Gerrei trilingual inscription

[1] The stele was discovered by a notary named Michele Cappai, on the right side of the Strada statale 387 del Gerrei that descends towards Ballao.

On 10 October 2009 the then mayor Silvestro Furcas requested the inscription be returned to Pauli Gerrei.

[3] The inscriptions are a votive gift, a Phoenician votive inscription, to the Sardinian healing deity, equivalent to the Phoenician Eshmun and the Greco-Roman Asclepius in gratitude for a grace received.

The Latin text states that Cleon claims is a "slave (S.) of the contracting partners of the salt pans"; the fact that he does not indicate the name of his father and of the tribe he belongs to is an indication of his social status as a servant.

The Punic text does not label Cleon as a slave but instead as an employee of the saltworks concession.