Son of Safatba'al inscription

It was published in Maurice Dunand's Fouilles de Byblos (volume I, 1926–1932, numbers 1143, plate XXXIII).

You shall not per[sist in placing] coffin upon coffin.‘LKNP‘L[TLYHMŠKBZN...‘L KN P‘L[T LY HMŠKB ZN ...For this reason have I mad[e for myself this resting-place ......WP‘L’NK’RNZNL]YBMŠKBZN’Š’NKŠKBBN... WP‘L ’NK ’RN ZN L]Y BMŠKB ZN ’Š ’NK ŠKB BN... and I made this coffin for mys]elf in this resting-place that I (am) lying in.WBMQM[ZN...WBMQM [ZN ...And in [this] place [......]LY’N[K..]TYBRBMWYTN’NK’[......]LY ’N[K ..]TY BRBM WYTN ’NK ’[......] for myself I [...] among the generals.

And I gave [......’LTPT]Ḥ‘[LTHMŠKB]ZNLRGZ‘ṢMY’[M...... ’L TPT]Ḥ ‘[LT HMŠKB] ZN LRGZ ‘ṢMY ’[M...... you shall not ope]n this [resting-place] to disturb my bones.

It reads: ...]H[......]H[.........’LTP‘LLKMŠK]B’ṢLHMŠK[BZN...... ’L TP‘L LK MŠK]B ’ṢL HMŠK[B ZN ...... You shall not make for yourself a resting-pla]ce (tomb) adjacent to [this] resting-pla[ce!

I[......B‘LŠM]MWB‘L’DRWB‘LTWKL’[LNGBL...... B‘LŠM]M WB‘L ’DR WB‘LT WKL ’[LN GBL ...... Baalsame]m and Baal ’Iddīr[5] and Baalat and all the god[s of Byblos ......]B‘LTWKL[’L......]B‘LT WKL [’L ......] Baalat and all the [gods ...