Baalsamor

Memory stone of Baalšamor and his wife Amon in Umm el Awamid.

Date: 2^nd half of 2^nd cent.BC. Now present in Louvre, Paris.

First literature: L.Heuzy, CRAI, Paris, 1902 (205).

Text :

1. z  m Ṣ b t  b ‘ l š m r
2. y l  ’ m n  ’ š t  ’ š  ṭ n ’
3. l m  b n m  ‘ z b ‘ l  l ‘ l m

This is the memory stone of Baalšamor

and of Amon, his bride, which was erected

by their son Ozbaal for the eternity.

Baalšamor: Baal protect <him/me/you>

Ozbaal or Azbaal = Baal is strong.

See: Ch.R.Krahmalkov, Phoenician-Punic Dictionary, OLA 90, Leuven, 2000.