
TheBatnoam inscription is aPhoenician inscription (KAI 11 and TSSI III 26) on a sarcophagus. It is dated to c. 450-425 BCE.
It was published inMaurice Dunand'sFouilles de Byblos (volume I, 1926-1932, numbers 1142, plate XXVIII).[1]
| B’RN ZN ’NK BTN‘M | In this coffin I, Batno‘am, |
| ’M MLK ‘ZB‘L MLK GBL | mother of King Azbaal, King ofByblos, |
| BN PLṬB‘L KHN B‘LT | son of Pilletbaal, Priest ofBaalat |
| ŠKBT | lie, |
| BSWT WMR’Š ‘LY | wearing a garment and a head-piece on me, |
| WMḤSM ḤRṢ LPY | and a muzzle[4] of gold on my mouth |
| KM ’Š LMLKYT ’Š KN LPNY | like those of the queens who were before me. |