Carthage Tariff

The Carthage Tariff is a Punic language inscription from the third century BCE, found on a fragments of a limestone stela in 1856-58 at Carthage in Tunisia. It is thought to be related to the Marseille Tariff, found two decades earlier.^[1]

Carthage Tariff
As shown in Cooke's Text-book of North-Semitic Inscriptions
Material	Limestone
Created	c. 300 BC
Discovered	1856-58 Tunis, Tunisia
Present location	British Museum, London
Identification	BM 125303
Language	Punic

It was first published by Nathan Davis, and the 11-line inscription is known as KAI 74 and CIS I 167.

Of all the inscriptions found by Davis, it was one of just three that was not a traditional Carthaginian tombstone - the other two being number 71 (the Son of Baalshillek marble base) and number 73 (the Carthage tower model).^[2]

The plaque lists the payments for ritual sacrifices, including which portions go to the priests and which to the offerer. It is thought to have been placed on a temple wall, setting out the rules for those giving offerings.

It is held in the archives of the British Museum, as BM 125303.^[3]

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See also

• Palmyra Tariff
• Marseille Tariff