Serapeum Offering Table

The Serapeum Offering Table is an Aramaic-inscribed offering table for libation found at the Serapeum of Saqqara in Egypt by Auguste Mariette in 1850. It has been dated to 400 BCE.^[1]

On display at the Louvre (AO 4824)

The inscription is known as KAI 268, CIS II 123 and TAD C20.1. It is a dedication by Ahital to his father Baneith.

Bibliography

• Bargès, J.J.L. (1856). Nouvelle interprétation de l'inscription phénicienne découverte par m. Mariette dans le sérapéum de Memphis. Thèses religieuses (in French). J. Rouvier. Retrieved 2024-08-31.