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==History== An altar inscription written in Moabite and dated to 800 BC was revealed in an excavation in [[Khirbat Ataruz]].<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.livescience.com/alter-tells-story-of-biblical-war.html |title=Biblical War Revealed on 2,800-Year-Old Stone Altar: The altar reveals new details about a rebellion against the Kingdom of Israel |author=Owen Jarus |date=2019-08-22 |access-date=2019-08-24 |language=en }}</ref> It was written using a variant of the [[Phoenician alphabet]].<ref name="ISBE">{{cite book|first=Geoffrey W. |last=Bromiley|work=The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia|publisher= Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing|year= 2007|page= 395 |title=Moab |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Zkla5Gl_66oC&pg=PA395|isbn=9780802837851}}</ref> Most knowledge about Moabite comes from the [[Mesha Stele]],<ref name="ISBE" /> which is the only known extensive text in the language. In addition, there is the three-line [[El-Kerak Inscription]] and a few seals. The inscription on Mesha Stele is also referred to as “Kanaanäische und Aramäische Inschriften” ([[Kanaanäische und Aramäische Inschriften|KAI]]), which is German for “Canaanite and Aramaic Inscriptions.” It is to be read from right to left.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Compston |first=H.F.B. |date=1919 |title=The Inscription on the Stele of Mesha |url= |journal=MacMillan}}</ref> The following table presents the first four lines of the inscription of Mesha Stele including its transliteration and English translation by Alviero Niccacci.<ref name=":2">{{Cite journal |last=Niccacci |first=Alviero |date=1994 |title=The Stele of Mesha and the Bible: Verbal System and Narrativity |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/43076168 |journal=Orientalia |volume=63 |issue=3 |pages=226–248 |jstor=43076168 |issn=0030-5367}}</ref><ref name=":3">{{Citation |last=Compston |first=Herbert Fuller Bright |title=The Moabite Text in Phœnician Script |date=1919 |url=https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Inscription_on_the_Stele_of_M%C3%A9%C5%A1a%CA%BF/The_Moabite_Text_in_Ph%C5%93nician_Script |work=The Inscription on the Stele of Méšaʿ |place=London |publisher=Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge |access-date=2022-10-24}}</ref> {| class="wikitable" |+ !Line Number !Line Inscription !Transliteration !Translation |- |1 |𐤀𐤍𐤊 𐤟 𐤌𐤔𐤏 𐤟 𐤁𐤍 𐤟 𐤊𐤌𐤔 ? ? 𐤌𐤋𐤊 𐤟 𐤌𐤀𐤁 𐤟 𐤄𐤃 |''ʾnk.mšʿ.bn.kmš(...).mlk.mʾb.hd-'' |I am Mesha, son of Kemosh(x), king of Moab, the Di- |- |2 |<nowiki>𐤉𐤁𐤍𐤉 | 𐤀𐤁𐤉 𐤟 𐤌𐤋𐤊 𐤟 𐤏𐤋 𐤟 𐤌𐤀𐤁 𐤟 𐤔𐤋𐤔𐤍 𐤟 𐤔𐤕 𐤟 𐤅𐤀𐤍𐤊 𐤟 𐤌𐤋𐤊</nowiki> |''-ybny.ʾby.mlk.ʿl.mʾb.šlšn.št.wʾnk.mlk-'' |<nowiki>-</nowiki>bonite. My father ruled over Moab for thirty years, and I rul- |- |3 |<nowiki>[𐤕𐤉 𐤟 𐤀𐤇𐤓 𐤟 𐤀𐤁𐤉 | 𐤅𐤀𐤏𐤔 𐤟 𐤄𐤁𐤌𐤕 𐤟 𐤆𐤀𐤕 𐤟 𐤋𐤊𐤌𐤔 𐤟 𐤁𐤒𐤓𐤇𐤄 | 𐤁[𐤌𐤎 𐤟 𐤉</nowiki> |''-ty.ʾhr.ʾb / wʾ.ʿś.hbmt.zʾt.lkmš.bqrḥh / bm(tʾ.y-)'' |<nowiki>-</nowiki>ed after my father. I made this high place for Kemosh in Qerihoh. [A] high pl(ace of salv-) |- |4 |...𐤔𐤏 𐤟 𐤊𐤉 𐤟 𐤄𐤔𐤏𐤍𐤉 𐤟 𐤌𐤊𐤋 𐤟 𐤄𐤔𐤋𐤊𐤍 |''-šʿ.ky.hšʿny.mkl.hšʿlkn...'' |<nowiki>-</nowiki>ation because he saved me from all predators... |}
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