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Baal of Lebanon

bronze cup

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Phoenician writing

In calligraphy: Early Semitic writing
…cup from Cyprus called the Baal of Lebanon (in the Louvre, Paris) dating from about 800 bce. The so-called Moabite Stone (also in the Louvre), which dates from about 850 bce, has an inscription that is also a famous example of early Semitic writing.
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