𐤀𐤓𐤍
Phoenician
The Ahiram sarcophagus with Phoenician writing
Etymology
From Proto-Semitic *ʾarān- or *ʾirān-. Cognate to Hebrew אָרוֹן.
Noun
𐤀𐤓𐤍 (ʾrn)
- ark, chest, box
- coffin, sarcophagus
- c. 1000 BCE, Ahiram sarcophagus, in H. Donner & W. Röllig, Kanaanäische und aramäische Inschriften, vol. 1, page 1 and table I, no. 1:
- 𐤀𐤓𐤍𐤟𐤆𐤐𐤏𐤋𐤟𐤀𐤕𐤁𐤏𐤋𐤟𐤁𐤍𐤀𐤇𐤓𐤌𐤟𐤌𐤋𐤊𐤂𐤁𐤋𐤟𐤋𐤀𐤇𐤓𐤌𐤟𐤀𐤁𐤄
- ʾrn zpʿl ʾtbʿl bnʾḥrm mlkgbl lʾḥrm ʾbh
- Sarcophagus that Ittobaal, son of Ahiram, king of Byblos, made for Ahiram, his father
- c. 1000 BCE, Ahiram sarcophagus, in H. Donner & W. Röllig, Kanaanäische und aramäische Inschriften, vol. 1, page 1 and table I, no. 1:
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