𐤀𐤓𐤍

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Phoenician[edit]

The Ahiram sarcophagus with Phoenician writing

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Semitic *ʾarān- or *ʾirān-. Cognate to Hebrew אָרוֹן.

Noun[edit]

𐤀𐤓𐤍 (ʾrn)

  1. ark, chest, box
  2. 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