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The Kition Tariffs and the Phoenician Cursive Series

The Kition Tariffs were found, according to the discoverers, in a "stagnant pool of salt water, which is believed to be the site of the ancient harbour of Kition."' The year of the discovery was 1879. The inscriptions are written in Phoenician cursive on a limestone tablet measuring approximately 6" x 4". The side commonly deisgnated A contains eighteen lines, seventeen of which are legible. The side commonly called B contains twelve lines, eleven of which are legible. The tablet is broken along the edge. The scripts on the two sides are clearly from two different hands; side A is very finely written, while side B is written in broad strokes. The Tariffs have been published in CIS I, as nos. 86 A and 86 B. They have been discussed recently by Father J. Brian Peckham S.J.2 Peckham has brought the decipherment of these Tariffs to its highest point, and his work serves as the point of d parture for what follows. In addition to his excellent work on the text, Peckham has given us a magnificent new set of photos.