Sant'Antioco bilingual
Stone inscription in a Mediterranean island
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The Sant'Antioco bilingual is a bilingual Latin-Punic inscription found in 1881 in Sant'Antioco, Sardinia.[1] The inscription is on a large marble block 71 x 63 cm, with a hole at the top for a statue.[1]
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It was discovered by German epigrapher Johannes Schmidt, who was working in Sardinia on behalf of Theodor Mommsen and his Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum.[1] It was found in the courtyard of the house of Giuseppe Angius.[1]
It is currently in the Museo archeologico comunale Ferruccio Barreca.[2] The Punic inscription is known as KAI 172 and CIS I 149.