The Mesha Stele a.k.a. the Moabite Stone
1. 𐤀𐤍𐤊𐤟 𐤌𐤔𐤏𐤟 𐤁𐤍𐤟 𐤊𐤌𐤔 𐤟𐤌𐤋𐤊𐤟 𐤌𐤀𐤁𐤟 𐤄𐤃
2. 𐤉𐤁𐤍𐤉 | 𐤀𐤁𐤉𐤟 𐤌𐤋𐤊𐤟 𐤏𐤋𐤟 𐤌𐤀𐤁𐤟 𐤔𐤋𐤔𐤍𐤟 𐤔𐤕𐤟 𐤅𐤀𐤍𐤊𐤟 𐤌𐤋𐤊
3. 𐤕𐤉𐤟 𐤀𐤇𐤓𐤟 𐤀𐤁𐤉 | 𐤅𐤀𐤏𐤔𐤟 𐤄𐤁𐤌𐤕𐤟 𐤆𐤀𐤕𐤟 𐤋𐤊𐤌𐤔𐤟 𐤁𐤒𐤓𐤇𐤄 | 𐤁[𐤍𐤎𐤟 𐤉]
4. 𐤔𐤏𐤟 𐤊𐤉𐤟 𐤄𐤔𐤏𐤍𐤉𐤟 𐤌𐤊𐤋𐤟 𐤄𐤌𐤋𐤊𐤍𐤟 𐤅𐤊𐤉𐤟 𐤄𐤓𐤀𐤍𐤉𐤟 𐤁𐤊𐤋𐤟 𐤔𐤍𐤀𐤉 | 𐤏𐤌𐤓
5. 𐤉𐤟 𐤌𐤋𐤊𐤟 𐤉𐤔𐤓𐤀𐤋𐤟 𐤅𐤉𐤏𐤍𐤅𐤟 𐤀𐤕𐤟 𐤌𐤀𐤁𐤟 𐤉𐤌𐤍𐤟 𐤓𐤁𐤍𐤟 𐤊𐤉𐤟 𐤉𐤀𐤍𐤐𐤟 𐤊𐤌𐤔𐤟 𐤁𐤀𐤓
6. 𐤑𐤄 | 𐤅𐤉𐤇𐤋𐤐𐤄𐤟 𐤁𐤍𐤄𐤟 𐤅𐤉𐤀𐤌𐤓𐤟 𐤂𐤌𐤟 𐤄𐤀𐤟 𐤀𐤏𐤍𐤅𐤟 𐤀𐤕𐤟 𐤌𐤀𐤁 | 𐤁𐤉𐤌𐤉𐤟 𐤀𐤌𐤓𐤟 𐤊[...]
7. 𐤅𐤀𐤓𐤀𐤟 𐤁𐤄𐤟 𐤅𐤁𐤁𐤕𐤄 | 𐤅𐤉𐤔𐤓𐤀𐤋𐤟 𐤀𐤁𐤃𐤟 𐤀𐤁𐤃𐤟 𐤏𐤋𐤌𐤟 𐤅𐤉𐤓𐤔𐤟 𐤏𐤌𐤓𐤉𐤟 𐤀𐤕 𐤀[𐤓]
8. 𐤑𐤟 𐤌𐤄𐤃𐤁𐤀 | 𐤅𐤉𐤔𐤁𐤟 𐤁𐤄𐤟 𐤉𐤌𐤄𐤟 𐤅𐤇𐤑𐤉𐤟 𐤉𐤌𐤉𐤟 𐤁𐤍𐤄𐤟 𐤀𐤓𐤁𐤏𐤍𐤟 𐤔𐤕𐤟 𐤅𐤉𐤔
9. 𐤁𐤄𐤟 𐤊𐤌𐤔𐤟 𐤁𐤉𐤌𐤉 | 𐤅𐤀𐤁𐤍𐤟 𐤀𐤕𐤟 𐤁𐤏𐤋𐤌𐤏𐤍𐤟 𐤅𐤀𐤏𐤔𐤟 𐤁𐤄𐤟 𐤄𐤀𐤔𐤅𐤇𐤟 𐤅𐤀𐤁𐤍
10. 𐤀𐤕𐤟 𐤒𐤓𐤉𐤕𐤍 | 𐤅𐤀𐤔𐤟 𐤂𐤃𐤟 𐤉𐤔𐤁𐤟 𐤁𐤀𐤓𐤑𐤟 𐤏𐤈𐤓𐤕𐤟 𐤌𐤏𐤋𐤌𐤟 𐤅𐤉𐤁𐤍𐤟 𐤋𐤄𐤟 𐤌𐤋𐤊𐤟 𐤉
11. 𐤔𐤓𐤀𐤋𐤟 𐤀𐤕𐤟 𐤏𐤈𐤓𐤕 | 𐤅𐤀𐤋𐤕𐤇𐤌𐤟 𐤁𐤒𐤓𐤟 𐤅𐤀𐤇𐤆𐤄 | 𐤅𐤀𐤄𐤓𐤂𐤟 𐤀𐤕𐤟 𐤊𐤋𐤟 𐤄𐤏𐤌𐤟 [𐤌]
12. 𐤄𐤒𐤓𐤟 𐤓𐤉𐤕𐤟 𐤋𐤊𐤌𐤔𐤟 𐤅𐤋𐤌𐤀𐤁 | 𐤅𐤀𐤔𐤁𐤟 𐤌𐤔𐤌𐤟 𐤀𐤕𐤟 𐤀𐤓𐤀𐤋𐤟 𐤃𐤅𐤃𐤄𐤟 𐤅𐤀𐤎
13. 𐤇𐤁𐤄𐤟 𐤋𐤐𐤍𐤉𐤟 𐤊𐤌𐤔𐤟 𐤁𐤒𐤓𐤉𐤕 | 𐤅𐤀𐤔𐤁𐤟 𐤁𐤄𐤟 𐤀𐤕𐤟 𐤀𐤔𐤟 𐤔𐤓𐤍𐤟 𐤅𐤀𐤕𐤟 𐤀𐤔
14. 𐤌𐤇𐤓𐤕 | 𐤅𐤉𐤀𐤌𐤓𐤟 𐤋𐤉𐤟 𐤊𐤌𐤔𐤟 𐤋𐤊𐤟 𐤀𐤇𐤆𐤟 𐤀𐤕𐤟 𐤍𐤁𐤄𐤟 𐤏𐤋𐤟 𐤉𐤔𐤓𐤀𐤋 | 𐤅𐤀
15. 𐤄𐤋𐤊𐤟 𐤄𐤋𐤋𐤄𐤟 𐤅𐤀𐤋𐤕𐤇𐤌𐤟 𐤁𐤄𐤟 𐤌𐤁𐤒𐤏𐤟 𐤄𐤔𐤇𐤓𐤕𐤟 𐤏𐤃𐤟 𐤄𐤑𐤄𐤓𐤌 | 𐤅𐤀𐤇
16. 𐤆𐤄𐤟 𐤅𐤀𐤄𐤓𐤂𐤟 𐤊𐤋𐤄𐤟 𐤔𐤁𐤏𐤕𐤟 𐤀𐤋𐤐𐤍𐤟 𐤂𐤁𐤓𐤍𐤟 𐤅[𐤂𐤓]𐤍 | 𐤅𐤂𐤁𐤓𐤕𐤟 𐤅𐤂𐤓
17. 𐤕𐤟 𐤅𐤓𐤇𐤌𐤕 | 𐤊𐤉𐤟 𐤋𐤏𐤔𐤕𐤓𐤟 𐤊𐤌𐤔𐤟 𐤄𐤇𐤓𐤌𐤕𐤄 | 𐤅𐤀𐤒𐤇𐤟 𐤌𐤔𐤌𐤟 𐤀[𐤕𐤟 𐤊]
18. 𐤋𐤉𐤟 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄𐤟 𐤅𐤀𐤎𐤇𐤁𐤟 𐤄𐤌𐤟 𐤋𐤐𐤍𐤉𐤟 𐤊𐤌𐤔 | 𐤅𐤌𐤋𐤊𐤟 𐤉𐤔𐤓𐤀𐤋𐤟 𐤁𐤍𐤄𐤟 𐤀𐤕
19. 𐤉𐤄𐤑𐤟 𐤅𐤉𐤔𐤁𐤟 𐤁𐤄𐤟 𐤁𐤄𐤋𐤕𐤇𐤌𐤄𐤟 𐤁𐤉 | 𐤅𐤉𐤂𐤓𐤔𐤄𐤟 𐤊𐤌𐤔𐤟 𐤌𐤐𐤍𐤉 | 𐤅
20. 𐤀𐤒𐤇𐤟 𐤌𐤌𐤀𐤁𐤟 𐤌𐤀𐤕𐤍𐤟 𐤀𐤔𐤟 𐤊𐤋𐤟 𐤓𐤔𐤄 | 𐤅𐤀𐤔𐤀𐤄𐤟 𐤁𐤉𐤄𐤑𐤟 𐤅𐤀𐤇𐤆𐤄𐤟
21. 𐤋𐤎𐤐𐤕𐤟 𐤏𐤋𐤟 𐤃𐤉𐤁𐤍 | 𐤀𐤍𐤊𐤟 𐤁𐤍𐤕𐤉𐤟 𐤒𐤓𐤇𐤄𐤟 𐤇𐤌𐤕𐤟 𐤄𐤉𐤏𐤓𐤍𐤟 𐤅𐤇𐤌𐤕
22. 𐤄𐤏𐤐𐤋 | 𐤅𐤀𐤍𐤊𐤟 𐤁𐤍𐤕𐤉𐤟 𐤔𐤏𐤓𐤉𐤄𐤟 𐤅𐤀𐤍𐤊𐤟 𐤁𐤍𐤕𐤉𐤟 𐤌𐤂𐤃𐤋𐤕𐤄 | 𐤅𐤀
23. 𐤍𐤊𐤟 𐤁𐤍𐤕𐤉𐤟 𐤁𐤕𐤟 𐤌𐤋𐤊𐤟 𐤅𐤀𐤍𐤊𐤟 𐤏𐤔𐤕𐤉𐤟 𐤊𐤋𐤀𐤉𐤟 𐤄𐤀𐤔[𐤅𐤇 𐤋𐤌𐤉]𐤍𐤟 𐤁𐤒𐤓𐤁
24. 𐤄𐤒𐤓 | 𐤅𐤁𐤓𐤟 𐤀𐤍𐤟 𐤁𐤒𐤓𐤁𐤟 𐤄𐤒𐤓𐤟 𐤁𐤒𐤓𐤇𐤄𐤟 𐤅𐤀𐤌𐤓𐤟 𐤋𐤊𐤋𐤟 𐤄𐤏𐤌𐤟 𐤏𐤔𐤅𐤟 𐤋
25. 𐤊𐤌𐤟 𐤀𐤔𐤟 𐤁𐤓𐤟 𐤁𐤁𐤉𐤕𐤄 | 𐤅𐤀𐤍𐤊𐤟 𐤊𐤓𐤕𐤉𐤟 𐤄𐤌𐤊𐤓𐤕𐤕𐤟 𐤋𐤒𐤓𐤇𐤄𐤟 𐤁𐤀𐤎𐤓
26. [𐤉]𐤟 𐤉𐤔𐤓𐤀𐤋 | 𐤀𐤍𐤊𐤟 𐤁𐤍𐤕𐤉𐤟 𐤏𐤓𐤏𐤓𐤟 𐤅𐤀𐤍𐤊𐤟 𐤏𐤔𐤕𐤉𐤟 𐤄𐤌𐤎𐤋𐤕𐤟 𐤁𐤀𐤓𐤍𐤍𐤟
27. 𐤀𐤍𐤊𐤟 𐤁𐤍𐤕𐤉𐤟 𐤁𐤕𐤟 𐤁𐤌𐤕𐤟 𐤊𐤉𐤟 𐤄𐤓𐤎𐤟 𐤄𐤀 | 𐤀𐤍𐤊𐤟 𐤁𐤍𐤕𐤉𐤟 𐤁𐤑𐤓𐤟 𐤊𐤉𐤟 𐤏𐤉𐤍
28. ----- 𐤔𐤟 𐤃𐤉𐤁𐤍𐤟 𐤇𐤌𐤔𐤍𐤟 𐤊𐤉𐤟 𐤊𐤋𐤟 𐤃𐤉𐤁𐤍𐤟 𐤌𐤔𐤌𐤏𐤕 | 𐤅𐤀𐤍𐤊𐤟 𐤌𐤋𐤊
29. 𐤕[𐤉] ----- 𐤌𐤀𐤕𐤟 𐤁𐤒𐤓𐤍𐤟 𐤀𐤔𐤓𐤟 𐤉𐤎𐤐𐤕𐤉𐤟 𐤏𐤋𐤟 𐤄𐤀𐤓𐤑 | 𐤅𐤀𐤍𐤊𐤟 𐤁𐤍𐤕
30. [𐤉𐤟 𐤀𐤕𐤟 𐤌𐤄]𐤃𐤁𐤀𐤟 𐤅𐤁𐤕𐤟 𐤃𐤁𐤋𐤕𐤍 | 𐤅𐤁𐤕𐤟 𐤁𐤏𐤋𐤌𐤏𐤍𐤟 𐤅𐤀𐤔𐤀𐤟 𐤔𐤌𐤟 𐤀𐤕𐤟 [...]
31. --------- 𐤑𐤀𐤍𐤟 𐤄𐤀𐤓𐤑 | 𐤅𐤇𐤅𐤓𐤍𐤍𐤟 𐤉𐤔𐤁𐤟 𐤁𐤄𐤟 𐤁
32. --------- 𐤀𐤌𐤓𐤟 𐤋𐤉𐤟 𐤊𐤌𐤔𐤟 𐤓𐤃𐤟 𐤄𐤋𐤕𐤇𐤌𐤟 𐤁𐤇𐤅𐤓𐤍𐤍 | 𐤅𐤀𐤓𐤃
33. ---------[𐤅𐤉𐤔]𐤁𐤄𐤟 𐤊𐤌𐤔𐤟 𐤁𐤉𐤌𐤉𐤟 𐤅𐤏𐤋[...]𐤟 𐤌𐤔𐤌𐤟 𐤏𐤔
34. -------------- 𐤔𐤕𐤟 𐤔𐤃𐤒 | 𐤅𐤀
The inscription should read from right to left, but it has been encoded
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range in Unicode, browsers may not yet display the text in R-T-L mode.
The first line of the inscription:
ANK MSO BN KMSMLD MLK MAB
- or -
'ANoKi MeSha' BeN KaMoShMaLD MeLeK Mo'AB
- which means -
I Mesha' Son (of) Kamoshmald King (of) Moab
The Phoenician text on this page was converted from the Hebrew transliteration found
in this fine Wikipedia article about the Mesha Stele:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mesha_Stele
To learn about the Mesha Stele, also known as the Moabite Stone, please
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http://pages.sbcglobal.net/zimriel/Mesha/index.html
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