# Cippi of Melqart

> collective name for two bilingual Phoenician marble cippi, dated to the 2nd century BCE, that were unearthed in Malta under undocumented circumstances and were seminal in the deciphering of the Phoenician alphabet and language.

**Wikidata**: [Q5121287](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5121287)  
**Wikipedia**: [English](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cippi_of_Melqart)  
**Source**: https://4ort.xyz/entity/cippi-of-melqart


## References

1. Freebase Data Dumps. 2013