Sayce1892 historical source page 80
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Work: Mesha Stele
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Mesha Stele — Sayce1892 English translation and notes
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74 ^ THE MOABITE STONE. J arranged, and it was agreed that the stone should be handed over to the Germans for the sum of £80. At this moment M. Clermont-Ganneau, a member of the French Consulate at Jerusalem, with lamentable indis- cretion, sent men to take squeezes of the inscription, and offered no less than £S7S for the stone itself At once the cupidity of both Arabs and pashas was aroused ; the Governor of Nablus demanded the treasure for himself, while the Arabs, fearing it might be taken from them, put a …
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- Complete supplied historical English Mesha/MoabiteStone translation and surrounding source discussion, sourceprintedpp71–79. Source explicitly acknowledges irrecoverablylost final inscription lines; these are not reconstructed. Plate caption/blankimageobject excluded, rawsource retained. No ancient Moabite Unicode original or modern emendation claimed.
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