𐤀𐤓𐤍

Phoenician

The Ahiram sarcophagus with Phoenician writing

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *ʾarān- or *ʾirān-. Cognate to Hebrew אָרוֹן.

Noun

𐤀𐤓𐤍 (ʾrn)

1. ark, chest, box
2. coffin, sarcophagus
   • c. 1000 BCE, Ahiram sarcophagus, in H. Donner & W. Röllig, Kanaanäische und aramäische Inschriften, vol. 1, page 1 and table I, no. 1:

     𐤀𐤓𐤍𐤟𐤆𐤐𐤏𐤋𐤟𐤀𐤕𐤁𐤏𐤋𐤟𐤁𐤍𐤀𐤇𐤓𐤌𐤟𐤌𐤋𐤊𐤂𐤁𐤋𐤟𐤋𐤀𐤇𐤓𐤌𐤟𐤀𐤁𐤄

     ʾrn zpʿl ʾtbʿl bnʾḥrm mlkgbl lʾḥrm ʾbh

     Sarcophagus that Ittobaal, son of Ahiram, king of Byblos, made for Ahiram, his father