{"product_id":"barges-temple-de-baal-a-marseille-1848","title":"Bargès - Temple de Baal à Marseille (1848)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJean-Joseph-Léandre BARGÈS‎. ‎\u003cem\u003eTemple de Baal à Marseille, ou Grande inscription phénicienne découverte dans cette ville dans le courant de l'année 1845, expliquée et accompagnée d'observations critiques et historiques\u003c\/em\u003e‎. Paris: J.-B. Herman et cie. , 1848\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e(26.5 x 17 cm ) pp. 103 + 1 p errata. Frontispiece engraving of altar of Baal. Ornamental headpeice in celtic zoopomorphic style. Text in French with extensive passages in Hebrew and quotations in Arabic. Bound in 19th century french cahier-style marbled cardboard with red fabric spine. Occational foxing. Front flyleaf is detatching due to friability, but present. Bound without the facsimile plate of the inscription. Overall a VERY GOOD example of this work. Scarce to the North American market.\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe mysterious inscription written about in this book was unearthed in Marseille in June 1845. Currently, it is called the \"Tarriff of Carthage,\" and was the basis for the myth of Marseille's Phoenician origin-- seeming proof that Phoenician cults worshiped in this seaside town in the South of France. The work of Abbé Bargès (1810-1896), an epigrapher and expert in Near Eastern langauges, was particularly keen to support the Phoenician occupancy of Marseille, publishing six monographs on the matter from 1847 to 1888. His work influenced scholarly interpretation of this archaeological site, though the archaeological record itself does not suggest any Phoenician connection.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mobilis Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48497026924736,"sku":"1946","price":950.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0548\/8273\/0176\/files\/1946_1.jpg?v=1782396805","url":"https:\/\/www.mobilisbooks.com\/products\/barges-temple-de-baal-a-marseille-1848","provider":"Mobilis Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}