Malta Cippi 499 BCE

Text Numbers: Med 16, 17 ,18, 19

Cippi of Malta 1 Usually At Louvre

(October 14, 2023) Photo from 2023 from blog called "Life in Abu Dhabi" at : https://watsonabudhabi.blogspot.com/2023/06/cippi-de-malta.html

Translation of Top Mostly Phoenician Style Section in Akkadian

  1. Revelations from the life-priests are being chaotic. Revelations are resisting the invisible-forms due to the nest (life network).  Revelations of life-powers are from supporting the Seers.
  2. The Baker (sun) is visible. The network-birds (eagle vultures) are nesting the expulsions (of fertility fluids). The shepherd's (emotion magic crafters) are associating with Su (dark new moon god and source of astrological powers).  Anger can emotionally-release rainstorms.
  3. Judge the nourishments for revelations.  Expel the eagle-vultures. Waters are from nourishments.  Emotional-affects can nourish life-manifestations.  Expul the eagle-vultures.  Open the fertility-fluids for rainstorms.
  4. Life-manifestations can be revealed by fertility-fluids.  Emotional-arousal can make visible the emotional-energy.

Translation of Bottom Aegean Island Style Section in Akkadian (Red shows same text)


  1. Life-Manifestations of Yahu (Y') can be revealed and blocked by activity-powers.  Emanations of Ayu are activated by the Controllers (Su, Selene, Thu and their owls) which can veil Yahu's (Y') fate-curse.
  2. Activity can control that.  Astrology-magic's Selu's-Eye (dark moon god Su)  can emotionally-affect the drought. Rainstorms are not being sky-empowered
  3. Astrological-Owls are not the emotion-owl's energy.  Are not the Controllers (Ayu and her eagle vultures) catching-the-winds (motion powers)?  Emanations are not coming from the boundary.

Cippi of Malta 2 Usually At National Museum of Archaeology in Valletta, Malta

(October 16, 2023) Photo from 2023 from blog called "Life in Abu Dhabi" at : https://watsonabudhabi.blogspot.com/2023/06/cippi-de-malta.html

Translation of Top Maltese Style Section in Akkadian

  1. The Eagle-vulture's threading can depend on the oozing (of fertility fluids through life network).  Chaos from fertility-fluids manifests tar.  Those eagle-vulture-powers [are not] nesting.  Reveal the efforts.  The corresponding rainstorms are shepherded by the nourishment's (fertility-fluid's) pressure.
  2. The threading of nourishments for manifestations is narrowing.  Eagle-vultures are pruning Hu.  Nothing of Hu is being revealed.  Fertility-fluids are being bound by eagle-vultures. ......
  3. Openings (of life forms) involve threading the fertility-fluids.  Fertility-fluids can be authorized by emotionally-affecting (with emotion magic) life-manifestations.  Life-manifestations are being narrowed by eagle-vultures.  Revelations (of life forms) are being pushed away by the fabric's [2 words]
  4. Life-priests can nourish eagle-vultures to reveal the fertility-fluids (for triggering the life manifestations)

Translation of Bottom Aegean Island Style Section in Akkadian (Red shows same text)


  1. Life-Manifestations of Yahu (Y') can be revealed and blocked by activity-powers.  Emanations of Ayu are activated by the Controllers (Su, Selene, Thu and their owls) which can veil Yahu's (Y') fate-curse.
  2. Activity can control that.  Astrology-magic's Selu's-Eye (dark moon god Su)  can emotionally-affect the drought. The same shepherds (emotion magic crafters) can be involved with Thu's [motion-powers through the sky-shell.
  3. The same Controllers can properly-allocate the boundary's (sky shell's life network) blockages.

Cippi of Malta 2 At National Museum of Archaeology in Valletta, Malta in 2014

Text Close-Up Cippi of Malta 2 At National Museum of Archaeology in Valletta, Malta

The two Maltese cippi were reunited in 2023 in a temporary exhibition in Abu Dhabi. The news reports continues the propagation of the fake history started in the early 1800's. Their texts are on their rectangular bases.
Online at: https://heritagemalta.mt/news/cippi-reunited-in-abu-dhabi-after-241-years-apart/

Discovery

Cippi are stone columns marking important locations such as gravesites,  shrines and distance-posts. Some of these have texts. These Maltese cippi may have first been seen in 1694 and reported in a confusing later letter by Maltese church official, Ignazio di Costanzo. He reported two of the inscriptions were in the Phoenician language while the other two were in some form of ancient Greek (Bulifon, Antonio 1698). The Phoenician identification was made based their mention by Greek writers Thucydides and Diodorus Siculus that Phoenicians once inhabited Malta. 

Ignazio di Costanzo reported he had found the two cippi being displayed at the entrance of Villa Abela in in Maltese town of Marsa. At the time this was the home of Maltese historian Gian Abela. Ever. In contrast Maltese historian Ciantar claimed that the cippi were discovered in 1732, and only then placed at the villa of Abela which had become a museum entrusted to the Jesuits.

In 1753, Abbot Guyot de Marne, a Knight Commander of the Maltese Order, mentioned the text again in the Italian journal, Saggi di dissertazioni accademiche of the Etruscan Academy of Cortona but did not present a translation.

References

Barthélemy, Jean-Jacques, Abbé (1764) [1758]. "Réflexions sur quelques monuments Phéniciens, et sur les alphabets qui en résultent". Mémoires de littérature, tirés des registres de l'Académie royale des inscriptions et belles-lettres. Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres. 30: 405–427, pl. i–iv. Online at: https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k57483573/f423.image

Bulifon, Antonio (1698). Lettere memorabili, istoriche, politiche, ed erudite Scritte, […] Raccolta Quarta (IV). Naples: Bulifon. pp. 117–132.

National Museum of Archaeology in Valletta, Malta. Online at: https://heritagemalta.org/national-museum-of-archaeology/

The above is a scan from Barthelemy’s French Academy paper showing how he transliterated the “Greek” inscriptions on the two cippi. He Greek letter assignments are in capital letters. He claimed the inscriptions on each cippus were the same which is actually not the case (copied from page 408 of Barthélemy 1764).

His literal translation (in English) would have been the following:

  1. Dionysios and Sarapion the 
  2. Seripon, Tyre Herculies
  3. Archegetes

From this he produced the French translation which he published in his paper. Here he added words and switched the words around in the second line in an improper fashion:

  1. Deys & Seripion, de la 
  2. ville de Tyr, tous deux fils de Seripion, a Hercule 
  3. furnomme Archegetes.

He then published the English version of that as: 

  1. Dionysios and Sarapion, of the 
  2. city of Tyre, both sons of Seripon, for Herculies 
  3. surnamed Archegetes

All subsequent translations have been minor variations on this one proposed by Barthélemy.

The Translation Fraud Begins

The first translation claim for these texts would be made in 1758 by Jean-Jacques Barthélemy (1716-1795) who had already claimed to have translated the Palmyrene “Aramaic” texts. Barthélemy was born in the town of Cassis in Provence, France. His advanced education was in Biblical Greek and Hebrew which mainly occurred while he was attending a Catholic seminary of the Lazarist order. 

The problem with Barthélemy is that he practiced translation fraud by ignoring or deliberately misassigning letters. The letter patterns on each cippus are different as can be seen from the photos in the translation justification sections below yet Barthélemy claimed they were the same. What is worse is that this fraud has gone uncorrected until now.

Barthélemy's Translation of  the 2 "Phoenician" Sections

Barthélemy next transliterated the two “Phoenician” texts into one Hebrew text as shown in figure 3 above. He then translated that into French as:


  • Abdaffar & Afferemor, fils d’Afferemor, fils d’Abdaffar, avons fait ce vou a notre Seigneur Melcrat, divite tutelaire de Tyre. Puiffe-t-il les benir apres les avoir egares, ou dans leur route incertaine.

His English translation is:


  • Abdaffar and Afferemor, son of Afferemor, son of Abdaffar, have made this vow to our Lord Melqart, guardian deity of Tyre. May he bless them after he misled them. (or “in their uncertain route”)

Barthélemy in his article claimed that "Abdaffar" and "Afferemor" were the Phoenician names for Dionysios and Sarapion. With that imaginative claim he could then state that  the “Phoenician” text was similar to the “Greek” text.  

Incredibly, All subsequent academic translations have been minor variations on this one proposed by Barthélemy.

Barthélemy's Letter Assignments For Phoenician Sections And Resultant Combination Into Hebrew (3, 4)

Barthélemy’s Hebrew transliteration of his Phoenician text has these English letter equivalents:

  1. LARNN  LMLQRK  B’L  ṢRA  KNRR
  2.  ‘BR  ‘BRAMR  IAKI  AMRKMR
  3. TNBN  AMREMR  BN  ‘BRAMR  KEM’
  4. QLM  IBRKM

This can be compared with the correct letter assignments below (within bounds of the one photograph's resolution). Yet even his own Hebrew letters do not match the English and French translations he gave for the Hebrew.

Louvre Cippi Translation

(October 12, 2023)  This text is Maltese which is a mix between the Phoenician and Iberian letter styles and may represent a transitional stage between the two. Compared to the other cippi below this one has more Phoenician influence.

Top Text Translation of Louvre Cippi in Akkadian (Med Text 16)

(Read right to left. Capital letters on seal. Small letters are inferred Inner vowels. Verb is italic bold)
  1. Nu  ABu  NuNu.  Nu  WaNu  DaRu U  Ba'u.  Nu  ṢeRu  A  MaNu  BaRu (Med 16.1)  Red italic letters are Maltese style and not Phoenician
  2. Za'u  BaRu.  Pa'u  Ba'u  AṢu.  Re'u  AZu Su.  AGu  ReMu  MuRu. (Med 16.2)
 The she(Dual use letters are E/H, I/Y, U/W, and '/A in which vowel appears at beginning of words except for Yahu which is keeping its traditional Hebrew transliteration)

In English. 


  1. Revelations from the life-priests are being chaotic. Revelations are resisting the invisible-forms due to the nest (life network).  Revelations of life-powers are from supporting the Seers.
  2. The Baker (sun) is visible. The network-birds are nesting the expulsions (of fertility fluids). The shepherd's (emotion magic crafters) are associating with Su (dark new moon god and source of astrological powers).  Anger can emotionally-release rainstorms.

(October 12, 2023) This text mostly has letters in the Phoenician style yet significantly it has a few in the native Maltese style.

Top Text Translation of Louvre Cippi in Akkadian (Med Text 16)

(Read right to left. Capital letters on seal. Small letters are inferred Inner vowels. Verb is italic bold)
  1. DaNu  Bu  Nu.  AṢu  Ru.  MaMu  A  Bu.  Ne'u  Bu  Du.  AṢu  Ru.  Pu  Mu  MuRu. (Med 16.3) 
  2. Du  Nu  Mu.  TaBu  RePu  Gi (Med 16.4)

(Dual use letters are E/H, I/Y, U/W, and '/A in which vowel appears at beginning of words except for Yahu which is keeping its traditional Hebrew transliteration)

In English


  1. Judge the nourishments for revelations.  Expel the eagle-vultures. Waters are from nourishments.  Emotional-affects can nourish life-manifestations.  Expul the eagle-vultures.  Open the fertility-fluids for rainstorms.
  2. Life-manifestations can be revealed by fertility-fluids.  Emotional-arousal can make visible the emotional-energy.

(October 14, 2023) This text mostly has letters in the Aegean Island style yet significantly it has a few in the native Maltese style (Italic).

Bottom Text Translation of Louvre Cippi in Akkadian (Med Text 17)

(Read right to left. Capital letters on seal. Small letters are inferred Inner vowels. Verb is italic bold)
  1. Du  Ya'u  Nu  U  Ṣe'u  Ṣu.  Zu  AYu  Ṣu  ARu.  APu  Ya'u  U'a  (Med 17.1)
  2. Ṣu  ARu  A.  Tu  IGu  Ne'u  ṢeTu.  MuRu  EBu  Ya (Med 17.2)
  3. Ḫu'u  AKu  Gi  E.  Yu  ARu  ŠaḪu.  Zu  ETu  E. (Med 17.3)

(Dual use letters are E/H, I/Y, U/W, and '/A in which vowel appears at beginning of words except for Yahu which is keeping its traditional Hebrew transliteration)

In English. 

  1. Life-Manifestations of Yahu (Y') can be revealed and blocked by activity-powers.  Emanations of Ayu are activated by the Controllers (Su, Selene, Thu and their owls) which can veil Yahu's (Y') fate-curse.
  2. Activity can control that.  Astrology-magic's Selu's-Eye (dark moon god Su)  can emotionally-affect the drought. Rainstorms are not being sky-empowered
  3. Astrological-Owls are not the emotion-owl's energy.  Are not the Controllers (Ayu and her eagle vultures) catching-the-winds (motion powers)?  Emanations are not coming from the boundary.

Valletta, Malta Cippi Translation

(October 17, 2023) This text is Maltese which is a mix between the Phoenician (some) and Iberian (mostly) letter styles and may represent a transitional stage between the two. 

Top Text Translation of Valletti Cippi in Akkadian (Med Text 18)

(Read right to left. Capital letters on seal. Small letters are inferred Inner vowels. Verb is italic bold)
  1. Ru  Qu  Šu  ŠeNu.  NuNu  Mu  IṬu  Du.  Ru  A  [1]  Ba'u.  Nu  PaRu.  Šu  MuRu  Re'u  Bu  DaḪu  (Med 18.1, last letters from top photo of cippi)
  2. Qu  Bu  Du  ŠaKu.  Ru  NeTu  Ḫu.  E  Ḫu  Nu.  Mu  KaMu  Ru  [words]  (Med 18.2)

(Dual use letters are E/H, I/Y, U/W, and '/A in which vowel appears at beginning of words except for Yahu which is keeping its traditional Hebrew transliteration)

In English. 

  1. The Eagle-vulture's threading can depend on the oozing (of fertility fluids through life network).  Chaos from fertility-fluids manifests tar.  Those eagle-vulture-powers [are not] nesting.  Reveal the efforts.  The corresponding rainstorms are shepherded by the nourishment's (fertility-fluid's) pressure.
  2. The threading of nourishments for manifestations is narrowing.  Eagle-vultures are pruning Hu.  Nothing of Hu is being revealed.  Fertility-fluids are being bound by eagle-vultures. ......

(October 17, 2023) This text is Maltese which is a mix between the Phoenician (some) and Iberian (mostly) letter styles and may represent a transitional stage between the two. 

Top Text Translation of Valletti Cippi in Akkadian (Med Text 18)

(Read right to left. Capital letters on seal. Small letters are inferred Inner vowels. Verb is italic bold)
  1. Pu  Ku  Qu  Mu.  Mu  RaBu  Ne'u  Du.  Du  ŠaKu  Ru.  Nu  Ma'u  SaQu  [word]     (Med 18.3)
  2. 'Bu  Bu  Ru  Nu  Mu (Med 18.4)

(Dual use letters are E/H, I/Y, U/W, and '/A in which vowel appears at beginning of words except for Yahu which is keeping its traditional Hebrew transliteration)

In English. 

  1. Openings (of life forms) involve threading the fertility-fluids.  Fertility-fluids can be authorized by emotionally-affecting (with emotion magic) life-manifestations.  Life-manifestations are being narrowed by eagle-vultures.  Revelations (of life forms) are being pushed away by the fabric's [2 words]
  2. Life-priests can nourish eagle-vultures to reveal the fertility-fluids (for triggering the life manifestations)

(October 14, 2023) This text mostly has letters in the Aegean Island style yet significantly it has a few in the native Maltese style (Italic).

Bottom Text Translation of Valletti Cippi in Akkadian (Med Text 19)

(Read right to left. Capital letters on seal. Small letters are inferred Inner vowels. Verb is italic bold)
  1.  Du  Ya'u  Nu  U  Ṣe'u  Ṣu.  Zu  AYu  Ṣu  ARu.  APu  Ya'u  U'a (Med 19.1)
  2. Ṣu  ARu  A.  Tu  IGu  Ne'u  ṢeTu.  Šu  Re'u  Ku  Ṭu  A[W]  EBu (Med 19.2)
  3. ARu  Šu  ZiTu  ETu  ṢeYu


(Dual use letters are E/H, I/Y, U/W, and '/A in which vowel appears at beginning of words except for Yahu which is keeping its traditional Hebrew transliteration)

In English. 

  1. Life-Manifestations of Yahu (Y') can be revealed and blocked by activity-powers.  Emanations of Ayu are activated by the Controllers (Su, Selene, Thu and their owls) which can veil Yahu's (Y') fate-curse.
  2. Activity can control that.  Astrology-magic's Selu's-Eye (dark moon god Su)  can emotionally-affect the drought. The same shepherds (emotion magic crafters) can be involved with Thu's [motion-powers through the sky-shell.
  3. The same Controllers can properly-allocate the boundary's (sky shell's life network) blockages.