Kilamuwa scepter


The Kilamuwa scepter or Kilamuwa sheath is a 9th-century BCE small gold object inscribed in Phoenician or Aramaic, which was found during the excavations of Zincirli in 1943. It was found in burned debris in a corridor at the front of the "Building of Kilamuwa".
King Kilamuwa is believed to have ruled in the area of Zincirli in ca. 830 - 820 BC.
The object measures 6.7 x 2.2 cm, and is ornamented with soldered gold wire and gold plates; two of the rectangular plates are inscribed with a total of seven lines or writing. Felix [von Luschan] concluded that it was once on the handle of a staff or scepter.

Text

The inscription reads as follows: This smr Kilamuwa, son of Ḥay, made for RKBʿL. May RKB'L grant him length of life.