The Carthage Tariff is a Punic language inscription from the third century BCE, found on a fragments of a limestone stela in 1856-58 at Carthage in Tunisia. It is thought to be related to the Marseille Tariff, found two decades earlier.

It was first published by Nathan Davis, and the 11-line inscription is known as KAI 74 and CIS I 167.

Carthage Tariff

The plaque lists the payments for ritual sacrifices, including which portions go to the priests and which to the offerer. It is thought to have been placed on a temple wall, setting out the rules for those giving offerings.

Carthage Tariff

It is held in the archives of the British Museum, as BM 125303.

Carthage Tariff

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Archaeological artifacts

KAI inscriptions

Punic inscriptions

Phoenician religion

Economy of Phoenicia

Archaeological discoveries in Tunisia