The Eshmun inscription is a Phoenician inscription on a fragment of grey-blue limestone found at the Temple of Eshmun in 1901. [1] It is also known as RES 297. [2] Some elements of the writing have been said to be similar to the Athenian Greek-Phoenician inscriptions. [1] Today, it is held in the Museum of the Ancient Orient in Istanbul. [3]
The inscription reads:
(line 1) | ... W’Š]MNYTN BN YTNṢD BN SNR | [... and Esh]munyaton, the son of Yatontsid, (grand)son of SNR, | ||
(2) | ... (L’LNM) L]’ŠMN YBRKM | [and ... (more names) dedicated this object to (the god), to] Eshmun. May he bless them! |
The Eshmun inscription is a Phoenician inscription on a fragment of grey-blue limestone found at the Temple of Eshmun in 1901. [1] It is also known as RES 297. [2] Some elements of the writing have been said to be similar to the Athenian Greek-Phoenician inscriptions. [1] Today, it is held in the Museum of the Ancient Orient in Istanbul. [3]
The inscription reads:
(line 1) | ... W’Š]MNYTN BN YTNṢD BN SNR | [... and Esh]munyaton, the son of Yatontsid, (grand)son of SNR, | ||
(2) | ... (L’LNM) L]’ŠMN YBRKM | [and ... (more names) dedicated this object to (the god), to] Eshmun. May he bless them! |