Eshmun_inscription
Eshmun inscription
Phoenician inscription
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!