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The Eshmun inscription is a Phoenician inscription on a fragment of grey-blue limestone found at the
Temple of Eshmun The Temple of Eshmun ( ar, معبد أشمون) is an ancient place of worship dedicated to Eshmun, the Phoenician god of healing. It is located near the Awali river, northeast of Sidon in southwestern Lebanon. The site was occupied from the 7 ...
in 1901.Lagrange, 1902, "4. Muse impérial de Constantinople. Calcaire gris bleu. La pièce est incomplète et difficile à décrire. L'inscription est cassée par devant. L'écriture est normale. Le iod affecte la forme des inscriptions d'Athènes et du Pirée (CIS. 115, 116, 117, 119)" It is also known as
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297. Some elements of the writing have been said to be similar to the
Athenian Greek-Phoenician inscriptions The Athenian Greek-Phoenician inscriptions are 18 ancient Phoenician inscriptions found in the region of Athens, Greece (also known as Attica). They represent the second largest group of foreign inscriptions in the region after the Thracians (25 ins ...
. Today, it is held in the
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in Istanbul.Clermont-Ganneau
Dédicace phénicienne à Echmoun provenant de Sidon
Receuil d’Archéologie Orientale 5, 1903, 34-35: “On a transporté, il y a quelque temps, au Musée de Constantinople, un fragment d’inscription phénicienne qui aurait été trouvé parmi les fameuses inscriptions du temple d’Echmoun récemment découvert auprès de Sidon. Le P. Lagrange vient de le publier d’après une simple copie, et seulement en transcription…”
The inscription reads: ::


Bibliography

* Lidzbarski, Mark
Ephemeris für semitische Epigraphik, volume II
54-55 * Lagrange, M. J. “NOTES D’ÉPIGRAPHIE SÉMITIQUE.” Revue Biblique (1892–1940), vol. 11, no. 1, Peeters Publishers, 1902, pp. 94–99, https://www.jstor.org/stable/44100617. * Clermont-Ganneau
Dédicace phénicienne à Echmoun provenant de Sidon
Receuil d’Archéologie Orientale 5, 1903, 34-35 * Lagrange, M. J. “NOTE SUR LES INSCRIPTIONS TROUVÉES PAR MACRIDY-BEY A BOSTAN-ECH-CHEIKH.” Revue Biblique (1892–1940), vol. 11, no. 4, Peeters Publishers, 1902, pp. 515–26, http://www.jstor.org/stable/44100674.


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