Eshmunazar

Eshmunazar was the name of several Phoenician kings of Sidon.

The sarcophagus of Eshmunazar II, which is now in the Louvre, was unearthed in 1855 in a site near Sidon, and contains an inscription - known as KAI-14, in Phoenician Canaanite, inscribed using the Phoenician alphabet. Now located in the Louvre Museum in Paris, the sarcophagus was created in the early 5th century BCE. The inscription identifies the king inside and warns people not to disturb him. The translation below is based on the translation of Julius Oppert, amended with the help of a more recent translation in Prichard & Fleming.

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