The Eshmun inscription is a Phoenician inscription on a fragment of grey-blue limestone found at the Temple of Eshmun in 1901. It is also known as RES 297. Some elements of the writing have been said to be similar to the Athenian Greek-Phoenician inscriptions. Today, it is held in the Museum of the Ancient Orient in Istanbul.
The inscription reads:
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Bibliography
- Lidzbarski, Mark, Ephemeris für semitische Epigraphik, volume II, 54-55
- Lagrange, M. J. âÂÂNOTES DâÂÂÃÂPIGRAPHIE SÃÂMITIQUE.â Revue Biblique (1892âÂÂ1940), vol. 11, no. 1, Peeters Publishers, 1902, pp. 94âÂÂ99, https://www.jstor.org/stable/44100617.
- Clermont-Ganneau, Dédicace phénicienne àEchmoun provenant de Sidon, Receuil dâÂÂArchéologie Orientale 5, 1903, 34-35
- Lagrange, M. J. âÂÂNOTE SUR LES INSCRIPTIONS TROUVÃÂES PAR MACRIDY-BEY A BOSTAN-ECH-CHEIKH.â Revue Biblique (1892âÂÂ1940), vol. 11, no. 4, Peeters Publishers, 1902, pp. 515âÂÂ26, http://www.jstor.org/stable/44100674.
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