This stele, made from calcium stone was found in two fragments by E. Renan. It bears a person standing on a lion holding a weapon in his right hand, in his left hand a small lion cub suspended by its back legs. At the top of the stele two disks are

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• This stele, made from calcium stone was found in
  two fragments by E. Renan. It bears a person
  standing on a lion holding a weapon in his right
  hand, in his left hand a small lion cub suspended
  by its back legs. At the top of the stele two
  disks are shining the sun and the moon. They
  contain the following three lines engraved in
  small letters  This is the stele which PLS,
  son of Abdsis, dedicated to his master
  Chadrrapha, because he understood the voice of
  his words 
• "Ceci est la stèle qu'a dédiée PLS, fils de
  Abdsid à son seigneur Chadrapha, parce qu'il a
  entendu la voix de ses paroles."
• This is in the Louvre Museum

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• Found by Mr Dunand à Byblos, this inscription is
  engraved on the neck of a large pottery vase. It
  consists of three words "Abdo, son of Kalby,
  le potter"
• "Abdo, fils de Kalby, le potier" It is in the
  National Museum of Beirut

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• This funerary inscription is engraved on the side
  of a marble coffin found inside the Castle of the
  Crusades in Byblos. It dates from 350 BCE. It is
  in the National Museum of Beirut.
•  In this tomb, I Batnoam, mother of King Azbaal,
  King of Byblos, son of Pltbaal, preist of the
   Lady , I rest clothed and wearing a crown, and
  a  tôle  laminated with gold on my mouth, just
  as the Queens before me did 
• "Dans ce sarcophage, moi Batnoam, mère du roi
  Azbaal roi de Byblos, fils de Pltbaal, prêtre de
  la "Dame", je repose dans un vêtement et une
  couronne sur moi, et une tôle laminée d'or sur ma
  bouche, comme pour les reines qui furent avant
  moi."

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• This inscription, engraved on limestone stone,
  engraved on a stele, was discovered in Byblos
  inside the sanctuary of the Lady of Byblos, who
  is presented on it wearing a hathoric crown. In
  front of her stands the King, wearing a Perisan
  costume and hen is in an aodring pose.
• This is in the Louvre I am Yehaumillk, king of
  Gbl, son of Yehar-Baal, grandson of Ormilk, king
  of Gbl, that the Lady of Gbl had made King on
  Gbl. And I invoked the name of my sovereign Lady
  of Gbl and she heard my voice. And for my
  soverieng Lady of Gbl I made this bronze altar
  which is found in this courtyard, as well as this
  door which is located in front of my own door and
  the winged disk of gold which is placed in the
  centre of the stone which is on this golden door,
  and this doorway and these columns, and the
  column decorations which are on them, and its
  roof. I made them. Yehaumilk, King of Gbl (all of
  it) for my dovereign Lady of Gbl, and she heard
  my voice and di me much good. May the Lady of Gbl
  bless Yehaumilk, King of Gbl, and make him live
  and prolong his days and his years on Gbl,
  because he is a just King, he is the well-being
  in the eyes of the Gods and in the eyes of the
  peopel of this earth and the well being of the
  people of this earth will appear before all the
  kings. And every man who will continue to
  accomplish his work on this altar or this door
  and on this doorway, my name Yehaumilk, King of
  Gbl, you will be able to put it beside yours on
  this work. And if you do not put my name with
  youers, or if you distance this work or move this
  courts and its foundations from this place, or
  open its lcosed lid, may the sovereign Lady of
  Gbl, destroy that man and his seed in front of
  the gods of Gbl.
• Je suis Yehaumilk, roi de Gbl, fils de
  Yehar-Baal, fils du fils (petit-fils) d'Ormilk,
  roi de Gbl, que la Dame de Gbl a fait roi sur
  Gbl. Et j'ai invoqué ma souveraine Dame de Gbl et
  elle a écouté ma voix. Et j'ai fait pour ma
  souveraine, Dame de Gbl, cet autel de bronze, qui
  se trouve dans cette cour, et cette porte d'or
  qui se trouve devant ma propre porte et le disque
  ailé, en or qui est placée au milieu de la pierre
  qui est sur cette porte d'or, et ce portique et
  ces colonnes, et les chapiteaux qui sont sur
  elles, et son toit. J'ai fait, Yehaumilk, roi de
  Gbl, (tout cela) pour ma souveraine Dame de Gbl,
  et elle a écouté ma voix et m'a fait du bien. Que
  la Dame de Gbl bénisse Yehaumilk, roi de Gbl et
  le fasse vivre et prolonge ses jours et ses
  années sur Gbl, parce qu'il est un roi juste, et
  le bien-être aux yeux des dieux et aux yeux du
  peuple de cette terre, et que le bien-être du
  peuple de cette terre apparaisse devant tous les
  rois. Et tout homme qui continuera à accomplir
  des travaux sur cet autel ou sur cette porte d'or
  et sur ce portique, mon nom Yehaumilk, roi de
  Gbl, tu devras mettre avec le tien sur ces
  travaux. Et si tu ne mets pas le nom avec le
  tien, ou si tu éloignes cet ouvrage ou déplaces
  cette cour avec ses fondations de ce lieu, ou
  ouvres sa cachette, que la souveraine Dame de Gbl
  détruise cet homme et sa semence devant tous les
  dieux de Gbl".

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• Engraved on limestone and bearing traces of
  another hieroglyphic inscription from Byblos. It
  consists of seven lines with points of separation
  between the words
•  The temple that was built by Yehimil, King of
  Gbl. It is he who resotred the ruins of these
  temples. May the Lord of the sky and the Lady of
  Gbl, with the assembly of the saints of Gbl
  prolong the days oof Yehemilk and his days on Gbl
  becuas ehe is a right and just King in the sacred
  eyes of Gbl. This stele is conserved in the
  National Museum of Beirut.

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• Found by M Dunand in 1964, this statuette of a
  child is engraved on its base with a poenicien
  inscription attesting the existence of another
  dynasty which should have succeed that of
  Eshmounazar, Tabnit, Eshmounazar II and Bad
  Astart.
• It rperesents the gradnson of the King Baana who
  had reigned c. 430 and was offered to the god
  Eshmoun because of his healing powers. It was
  found with other broken peices thrown in a water
  basin mraculously irrigated with water by the
  holy river source  Ydlal". Its base contains
  only one line
•  This is the statuetee which was offered to
  Baalchillem, son of the King Baana, king of the
  Sidoniens, son of King Addamn, son of King
  Baalcillem, king of the Sidoniens, in the source
  of  Ydlal . May he be blessed 
• "Celle-ci est la statuette qu'a offerte
  Baalchillem, fils du roi Baana, roi des
  Sidoniens, fils du roi Abdamn, roi des Sidoniens,
  fils du roi Baalchillem, roi des Sidoniens, à son
  dieu Eshmoun, en la source de "Ydlal. Qu'il
  benisse." It is conserved in the National
  Museum of Beirut.

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• The sarcophagus of Ahexs. (XIII-XII)
• Exhumed in 1923 by P. Montet from the necropole
  of Byblos, this sarcohpagus presents a doule
  interest due to the ornations which decorate its
  sides as well as the pheonicien inscription it
  bears, part of which is engraved on a small side
  of the cuve and the rest of it on the large
  side of the lid. This inscription, which for the
  first time ever used the 22 characters of the
  pheonician alphabet in their intial form, is the
  prototype of all the actual alphabets. Resting
  on 4 lions lying prostrate  en ronde bosse ,
  this sarcophagus is decorated, in its upper part,
  with a girland of lotus with people carrying
  offeriengs. ON the large side, the King is sat on
  a throne flanked by winged sphinxes in one hand
  he is hold a cup whilst a flower falls from the
  other in front of him is a table maden with
  offerings and behind him one sees the advancement
  of a procession of people carrying offerings or
  lifting their arms in a sing of hommage. On the
  small sides, for mounrners are rpezresented in an
  attitude of distress, they have ripped the top of
  their gowns and are pulling their hair. The
  pheoncian text, which begins on the small right
  side of the cuve and continues on the lid, above
  the main scene, read from right to left, as
  follows (on the cuve)  The sarcophagus made
  by Ithobaal, son of Ahiram, king of Gbl, for
  Ahiram, his father, as his home in eternity 
• Sarcophage qu'a fait Ithobaal, fils d'Ahiram, roi
  de Gbl, pour Ahiram, son père, comme sa demeure
  dans l'éternité".
• (on the lid)  And if a King amongst Kings,
  governors amongst governors, set up camp against
  Gbl and move this sarcophagus, the sceptre of his
  power will be broken, the throne of his royalty
  will be overturned and peace with reign on Gbl.
  With regard to him, his memory will be wiped out
  from the mouth of the almighty above and beyond.
• (sur le couvercle) "Et si un roi parmi les rois,
  gouverneurs parmi les gouverneurs, dresse le camp
  contre Gbl et déplace ce sarcophage, le sceptre
  de son pouvoir sera brisé, le trône de sa royauté
  se renversera et la paix régnera sur Gbl. Quant à
  lui, sa mémoire sera effacée de la bouche de
  l'Au-delà." This sarcophagus, of which the
  cultural significance passes all estimation, is
  conserved in the National Museum of Beirut.

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• Sarcophage d'Eshmounazar II
• This sarcophagus was found in 1855 in the same
  necropole in which his father Tibnit was
  discovered. The pheonician inscription,
  considered to be the longest funerary
  inscription, is engraved in 22 lines and
  beautiful letters, relating how the King, having
  governed under the regency of his mother, died in
  the 14th year of his reign, in other words at the
  beginning of the 5th century BCE. In the month
  of Boul, in the 14the year of his reign, the King
  Eshmounazar, King of the Sidonians, son of King
  Tabnit, King of the Sidonians. Thus spoke the
  King Eshmounazar, King of the Sidonians, saying
  I was ripped out, not in my time, son of a few
  orphaned days, son of a widow, and I rest in this
  ciffin in this tomb, in this place that I built.
  Whoever you are, every king and every man, it is
  forbiddne to open this place of rest , nothing
  must be searched for inside, becuase nothing has
  been placed inside and you must not disover the
  coffin of my resting place adn you must not move
  me from this resting place to another resting
  place. Furthermore, if men advise you to do this
  you must listen to them, because every king and
  every man who discovers this place of rest, or
  who lift the sarcophagus of my place of rest, or
  who transport me from this place of rest, may the
  y neve rhave a resting place amonst the manes,
  and may they enever be interred in a tomb,, and
  may they never have a son and other descendnants
  to whom it can be done in their place, and they
  will deliver the two holy gods to a powerful king
  who will reign over them in such a way that he
  breaks them into pieces, king or man who opens
  this place of rest or who discovers this
  sarcophagus, and the progeny of such a king or
  such a man they will never possess either a root
  towards the lower world nor a fruit of the higher
  world, neither na appearance amongst the living
  beings under the sun. Becuase I, dignified with
  pity, I have been ripped out, not in my time, son
  of very few days, orphan, son of a widow, that I
  am
• Because I am Eshmounazar, King of the Sidonians,
  son of the King Tabnit, King of the Sidonians,
  gradson of the King Eshmounazar, king of the
  Sidonians, and my mother is EmAstart, priestess
  of Astart our patron, the queen daughter of King
  Eshmounazar, King of the Sidonians, we who have
  built the temple of the gods, the temple of
  Astart, in Sidon earth of the sea, and who made
  Astart live there, in glorifying him. And we are
  those who have built a temple at Eshmoum, holy
  prince, at the source of the sacred spring N-Ydll
  (Yidlal) ner the cistern on the mountain and we
  have made him live there in glorifying him. And
  we are those who have built the temples to the
  Sidonian Gods in Sidon land of the sea a temple
  for Baal Sidon, and a temple for Astart Nom of
  Baal.And moreover, we have given, the King of
  Kings, Dor and Jaffa, the lands of superb wheat
  which are in the plains of Sharon, for the
  powerful actions I have done. And we have joined
  them to the frontiers of the land, so that they
  belong to the Sidonians forever. WHoever you are,
  every king every man, it is completely forbiddne
  to move me from this place, and you must not take
  the coffin of my place of rest, otherwise the
  holy gods will condemn and cut that king or that
  man from his progeny for ever.." This
  sarcophagus, which originally carried a
  hieroglyphic text was replaced at a later date by
  this pheonician inscription, was offered by the
  Ottoman sultan to the emperor Napoleon III and is
  presently conserved in the Museum of the Louvre.

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• At a site called "The Cavern of Apollo" southeast
  of the city, was discovered one of the royal
  necropolises of Achaemenid Persian Sidon,
  consisting of a number of subterranean funerary
  chambers cut into the rock and accessible through
  vertical shafts. They housed marble sarcophagi
  imported from Greece. Most of these are
  anthropoid (i.e. made in the shape of a mummy),
  following a model from pharaonic Egypt, but the
  face is treated in a Greek style. Sarcophagi of
  this type have been found in the necropolises of
  most Phoenician cities on the coast of Lebanon,
  on Cyprus, and in the Phoenician colonies of the
  Western Mediterranean. They are works of high
  quality produced for a social élite, probably by
  Greek artists. The sarcophagus of Eshmunazar and
  that of his father Tabnit (discovered at another
  necropolis) are, however, an exception, being
  recycled Egyptian work the stone comes from
  Egypt and the style of both face and body is
  Egyptian. Only a long inscription in both cases
  allows them to be identified as belonging to a
  king of Sidon.

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• "Au mois de Boul, en l'année dix et quatre de son
  règne, le roi Eshmounazar, roi des Sidoniens,
  fils du roi Tabnit, roi des Sidoniens. A parlé le
  roi Eshmounazar, roi des Sidoniens (ainsi)
  disant J'ai été arraché, pas en mon temps, fils
  de peu de jours orphelin, fils de veuve, et je
  repose dans ce cercueil et dans cette tombe, dans
  le lieu que j'ai bâti. Qui que tu sois, tout roi
  et tout homme, il ne doit pas ouvrir ce lieu de
  repos et il ne doit rien rechercher dedans, car
  on n'a rien mis dedans et il ne doit pas
  découvrir le cercueil de mon lieu de repos, et il
  ne doit pas me transporter de ce lieu de repos à
  un autre lieu de repos. Aussi, si les hommes te
  conseillent, n'écoute pas leurs conseils, car
  tout roi et tout homme qui découvrent ce lieu de
  repos, ou qui soulèvent le sarcophage de mon lieu
  de repos, ou qui me transportent de ce lieu de
  repos, qu'ils n'aient pas de lieu de repos parmi
  les mânes et ils ne seront pas mis enterrés dans
  une tombe, et ils n'auront pas de fils et de
  progéniture à leur place, et les livreront les
  dieux saints à un roi puissant qui régnera sur
  eux de telle sorte qu'il les mette en pièces, roi
  ou homme qui ouvre ce lieu de repos ou qui
  découvre ce sarcophage, et la progéniture de ce
  roi ou de cet homme ils ne posséderont ni une
  racine vers le bas, ni un fruit vers le haut, ni
  une apparence parmi les vivants sous le soleil.
  Car moi, digne de pitié, j'ai été arraché, pas en
  mon temps, fils de peu de jours, orphelin, fils
  de veuve je suis car je suis Eshmounazar, roi
  des Sidoniens, fils du roi Tabnit, roi des
  Sidoniens, fils du fils (petit-fils) du roi
  Eshmounazar, roi des Sidoniens, et ma mère est
  EmAstart, prêtresse de Astart notre patronne, la
  reine fille du roi Eshmounazar, roi des
  Sidoniens, nous qui avons bâti le temple des
  dieux le temple d'Astart, dans Sidon terre de la
  mer, et qui avons fait habiter Astart, là-bas, en
  la glorifiant. Et nous sommes ceux qui avons bâti
  un temple à Eshmoum, prince saint, à N-Ydll sur
  la montagne et nous l'avons fait habiter là en le
  glorifiant. Et nous sommes ceux qui avons bâti
  les temples aux dieux des Sidoniens dans Sidon
  terre de la mer un temple pour Baal Sidon, et un
  temple pour Astart Nom de Baal. Et en outre, nous
  a donné, le roi des rois, Dor et Jaffa, les
  terres de blé superbe qui sont dans la plaine de
  Sharon, pour les puissantes actions que j'ai
  faites. Et nous les avons adjointes aux
  frontières de la terre, pour qu'elles
  appartiennent aux Sidoniens pour toujours. Qui
  que tu sois, tout roi et tout homme, il ne doit
  pas me transporter de ce lieu de repos, et il ne
  doit pas enlever le cercueil de mon lieu de
  repos, afin que ne le livrent les dieux saints et
  ne coupent ce roi ou cet homme et leur
  progéniture pour toujours."

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Biography

• Legend has it that Eshmoun was a young man of
  Beirut who loved to hunt. The goddess Astarte
  fell in love with him, but to escape her advances
  he mutilated himself and died. Not to be outdone,
  Astarte brought him back to life in the form of a
  god. It is also said that the village of the
  young gods tomb.
• Known primarily as a god of healing, Eshmouns
  death and resurrection also gave him the role of
  a fertility god who dies and is reborn annually.
• As the god of healing, Eshmoun was identified
  with Asklepios, the Greek god of medical art.

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• Sarcophagus of Eshmunazar II, king of
  SidonAchaemenid Persian period, first quarter of
  5th century BCNecropolis of Magharat Abloun,
  Sidon, LebanonSculpture, amphibolite from
  Hammamat Valley, EgyptH. 2.56 m W. 1.25
  mPérétié excavations, 1855 purchased by the Duc
  de Luynes and presented to the Louvre that same
  year

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• Sarcophage de Tabnit (503-501)
• This anthropoid sarcophagus in balc stone, was
  discovered in Sadia in 1887. It contained an
  Egyptian inscription engraved on the front cover
  and the base proving that it must have been used
  at one time as the tomb of an Egyptian general,
  following which is engraved a pheonician name,
  that of Tabnit  I, Tabnit, proest of Astart,
  King of the Sidonians, son of Eshmounazar, priest
  of Astart, King of the Sidonians, I rest in this
  sarcophagus, never open it, never, on me and
  never disturb me, becuase they have not have not
  left a pile of money next to me they hav not
  collected lots of gold next to me, nor
  something.there is only me, only I who rests in
  this sarcophagus. Never open it, never on me and
  never disturb me becuase that act would be an act
  of abomination for Astart. But if truly you open
  it on me and truly you disturb me, there will be
  no suucessors from you amongst the living under
  the sun nor a place of rest amongst the souls of
  the dead.
• "Moi, Tabnit, prêtre de Astart, roi des
  Sidoniens, fils d'Eshmounazar, prêtre de Astart,
  roi des Sidoniens, je repose dans ce sarcophage,
  n'ouvre point, point, sur moi et ne me dérange
  point, car ils n'ont pas amassé près de moi de
  l'argent ils n'ont pas amassé près de moi de
  l'or, ni quelque chose... seulement moi je repose
  dans ce sarcophage. N'ouvre point, point sur moi
  et ne me dérange point car cet acte est une
  abomination pour Astart. Mais si vraiment tu
  ouvres sur moi et vraiment tu me déranges, qu'il
  n'y ait point pour toi de progéniture parmi les
  vivants sous le soleil ni un lieu de repos parmi
  les âmes des morts." This sarcophagus is
  conserved in the Museumof Istanbul.

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• Trouvée dans l'aire du temple de Baalat- Gbl, "La
  Dame de Byblos", cette spatule comporte six
  lignes de phénicien qui sont difficiles à
  traduire. Albright y voyait un texte magique,
  d'autres spécialistes, en revanche, la prennent
  pour une lettre d'affaire ou un document
  juridique ... Y pour ZRBL, quatre-vingt-dix
  "SLM" comme paiement en argent que j'ai reçu. Si
  tu les prends réellement, c'est ton du et le
  mien". Cette spatule est conservée au Musée
  National de Beyrouth.

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• The stela of Nahr el-Kalb, the Lycus or Dog
  River, sum up the entire history of Lebanon, from
  High Antiquity to the present, evoking clearly
  the successive advances of the Pharaonic,
  Assyro-Babylonian, Greek, Roman, Arab, French and
  British armies which braved all the obstacles
  surrounding this difficult and very steep
  crossing point to carve commemorative stela on
  the rocks.

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