Eshmunazar II sarcophagus

Eshmunazar II sarcophagus
Closeup of the sarcophagus lid.
Material	Amphibolite
Long	2.56 m (8.4 ft)
Height	1.19 m (3.9 ft)
Width	1.25 m (4.1 ft)
Writing	Phoenician language
Created	6th-century BC
Period/culture	Achaemenid Phoenicia
Discovered	19 January 1855 Magahret Abloun [Cavern of Apollo], Sidon, modern-day Lebanon 33°33′04″N 35°22′26″E / 33.551°N 35.374°E / 33.551; 35.374Coordinates: 33°33′04″N 35°22′26″E / 33.551°N 35.374°E / 33.551; 35.374
Discovered by	Alphonse Durighello
Present location	The Louvre, Paris
Identification	AO 4806
Language	phn
Period	Achaemenid era
Culture	Phoenician

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The Eshmunazar II sarcophagus is a 6th-century BC sarcophagus unearthed in 1855 in the "Phoenician Necropolis", a hypogeum complex in the southern area of the city of Sidon in modern-day Lebanon. The sarcophagus was discovered by members of the French consulate in Sidon and was donated to the Louvre. The Eshmunazar II sarcophagus has two sets of Phoenician inscriptions, one on its lid and the other on its trough, under the sarcophagus head. The lid engraving was of great significance upon its discovery; it was the first Phoenician language inscription to be discovered in Phoenicia proper, the most detailed Phoenician text ever found anywhere up to that point, and is the second longest extant Phoenician inscription after the one discovered at Karatepe.

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