Eshmun obelisk explained

The Eshmun obelisk is an obelisk with a two-line Phoenician inscription found in Kition, Cyprus by Claude Delaval Cobham in 1881. It is known as CIS I 44, KI 21, NE 420,2 and NSI 15.^{[1] [2] [3]} It was used as a Baetylus, or devotional object.^[4]

Notes and References

1. Schroeder . Paul . Phönicische Miscellen . Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft . Harrassowitz Verlag . 34 . 4 . 1880 . 0341-0137 . 43361416 . 675–684 . 2023-08-27.
2. https://archive.org/details/CorpusInscriptionumSemiticarumI1/page/n81/mode/1up CIS I 44
3. Book: Proceedings of the Society of Biblical Archaeology . The Society . v. 1-3 . 1879 . 2023-08-27 . 71.
4. https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/W_1881-1211-1 BM 125096