Pummay Explained

Pummay (Phoenician:, Pūmay; Pū(ġ)‘may) is a putative Phoenician deity of whom little is known. Pummay is attested to primarily in theophoric names,^{[1] [2]} such as that of Pygmalion of Tyre.^[3] Because so little is known about the deity, scholars are unable to assert what Pummay's tutelary function was or what he was associated with. In the context of the legend of Dido and the founding of Carthage, certain scholars opine that Pummay was also worshipped by ancient Cypriots.^[4]

Notes and References

1. Krahmalkov, Charles R. “‘When He Drove out Yrirachan’: A Phoenician (Punic) Poem, Ca. A. D. 350.” Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research, no. 294, 1994, pp. 78. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/1357154. Accessed 14 Mar. 2021.
2. Book: Frank L. Benz. Personal Names in the Phoenician and Punic Insrciptions. Gregorian Biblical BookShop. 176–. GGKEY:GQWCNS5RDEF.
3. F. M. Cross, “An Interpretation of the Nora Stone,” Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research 208 (Dec. 1972) 16.
4. Franklin, John Curtis. 2016. Kinyras: The Divine Lyre. Hellenic Studies Series 70. Washington, DC: Center for Hellenic Studies.