Eshmunazar I
Phoenician king of Sidon (6th century BC) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Eshmunazar I (Phoenician: π€π€π€π€π€π€π€ ΚΎΕ‘mnΚΏzr, a theophoric name meaning 'Eshmun helps') was a priest of Astarte and the Phoenician King of Sidon (r.βc. 575 β c. 550 BC). He was the founder of his namesake dynasty, and a vassal king of the Achaemenid Empire. Eshmunazar participated in the Neo-Babylonian campaigns against Egypt under the command of either Nebuchadnezzar II or Nabonidus. The Sidonian king is mentioned in the funerary inscriptions engraved on the royal sarcophagi of his son Tabnit I and his grandson Eshmunazar II. The monarch's name is also attested in the dedicatory temple inscriptions of his other grandson, King Bodashtart.
Eshmunazar I | |
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Reign | c.β575 BC β c.β550 BC |
Predecessor | Not documented |
Successor | Tabnit I |
Phoenician language | π€π€π€π€π€π€π€β |
Dynasty | Founder of his namesake dynasty |
Religion | Canaanite polytheism |