Sarcophagus of Eshmunazar II

Sarcophagus of Eshmunazar II

Phoenician

This carved basalt anthropoid sarcophagus, discovered in Sidon in 1855 during the Pérétié excavations, was carved for Eshmunazar II, the king of Sidon. and dates to about the beginning of the fifth century BC. The striking design, where only the head is carved in relief, is clearly influenced by Egyptian design but has a 22-line Phoenician inscription carved on the shroud

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