Yatonmilk

Yatonmilk
Reignc. 515 BC – c. 486 BC
PredecessorBodashtart
SuccessorAnysos
Burial
Unidentified
Phoenician language𐤉𐤕𐤍𐤌𐤋𐤊‎‎
DynastyEshmunazar I dynasty
ReligionCanaanite polytheism
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Phoenician writing from right to left. First line reads: Mēm Lāmedh Kaph Bēth Dāleth ʼAyin Šin Tāw Rēš Tāw Nun Bēth Nun ṣādē Dāleth Qōph Yōdh Tāw Nun Mēm Lāmedh Kaph Mēm Lāmedh Kaph ṣādē Dāleth Nun Mēm. Second line reads: Bēth Nun Bēth Nun Mēm Lāmedh Kaph ʼĀleph Šin Mēm Nun ʼAyin Zayin Rēš Mēm Lāmedh Kaph ṣādē Dāleth Nun Mēm ʼĀleph Yōdh Tāw Hē Bēth Tāw Zayin. Third line reads: Bēth Nun Lāmedh ʼĀleph Lāmedh Yōdh Lāmedh ʼĀleph Šin Mēm Nun Šin Rēš Qōph Dāleth Šin
Phoenician Bodashtart inscription, known as "Contenau I" inscription, found on the Temple of Eshmun's podium. Bustan el-Sheikh, Sidon, 6th century BC. The inscription was published in 1920 and left in situ at the Temple of Eshmun.[1]

Yatonmilk (Phoenician: 𐤉𐤕𐤍𐤌𐤋𐤊‎, YTNMLK, Romanized also as Yatanmilk, Yaton Milk, Yatan-Milk) was a Phoenician King of Sidon (c. 515–486 BC), and a vassal to the Achaemenid king of kings Darius I.[2][3]

  1. ^ Conteneau 1924, p. 16.
  2. ^ Leveque, Francis (2010-05-29). "Sidon au Ier millénaire av. J.-C". marine-antique.net (in French). Archived from the original on 2020-07-30. Retrieved 2020-07-30.
  3. ^ Elayi 2006, p. 31.