Hamon cis 8

CIS I 8.

Inscription on a plinth of a stone found on the southern acropolis of Umm el-Awamid. Date: 2^nd half of the 2^nd century BC. Now present at Louvre in Paris.

Text:

1. To Milk ‘astart to the god of Hamon.
2. This is what is dedicated by Abdešmoen…..

1^st Literature: E.Renan, CRAI 1862, Paris (85).

M.Dunand/R.Duru, Oumm el ‘Amed, une ville de l’époque hellénistique aux échelles de Tyr, Paris, 1962, Paris (184).

Hamon is the classic name for Umm el-Awamid.