Yatonmilk - Wikipedia Yatonmilk From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to navigation Jump to search 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 and a vassal to the Achaemenid king of kings Darius I (c. 515–486 BC).[2][3] You may need rendering support to display the Phoenician alphabet characters in this article correctly. Contents 1 Epigraphic sources 2 Etymology 3 Notes 4 References 5 Bibliography Epigraphic sources[edit] Yatonmilk's name was attested on many building stone-incised dedications dubbed the Bodashtart inscriptions that were found at the Temple of Eshmun in the hinterland of the city of Sidon in Lebanon. Despite being mentioned in the inscriptions, nothing is known about his reign due to the lack of further material or epigraphic evidence.[4][5] Bodashtart, Yatonmilk's father who is dubbed the 'builder king', carried out an extensive expansion and restoration project of the Temple of Eshmun; he left more than thirty dedicatory inscriptions at the temple site.[6] The first phase of the works involved adding a second podium at the base of the temple.[6] During this construction phase inscriptions were carved on the added podium's foundation stones around 530 BC, these inscriptions known as KAI 15, do not mention Yatonmilk.[7][8] A second set of inscriptions (KAI 16) were placed on restoration ashlar stones; these stones mention Yatonmilk and emphasize his legitimacy as heir, associate him with the reign of his father,[a][7][8] and assign a share of credit to Yatonmilk for the construction project.[9] One example of the Bodashtart's inscriptions reads: "The king Bodashtart and his legitimate heir Yatonmilk, king of the Sidonians, grandson of king Eshmunazar, king of the Sidonians, built this temple to his god Eshmun, the Sacred Prince".[10] Another translation reads: "King Bodashtort, and his pious son (or legitimate successor), Yatonmilk, king of the Sidonians, descendants (bn bn) of King Eshmunazor, king of the Sidonians, this house he built to his god, to Eshmun, lord/god of the sanctuary."[11] Some scholars misidentified Yatonmilk as the father of Bodashtart;[12] this was successfully contested by later epigraphists.[10][13][14] Etymology[edit] The Latinized form Yatonmilk comes from the Phoenician 𐤉𐤕𐤍𐤌𐤋𐤊‎ (YTNMLK), meaning "the king gives" from 𐤉𐤕𐤍 (Yaton, "to give") and 𐤌𐤋𐤊 (Milk, "king").[15][16] Marvin Pope posited that the epithet mlk may be an abbreviation of the name of the Phoenician god Melkart (melk-qart) which means the king of the city.[17] Notes[edit] ^ Yatonmilk is styled by Bodashtart as BN ṢDQ, meaning "true son" or "pious son".[6] References[edit] ^ Conteneau 1924, p.16 ^ Leveque, Francis (2010-05-29). "Sidon au Ier millénaire av. J.-C". marine-antique.net (in French). Retrieved 2020-07-30. ^ Elayi 2006, p.31 ^ Elayi 2018, p.234 ^ Kelly 1987, p.52 ^ a b c Elayi 2006, p.5 ^ a b Elayi 2006, p.7 ^ a b Xella 2005, p.119 ^ Halpern 2016, p.19 ^ a b Xella 2005, p.121 ^ Halpern 2016, p.20 ^ Bordreuil 1990, p.496 ^ Elayi 2006, p.5,7 ^ Bonnet 1995, p.216 ^ Guzzo 2015, p.338 ^ Benz 1972, p.329 ^ Pope 1955, p.25-27 Bibliography[edit] Benz, Frank L. Personal Names in the Phoenician and Punic Inscriptions. Gregorian Biblical BookShop. Bonnet, Corinne (1995). "Phénicien šrn = Akkadien šurinnu - A propos de l'inscription de Bodashtart CIS I 4*". Orientalia (in French). Gregorian Biblical BookShop. 64: 216. Bordreuil, P.; Gubel, E. (1990). "Bulletin d'Antiquités Archéologiques du Levant Inédites ou Méconnues". Syria. 67 (2): 483–520. ISSN 0039-7946. JSTOR 4198843. Conteneau, Gaston (1924). "Deuxième mission archéologique à Sidon (1920)". Syria (in French). 5 (5–1): 9–23. doi:10.3406/syria.1924.3094. Retrieved 2009-08-31. Elayi, Josette (2006). "An updated chronology of the reigns of phoenician kings during the Persian period (539-333 BCE)" (PDF). Digitorient. Collège de France - UMR7912 : Proche-Orient—Caucase : langues, archéologie, cultures. Elayi, Josette (2018-05-15). The History of Phoenicia. ISD LLC. p. 234. ISBN 978-1-937040-82-6. Guzzo, Amadasi; Giulia, Maria (2015). "A. Les inscriptions phéniciennes". MOM Éditions. 67 (1): 335–345. Halpern, Baruch; הלפרן, ברוך (2016). "Annotations to royal Phoenician inscriptions from Persian Sidon, Zincirli (Kilamuwa), Karatepe (Azitawadda) and Pyrgi - הארות על כתובות פיניקיות מצידון (מן התקופה הפרסית), מזינג'ירלי (כלמו), מקאראטפה (אזתוד) ומפירגי". Eretz-Israel: Archaeological, Historical and Geographical Studies / ארץ-ישראל: מחקרים בידיעת הארץ ועתיקותיה. לב: 18*–27*. ISSN 0071-108X. JSTOR 26732492. Kelly, Thomas (1987). "Herodotus and the Chronology of the Kings of Sidon". Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research (268): 39–56. doi:10.2307/1356993. ISSN 0003-097X. JSTOR 1356993. S2CID 163208310. Pope, Marvin H. (1955). El in the Ugaritic texts. Brill Archive. Xella, Paolo; López, José-Ángel Zamora (2005). "L'inscription phénicienne de Bodashtart in situ à Bustān eš-Šēḫ (Sidon) et son apport à l'histoire du sanctuaire". Zeitschrift des Deutschen Palästina-Vereins. 121 (2): 119–129. ISSN 0012-1169. JSTOR 27931768. Zamora, Jose (2007). "The inscription from the first year of King Bodashtart of Sidon's reign: CIS I,4". Pontificium Institutum Biblicum. 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