šmš
deity sky Phoenician single tradition · 1
The sun deity in Iron Age Phoenicia. The deity is attested in both male and female forms. Funerary inscriptions make reference to tḥt šmš, "life under the sun", interpreted as referring to ephemeral life on the Earth, but also an eternal sun.
When
- First attested
- 700 BCE
- Attested period
- -700 – 200
- Historical notes
- Attested from the 7th century BCE to the 2nd century CE.
Relationships
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Sources
wikipedia (1)
Source passages
“The sun deity in Iron Age Phoenicia is consistently called šmš (Phoenician: 𐤔𐤌𐤔), rather than špš, and is attested in both male and female forms. A seventh century BCE Phoenician bowl from the Etruscan Bernadini tomb at Palestrina and the 'Phoenician Ivory of Shapash'”
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