Eshmunazar II sarcophagus
The sarcophagus of Eshmunazar II is a 6th-century BC sarcophagus unearthed in 1855 in the grounds of an ancient necropolis southeast of the city of Sidon, in modern-day Lebanon, that contained the body of Eshmunazar II, Phoenician King of Sidon. One of only three Ancient Egyptian sarcophagi found outside Egypt – the other two belonged to Eshmunazar's father King Tabnit and to a woman, possibly Eshmunazar's mother Queen Amoashtart – it was likely carved in Egypt from local amphibolite, and captured as booty by the Sidonians during their participation in Cambyses II's conquest of Egypt in 525…
- material
- basalt
- held at
- Louvre Museum · art museum
- inv. no.
- AO 4806