Ruins of the 7th century BC Phoenician Temple of Eshmun in Sidon
Phoencian
𐤀𐤔𐤌𐤍
Major cult center
Sidon, Beirut, Cyprus, Sardinia, and Carthage
Symbol
Serpent
Gender
Male
Temples
Temple of Eshmun at Bostan el-Sheikh, Sidon
Equivalents
Greek equivalent
Asclepius
Roman equivalent
Aesculapius
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Eshmun (or Eshmoun, less accurately Esmun or Esmoun; Phoenician: 𐤀𐤔𐤌𐤍ʾšmn; Akkadian: 𒅀𒋢𒈬𒉡Yasumunu) was a Phoenician god of healing and the tutelary god of Sidon.
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