Yehawmilk Stele

The Yehawmilk stele, de Clercq stele, or Byblos stele, also known as KAI 10 and CIS I 1, is a Phoenician inscription from c.450 BC found in Byblos at the end of Ernest Renan's Mission de Phénicie.

[1][a] Yehawmilk (Phoenician 𐤉𐤇𐤅𐤌𐤋𐤊‎ [1]), king of Byblos, dedicated the stele to the city’s protective goddess Ba'alat Gebal.

In the early 1930s, the bottom right corner of the stele was discovered by Maurice Dunand.

[4] The main part of the stele is in the Louvre, whilst the bottom right part is in the storerooms of the National Museum of Beirut[5] and has never been on public display.

[6] The inscription reads:[7][8] This article about Phoenicia, its colonies and people is a stub.