It is known that Abdalonymos was appointed to be king of Sidon by Alexander the Great, but there is no certain information about him apart from that; and there is no evidence that he was succeeded as king by the son who is recorded in this inscription.
The text is bilingual, in Greek (A) and Phoenician (B). The translation of B is adapted from M.G. Amadasi Guzzo, "Notes sur quelques inscriptions phéniciennes provenant de l'Égée", pp.167-172 ( academia.edu ), including the conjectures of earlier scholars. The last line of the Phoenician text is very eroded and difficult to read.
[A] This was dedicated to Aphrodite by ...timos son of Abdalonymos, king of Sidon, on behalf of the sailors.
[B] This work of . . . was dedicated to his lady Astarte by . . . , son of Abdalonim, king of the Sidonians, for the life of all [the sailors] who . . . for all (?) the taxes belonging to Eshmun, to . . .
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