a spacing of . The lines of the text are not straight and are not evenly spaced. The letters in the lower part of the text (after the lacuna on line 13) is neater and smaller than the letters in the first part of the inscription. The sarcophagus trough inscriptions correspond in size and style to the letters of the second part of the lid inscriptions. The letters are carved close together on the sixth line, and the text breaks off on the seventh line, consisting of nine characters that form the beginning of the text that begins after the lacuna on the 13th line of the sarcophagus lid inscription. De Luynes and Turner believe that the inscription was free-hand traced directly on the stone without the use of typographic guides for letter-spacing and that these traces were followed by the carving artisan. The letters of the first three lines of the lid inscription are cut deeper and rougher than the rest of the text which indicates that the sculptor was either replaced or made to work more neatly. The external surface of the sarcophagus trough bears an isolated group of two Phoenician characters. De Luynes believes that they may have been trial carving marks made by the engraver of the inscription. The inscriptions of the sarcophagus of Eshmunazar are known to scholars as CIS I 3 and KAI 14; they are written in the Phoenician Canaanite language, in the Phoenician alphabet. They identify the king buried inside, tell of his lineage and temple construction feats, and warn against disturbing him in his repose. The inscriptions also state that the "Lord of Kings" (the Achaemenid King of Kings) granted the Sidonian king "Dor and Joppa, the mighty lands of Dagon, which are in the plain of Sharon" in recognition of his deeds. The lid inscription is the second longest extant Phoenician inscription after the Karatepe bilingual, and according to Gibson it "offers an unusually high proportion of literary parallels with the Hebrew Bible, especially its poetic sections". As in other Phoenician inscriptions, the text seems to use no, or hardly any, matres lectionis, the letters that indicate vowels in Semitic languages. As in Aramaic, the preposition אית (ʾyt) is used as an accusative marker, while את (ʾt) is used for "with". Translations Copies of the inscriptions were sent to scholars across the world. Translations of the Eshmunazar II sarcophagus inscriptions