Pummay ( Phoenician: 𐤐𐤌𐤉, ''Pūmay''; 𐤐𐤏𐤌𐤉 ''Pū(ġ)‘may'') is a putative Phoenician deity of whom little is known. Pummay is attested to primarily in

theophoric names A theophoric name (from Greek: , ''theophoros'', literally "bearing or carrying a god") embeds the word equivalent of 'god' or a god's name in a person's name, reflecting something about the character of the person so named in relation to that de ...

, such as that of

Pygmalion of Tyre Pygmalion (Ancient Greek: ; Latin: ) was king of Tyre, Lebanon, Tyre from 831 to 785 BCE and a son of King Mattan I (840–832 BC). During Pygmalion's reign, Tyre seems to have shifted the heart of its trading empire from the Middle East to the ...

.F. M. Cross, “An Interpretation of the Nora Stone,” ''Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research'' 208 (Dec. 1972) 16. Because so little is known about the deity, scholars are unable to assert what Pummay's tutelary function was or what he was associated with. In the context of the legend of

Dido Dido ( ; , ), also known as Elissa ( , ), was the legendary founder and first queen of the Phoenician city-state of Carthage (located in Tunisia), in 814 BC. In most accounts, she was the queen of the Phoenician city-state of Tyre (located ...

and the founding of

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, certain scholars opine that Pummay was also worshipped by ancient Cypriots.Franklin, John Curtis. 2016. ''Kinyras: The Divine Lyre.'' Hellenic Studies Series 70. Washington, DC: Center for Hellenic Studies.

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