 A number of fragmented votive life @-@ size sculptures of little children lying on their side and holding a pet animal or a small object were also recovered at the temple site ; among the best known of these is a sculpture of a royal child holding a dove with his right hand ; the boy 's head is shaved , his torso is bare and his lower body is wrapped in a large cloth . The socle of this sculpture is inscribed with a dedication from Baalshillem , the son of a Sidonian king to Eshmun , which illustrates the importance of the site to the Sidonian monarchy . These votive sculptures appear to have been purposely broken after dedication to Eshmun and then ceremoniously cast into the sacred canal , probably simulating the sacrifice of the sick child . All of these sculptures represent boys . A31.5 cm × 27 cm ( 12 @.@ 4 in × 10 @.@ 6 in ) limestone bust of a Kouros dating from the 6th century BC was found at the site , but unlike the archaic Greek kouroi this figure is not bare . 
 A number of fragmented votive life @-@ size sculptures of little children lying on their side and holding a pet animal or a small object <a href='uninflect' title='1'><mark>were</mark></a> also recovered at the temple site ; among the best known of these is a sculpture of a royal child holding a dove with his right hand ; the boy <a href='null_genetive' title='2'><mark>'s</mark></a>head is shaved , his torso is bare and his lower body is wrapped in a large cloth . The socle of this sculpture is inscribed with a dedication from Baalshillem , the son of a Sidonian king to Eshmun , which <a href='uninflect' title='3'><mark>illustrates</mark></a> the importance of the site to the Sidonian monarchy . These votive sculptures appear to <a href='been_done' title='4'><mark>have</mark></a> been purposely broken after dedication to Eshmun and then ceremoniously cast into the sacred canal , probably simulating the sacrifice of the sick child . All of these sculptures represent boys . A31.5 cm × 27 cm ( 12 @.@ 4 in × 10 @.@ 6 in ) limestone bust of a Kouros dating from the 6th century BC was found at the site , but unlike the archaic Greek kouroi this figure <a href='negative_concord' title='5'><mark>is</mark></a> <a href='negative_concord' title='6'><mark>not</mark></a>bare . 
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