Sakkun

Sakkun was a Phoenician god. He is known chiefly from theophoric names such as Sanchuniathon and Gisgo. As of 1940, his earliest appearance in epigraphical evidence is from the 5th century BC.
There is argument that the vocalisation of Phoenician ??? is *Sakkun, that Sakkun is the "administrator" or "superintendent" and that he was identified with Greek Hermes. Albert Baumgartner doubts the arguments: He claims that *Sakun, *Sakkon and *Sakon are likely vocalisations as well, based on comparisons to the Masoretic Niqqud of the Greek name ʾkyš, ancient Latin transliterations of the name and Eusebius' variations; He argues that the etymological foundation of a connection between the god skn and the Canaanite noun skn is weak; and he claims that the two evidence that establish the identification with Hermes – the Homeric epithet Σωκος for Hermes in the Iliad and a Phoenician inscription dedicating an altar to Sakkun found in Piraeus near one altar dedicated to Hermes and another one to Zeus Soter – are both wrong: the epithet is probably derived from the verb σωκέω, and there is no reason to read the inscriptions as one. Philo of Byblos, whose Interpretatio graeca to Phoenician gods is reliable, identifies Hermes with Taautos.