King of Sidon
The King of Sidon was the ruler of Sidon, an ancient Phoenician city in what is now Lebanon.
Scholars have pieced together the fragmented list from various archaeological finds since the 19th century.
Egyptian period[]
- c.1700s BC Zimrida
- c. 1300s BC Zimredda of Sidon / Zimrida II[1]
- c. 1300s BC Iab-nilud
Assyrian period[]
- 680–677 BC Abdi-Milkutti[1]
Persian period[]
Eshmunazar Dynasty[]
- c. 575–550 BC Eshmunazar I
- c. 549–539 BC Tabnit I
- c. 539–525 BC Eshmunazar II; (Amastoreth, interregnum until Eshmunazar's majority)
- c. 525–515 BC Bodashtart
- c. 515–486 BC Yatonmilk
- c. 486–480 BC
- c. 480–479 BC Tetramnestos.[2]
Baalshillem Dynasty[]
- c. 450–426 BC Baalshillem I
- c. 425–? BC Abdamon
- c. ?–401 BC Baana
- c. 401–366 BC Baalshillem II (Sakton)
- c. 365–352 BC Abdashtart I
- c. 351–347 BC Tennes (Tabnit II)[1]
- c. 346–343 BC Evagoras II (?)
- c. 342–333 BC [3]
Hellenic period[]
- 332–329 BC Abdalonymus[4]
- Philocles, King of Sidon[4][1]
See also[]
- King of Tyre
- King of Byblos
References[]
- ^ a b c d Sidon : a study in oriental history, 1907, Appendix 1: Kings of Sidon, p. 155-156.
- ^ Kelly, Thomas (1 November 1987). "Herodotus and the Chronology of the Kings of Sidon". Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research. 268: 42. doi:10.2307/1356993. ISSN 0003-097X.
- ^ Elayi, Josette (2006). "An updated chronology of the reigns of phoenician kings during the Persian period (539-333 BCE)" (PDF). Digitorient. Collège de France - UMR7912 : Proche-Orient—Caucase : langues, archéologie, cultures – via Digitorient.
- ^ a b Waldemar Heckel (15 April 2008). Who's Who in the Age of Alexander the Great: Prosopography of Alexander's Empire. John Wiley & Sons. pp. 16–. ISBN 978-1-4051-5469-7.
Categories:
- Lists of monarchs
- Kings of Sidon
- Heads of state of Lebanon