Kings of Byblos
The Kings of Byblos were the ruler of Byblos, the ancient Phoenician city in what is now Lebanon.
Scholars have pieced together the fragmented list from various archaeological finds since the 19th century.[1]
Early period[]
- c.1800s BC Abichemou I
- c.1790s BC Yapachemou Abi I
- c.1700s BC Rib-Hadda, Yakin
- c.1500s BC Yantin-Ammu, Abichemou II, Yapachemou Abi II, Eglia
Egyptian period[]
- c.1340s BC Rib-Adda
- c.1320 BC Ilirabi / Ili-Rapih
- c.1320? BC Azirou / Aziru (King of the Amurru kingdom)
- 1100s BC Zakar Baal
Phoenician golden age[]
- 1000s BC Ahiram
- c.1000 BC Zakar Baal (II?)
- c.980 BC Ithobaal
- c.940 BC
- c.930 BC Abi-Baal
- c.920 BC Elibaal
- c.750 - 738 BC Safatba'al
- c.738 BC Unknown (son of Safatba'al)
Assyrian period[]
- c.710 BC Urumilki / Urumiku
- c.670 BC Milkiashapa / Milkiasaph
- c.650 BC Yehawmelek
Persian period[]
- 450s BC Yehawmilk
- mid-400s BC Paltibaal
- mid-400s BC Batnoam
- late-400s BC Ozbaal
- 300s BC Malcander
- 332 BC Enylus
Roman period[]
- 68 BC Cinyrus
See also[]
References[]
- ^ Kitchen, K. A. “Byblos, Egypt, and Mari in the Early Second Millennium B.C.” Orientalia, vol. 36, no. 1, 1967, pp. 39–54. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/43074138. Accessed 17 Feb. 2020.
Categories:
- Lists of monarchs
- Kings of Byblos
- Heads of state of Lebanon