Raʾshu, Reʾsi-ṣuri, and the Ancient Names of Ras Ibn Hani
This article examines the lists of coastal cities that appear in the inscriptions of Tiglath-pileser III. Comparison of the lists indicates that they open with Gubla and end with Reʾsi-ṣuri. The consistent south to north order makes it clear that Gubla is the city of Byblos, not modern Jebleh as sch...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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The University of Chicago Press
2004
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Bulletin of ASOR
Year: 2004, Volume: 334, Pages: 33-39 |
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| Summary: | This article examines the lists of coastal cities that appear in the inscriptions of Tiglath-pileser III. Comparison of the lists indicates that they open with Gubla and end with Reʾsi-ṣuri. The consistent south to north order makes it clear that Gubla is the city of Byblos, not modern Jebleh as scholars have suggested. Reʾsi-ṣuri, the "Cape of Tyre, which closes the lists, is identified with the Raʾshu of the Ugaritic documents, today Ras Ibn Hani. It indicates that the Tyrians founded their emporium in northern Phoenicia no later than the first half of the eighth century B.C.E., and probably earlier, at about the same time that they founded Kition on the island of Cyprus. |
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| ISSN: | 2161-8062 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: American Schools of Oriental Research, Bulletin of ASOR
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.2307/4150105 |