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[edit]
- c.1700s BC Zimrida
- c. 1300s BC Zimredda of Sidon / Zimrida II[1]
- c. 1300s BC Iab-nilud
- 13th century BC Addumu[2][3]
Assyrian period[edit]
- 680–677 BC Abdi-Milkutti[1]
Persian period[edit]
Eshmunazar Dynasty[edit]
- c. 575–550 BC Eshmunazar I
- c. 549–539 BC Tabnit I[4]
- c. 539–525 BC Eshmunazar II; Amoashtart (Amastoreth, interregnum until Eshmunazar's majority)[4]
- c. 525–515 BC Bodashtart[4]
- c. 515–486 BC Yatonmilk[4]
- c. 486–480 BC Anysos[4]
- c. 480–479 BC Tetramnestos.[4][5]
Baalshillem Dynasty[edit]
- c. 450–426 BC Baalshillem I[4]
- 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)
- c. 346–343 BC Evagoras II (?)
- c. 342–333 BC Abdashtart II[4]
Hellenic period[edit]
- 332–329 BC Abdalonymus[6]
- Philocles, King of Sidon[6][1]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
Citations[edit]
- ^ a b c Eiselen 1907, pp. 155–156.
- ^ Sayce 1893, p. 241.
- ^ Bordreuil & Gubel 1986, p. 434.
- ^ a b c d e f g h Elayi 2006, p. 22–32.
- ^ Kelly 1987, p. 42.
- ^ a b Heckel 2008, pp. 16–17.
Sources[edit]
- Bordreuil, Pierre; Gubel, Eric (1986). "Bulletin d'antiquités archéologiques du Levant inédites ou méconnues". Syria. Archéologie, Art et histoire. 63 (3): 417–435. doi:10.3406/syria.1986.6956.
- Eiselen, Frederick Carl (1907). Sidon : a study in oriental history. University of California Libraries. New York : Columbia University Press.
- 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. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2020-07-30.
- Heckel, Waldemar (2008). Who's Who in the Age of Alexander the Great: Prosopography of Alexander's Empire. John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 978-1-4051-5469-7.
- Kelly, Thomas (1987). "Herodotus and the Chronology of the Kings of Sidon". Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research. 268: 39–56. doi:10.2307/1356993. ISSN 0003-097X.
- Sayce, LLD. (1893). "The Phoenician inscriptions on the vase handles found at Jerusalem" (PDF). Palestine Exploration Fund Quarterly Statement. 25: 240–242. Archived (PDF) from the original on 29 October 2023.