Kfar Tebnit or Kfar Tibnit ( ar, كفر تبنيت) is a village located approximately south southeast of
Nabatieh, southeast of
Sidon
Sidon ( ; he, צִידוֹן, ''Ṣīḏōn'') known locally as Sayda or Saida ( ar, صيدا ''Ṣaydā''), is the third-largest city in Lebanon. It is located in the South Governorate, of which it is the capital, on the Mediterranean coast. ...
in
Lebanon
Lebanon ( , ar, لُبْنَان, translit=lubnān, ), officially the Republic of Lebanon () or the Lebanese Republic, is a country in Western Asia. It is located between Syria to the north and east and Israel to the south, while Cyprus li ...
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Kfar Tebnit takes its name from
Tabnith
The Tabnit sarcophagus is the sarcophagus of the Phoenician King of Sidon Tabnit I (ruled c. 549–539 BC), the father of King Eshmunazar II. The sarcophagus is decorated with two separate and unrelated inscriptions – one in Egyptian hieroglyph ...
in arabic تبنيت (
Phoenician "Tibni"), a ruler in the area ca. 280 BC and known as the "king of two Sidons". The
sarcophagus of his son Eshmun-'azar was found to bear a long inscription aimed to prevent looting with assurances that the tomb contained no treasure.
[Hitti, 2004, p. 125]
Archaeology
A
Heavy Neolithic archaeological site of the
Qaraoun culture was discovered here in 1926 by E. Passemard. Heavy Neolithic materials were found alongside one
Trihedral Neolithic
Trihedral Neolithic is a name given by archaeologists to a style (or industry) of striking spheroid and trihedral flint tools from the archaeological site of Joub Jannine II in the Beqaa Valley, Lebanon.Fleisch, Henri., Les industries lithiques ...
along with more regular
Neolithic
The Neolithic period, or New Stone Age, is an Old World archaeological period and the final division of the Stone Age. It saw the Neolithic Revolution, a wide-ranging set of developments that appear to have arisen independently in several parts ...
pieces. The tools were in sharp condition, made of fresh chert or grey-green flint and are stored in the
National Museum of Beirut.
[Copeland and Wescombe, 1966, pp. 35-36]
History
In 1875
Victor Guérin
Victor Guérin (15 September 1821 – 21 Septembe 1890) was a French intellectual, explorer and amateur archaeologist. He published books describing the geography, archeology and history of the areas he explored, which included Greece, Asia Mino ...
visited, and found here 130
Metualis.
[Guérin, 1880, p]
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References
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External links
Localiban
Populated places in Nabatieh District
Heavy Neolithic sites
Trihedral Neolithic sites
Neolithic settlements
Archaeological sites in Lebanon
Shia Muslim communities in Lebanon
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