The Kings of Byblos were the rulers of
Byblos
Byblos ( ; gr, Βύβλος), also known as Jbeil or Jubayl ( ar, جُبَيْل, Jubayl, locally ; phn, 𐤂𐤁𐤋, , probably ), is a city in the Keserwan-Jbeil Governorate of Lebanon. It is believed to have been first occupied between 880 ...
, the ancient
Phoenicia
Phoenicia () was an ancient thalassocratic civilization originating in the Levant region of the eastern Mediterranean, primarily located in modern Lebanon. The territory of the Phoenician city-states extended and shrank throughout their histor ...
n city in what is now
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 ...
.
Scholars have pieced together the fragmented list from various archaeological finds since the 19th century.
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
Ili-Rapih was the follow-on mayor in Gubla-(modern Byblos), and the brother of Rib-Hadda, the ''former'' mayor of Gubla, (who was the prolific author of letters to pharaoh); Ili-Rapih is in the 1350-1335 BC Amarna letters correspondence, and wrot ...
* c.1320? BC Azirou /
Aziru
Aziru was the Canaanite ruler of Amurru kingdom, Amurru, modern Lebanon, in the 14th century BC. He was the son of Abdi-Ashirta, the previous Egyptian vassal of Amurru and a direct contemporary of Akhenaten.
The dealings of Aziru are well-known ...
(King of the
Amurru kingdom Amurru may refer to:
* Amurru kingdom, roughly current day western Syria and northern Lebanon
* Amorite, ancient Syrian people
* Amurru (god)
Amurru, also known under the Sumerian name Martu, was a Mesopotamian god who served as the divine perso ...
)
* 1100s BC
Zakar Baal
Phoenician golden age
* 1000s BC
Ahiram
The Ahiram sarcophagus (also spelled Ahirom, in Phoenician) was the sarcophagus of a Phoenician King of Byblos (c. 850 BC), discovered in 1923 by the French excavator Pierre Montet in tomb V of the royal necropolis of Byblos.
The sarcophagus is ...
* c.1000 BC Zakar Baal (II?)
* c.980 BC Ithobaal
* c.940 BC
Yahimilik
* c.930 BC
Abi-Baal
* c.920 BC
Elibaal
* c.900 BC
Safatba'al (I)
Assyrian period
* c.735 BC Safatba‘al II
* c.710 BC Urumilki / Urumiku
* c.670 BC Milkiashapa / Milkiasaph
* c.650 BC Yehawmelek
Persian period
* c. 500 BC
Safatba'al (III)
* c. 480 BC Urimilk II
* c. 470 BC Yeḥarbaal (son of Urimilk II)
* c. 450 BC
Yehawmilk (son of Yeḥarbaal)
Based on coins:
* c. 425 BC Elpaal (''’LP‘L''); possibly married to queen
Batnoam
* c. 400 BC ‘Ozbaal (''‘ZB’L''; son of Batnoam)
* c. 375 BC Urimilk III (''’WRMLK'')
* 332 BC ‘Aynel (''‘YN’L''; Enylus)
Roman period
* 68 BC Cinyrus
See also
*
King of Tyre
The King of Tyre was the ruler of Tyre, the ancient Phoenician city in what is now Lebanon. The traditional list of 12 kings, with reigns dated to 990–785 BC, is derived from the lost history of Menander of Ephesus as quoted by Josephus in ''Ag ...
*
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. 13 ...
References
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Byblos
Byblos ( ; gr, Βύβλος), also known as Jbeil or Jubayl ( ar, جُبَيْل, Jubayl, locally ; phn, 𐤂𐤁𐤋, , probably ), is a city in the Keserwan-Jbeil Governorate of Lebanon. It is believed to have been first occupied between 880 ...
Heads of state of Lebanon