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Kfar Tebnit or Kfar Tibnit ( ar, كفر تبنيت) is a village located approximately south southeast of Nabatieh, southeast of Sidon in Lebanon. 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 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 visited, and found here 130 Metualis.Guérin, 1880, p
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Localiban Populated places in Nabatieh District Heavy Neolithic sites Trihedral Neolithic sites Neolithic settlements Archaeological sites in Lebanon Shia Muslim communities in Lebanon {{NEast-archaeology-stub