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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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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