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Tabnit was the Phoenician King of Sidon c. 549–539 BC. He was the father of King Eshmunazar II.
The Tabnit sarcophagus, Istanbul Archaeology Museum.
Skeleton of king Tabnit
Head of king Tabnit
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The Phoenicians were an ancient Semitic-speaking people who inhabited city-states in Canaan along the Levantine coast of the eastern Mediterranean, primarily in present-day Lebanon. Their maritime civ
Tabnit
…Tabnit (Phoenician: 𐤕𐤁𐤍𐤕 TBNT) was the Phoenician King of Sidon c. 549–539 BC. He was the father of King Eshmunazar II. He is well known from his sarcophagus, decorated with two separate and unrelated…
Approximate extent of Phoenician settlements and trade routes c. 800 BC.
Two bronze fragments from an Assyrian palace gate depicting the collection of tribute from the Phoenician cities of Tyre and Sidon (859–824 BC). British Museum.
Phoenicians build pontoon bridges for Xerxes I of Persia during the second Persian invasion of Greece in 480 BC (1915 drawing by A. C. Weatherstone).
Achaemenid-era coin of Abdashtart I of Sidon, who is seen at the back of the chariot, behind the Persian King