Lykos (Λúκος; "wolf") or Nahr al-Kalb ("dog river"): river, northeast of modern Beyrut, best known for a large series of rock inscriptions, both ancient and modern. See http://www.livius.org/na-nd/nahr_al-kalb/nahr_al-kalb.html
Location:
- Lebanon, Dbaïyé
- geo:33.955334,35.596527
- Location ± 5-25 m.
Period or year:
- -1300~ / unknown
Class:
- Relief, votiv stone or altar
- visible
Identifiers:
- vici:place=11288
- pleiades:place=678269
- livius:place=lykos-nahr-al-kalb
- wikidata:entity=Q1963736
Annotations
Series of military reliefs from the age of Ramesses II until now, including an inscription from the age of Caracalla. Herodotus attributes one of the reliefs to Sesostris.
Nearby
Dbaye I , Nahr el Kelb
Neolithic site.
Naccache (3 km)
Neolithic site. Naqqache, Liban.
Sarba-Kaslik Temple (3 km)
Sarba/Kaslik Temple