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Location:

  • Lebanon, Jbaïl
  • geo:34.119732,35.644943
  • Location ± 5-25 m.

Period or year:

  • -850~ / unknown

Class:

  • Grave or burial field
  • visible

Identifiers:

  • vici:place=61995

Annotations

The Ahiram sarcophagus is a sarcophagus of a Phoenician king of Byblos c. 850 BC. Pierre Montetunearthed it in tomb V of the royal necropolis of Byblos in 1923.

See:

  1. Pierre Montet: Byblos et l'Egypte, Quatre Campagnes des Fouilles 1921-1924, Paris 1928 (reprint Beirut 1998:), Tafel CXXVII-CXLI

Nearby

Royal shaft tombs

Royal shaft tombs. Royal necropolis of Byblos.

Byblos (Jubail), Colonnaded Street

Byblos (Jubail), Colonnaded Street


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