Kings of Byblos
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Early period
Some kings of Byblos from an early period are known from Egyptian and local finds:
- Ib-dadi, contemporary of Amar-Sin.
- Abishemu I, probably contemporary of Amenemhat III.
- Yapi-shemu-abi, contemporary of Amenemhat IV.
- Yakin-ilu, contemporary of Sehetepibre I/II.
- Yantin-ʿammu, contemporary of Zimri-Lim, probably identical to Yantin, contemporary of Neferhotep I.
- Ilima-yapi? - a prince, not explicitly of Byblos.
- Ḥasrurum son of Rum, a ruler of the land of Byblos, probably contemporary of Sihathor.
- Abishemu II.
- Yapaʿ-shemu-abi, son of Abishemu (probably the second).
- ʿegel, son of Abishemu (probably the second), probably identical to ʿegliya (whose father name is unknown).
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Egyptian period
- Rib-Hadda, writer of dozens of Amarna letters. c.1340s BC.
- Ili-Rapih, writer of two of Amarna letters. c.1320 BC.
- Aziru (King of the Amurru kingdom), c.1320? BC.
- Zakar Baal, mentioned in Story of Wenamun. 1100s BC.
Phoenician golden age
- 1000s BC Ahiram
- c.1000 BC Zakar Baal (II?)
- c.980 BC Ithobaal? Pilsibaal?
- c.940 BC Yehimilk
- c.930 BC Abibaal
- c.920 BC Elibaal
- c.900 BC Safatba'al (I)
Assyrian period
Ashurnasirpal II received tributes from the kings of the sea coast, among them the king of Byblos.
- Safatba‘al II (Sibitti-biʿil in Akkadian), mentioned among the kings of who brought payment to Tiglath-Pileser III in his 8th year (738 BC).
- Urumilki (Ūru-milki in Akkadian), mentioned in a list of the kings of the land Amurru (the Levant) who brought tribute to Sennacherib in his campaign in the Levant.
- Milkiashapa (Milki-ašapa in Akkadian), mentioned among the kings of the Levant and Cyprus who were summoned and ordered to send tribute to Esarhaddon, c.670 BC. Milki-Ashapa is also mentioned in the first campaign of Ashurbanipal.
- c.650 BC Yehawmelek
Persian period
- c. 500 BC Safatba'al (III)
- c. 480 BC Urimilk II
- c. 470 BC Yeḥarbaal (son of Urimilk II)
- c. 450 BC Yehawmilk (son of Yeḥarbaal)
Based on coins:
- c. 425 BC Elpaal (’LP‘L)
- c. 400 BC ‘Ozbaal (‘ZB‘L; son of Batnoam and the priest Paltibaal)
- c. 375 BC Urimilk III (’WRMLK)
- 332 BC ‘Aynel (‘YN’L; Enylus), who cooporated with Alexander the Great in the siege of Tyre.
Roman period
- 68 BC Cinyrus
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