"… Of the Sidonian[s]": A Persian Period Inscription on a Phoenician Amphora Found Underwater near Tel Achziv, Israel

Christopher Rollston, Jacob Sharvit, Meir Edrey, Paula Waiman-Barak, Assaf Yasur-Landau

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Abstract

This is the first publication of Persian period pottery found underwater near Tel Achziv, including a Phoenician amphora bearing a two-line inscription containing the phrase “of the Sidonian[s]”. The petrographic analysis of this amphora indicates an origin in the Lebanese coast between Tyre and Sidon. These finds may reflect a maritime itiner-ary along the Phoenician coast between Sidon, “a city with an enclosed harbor”, and Achzib, a city “with a river”, as mentioned in the 4th-century BCE Periplous of Pseudo-Skylax
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1-12
JournalCarmel: studies in Archaeological Sciences and Conservation
StatePublished - 2024

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