Itineraria Phoenicia

Leuven: Uitgeverij Peeters en Department. Oosterse Studies, 2004. First edition. Octavo. xxv, (1), 635, (5)pp. Indices. Green dust jacket lettered in white, over green cloth, gilt. Illustrated with a color frontispiece, numerous photos (most in color) and numerous maps. A fine, as new copy.

The land and sea routes of the Phoenicians in their homeland and their trading Empire are examined in the present volume on the ground of Neo-Assyrian military itineraries (Chapters I and II), and of information provided by epigraphy, literary sources, and archaeological findings on Cyprus, in Anatolia, and in the Aegean (Chapters III, IV and V). Chapters VI and VII examine the problems of Ophir and Tarshish, developing fresh insights, while Chapters VIII and IX analyse the Periplus of Pseudo-Scylax § 104 and § 110-111. The voyage of Hanno the Carthaginian to the Sebou basin (Morocco) and the Canary Islands is re-examined in Chapter X. Finally, Chapters XI and XII are devoted to Byrsa (Carthage) and to Jerusalem, with special attention to traces of Phoenician presence and activity in this city. Detailed indices complete the volume.

Contents: I. Mount Ba'lu-Ra'si, Ra'su Qudsi, and Ba'lu -- II. The kingdom of Sidon in the early seventh century B.C. -- III. Phoenician expansion in Cyprus -- IV. Phoenicians in Anatolia -- V. Phoenicians on Aegean islands and the Greek mainland -- VI. Ophir -- VII. Tarshish -- VIII. The Syro-Phoenician coast according to Pseudo-Scylax 104 and recent research -- IX. From the Greater Syrtis to the Pillars of Heracles with Pseudo-Scylax 110-111 -- X. Hanno's periplus -- XI. Byrsa and the Eshmun temple -- XII. "Tyrians living in Jerusalem ..." : the population of Jerusalem in antiquity.

Volume 127 of the series, "Orientalia Lovaniensia Analecta, Studia Phoenicia XVIII"