Bodashtart
Bodashtart | |
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Reign | c. 525 BC– c. 515 BC |
Predecessor | Eshmunazar II |
Successor | Yatonmilk |
Phoenician language | 𐤁𐤃𐤏𐤔𐤕𐤓𐤕 |
Dynasty | Eshmunazar Idynasty |
Religion | Canaanite polytheism |
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Bodashtart(also transliteratedBodʿaštort,meaning "from the hand ofAstarte";Phoenician:𐤁𐤃𐤏𐤔𐤕𐤓𐤕) was aPhoenicianruler, who reigned asKing of Sidon(c. 525–c. 515 BC), the grandson of KingEshmunazar I,and a vassal of theAchaemenid Empire.He succeeded his cousinEshmunazar IIto the throne ofSidon,and scholars believe that he was succeeded by his son and proclaimed heirYatonmilk.
Bodashtart was a prolific builder, and his name is attested on some 30eponymous inscriptionsfound at theTemple of Eshmunand elsewhere in thehinterlandof the city of Sidon inLebanon.The earliest discovered of Bodashtart's inscriptions was excavated in Sidon in 1858 and was donated to theLouvre.This inscription dates back to the first year of Bodashtart's accession to the throne of Sidon and commemorates the building of a temple to the goddess Astarte. The Temple of Eshmunpodiuminscriptions were discovered between 1900 and 1922 and are classified into two groups. The inscriptions of the first group, known asKAI15, commemorate building activities in the temple and attribute the work to Bodashtart. The second group of inscriptions, known as KAI 16, were found on podium restoration blocks; they credit Bodashtart and his son Yatonmilk with the construction project and emphasise Yatonmilk's legitimacy as heir. The most recently discovered inscription as of 2020 was found in the 1970s on the bank of theBostrenos River,not far from the Temple of Eshmun. The inscription credits the King with the building ofwater canalsto supply the temple in the seventh year of his reign.
Three of Bodashtart's Eshmun temple inscriptions have been left in place; the others are housed in museums inParis,Istanbul,andBeirut.Bodashtart is believed to have reigned for at least seven years, as evidenced by the Bostrenos River bank inscription. Little is known about his reign other than what has been learned from his dedicatory inscriptions.
Etymology
[edit]The nameBodashtartis theRomanizedform of thePhoenician𐤁𐤃𐤏𐤔𐤕𐤓𐤕, meaning "from the hand ofAstarte".[1]Spellings of the King's name include:Bdʿštrt,[2]Bad-ʿAštart,[3]Bodʿashtart,[4]Bodʿastart,[5]Bodaštart,[6]Bodʿaštort,[7]Bodachtart,[8]andBodashtort.[9]
Chronology
[edit]The absolute chronology of thekings of Sidonfrom the dynasty of Eshmunazar I has been much discussed in the literature; traditionally placed in the course of the fifth century BC, inscriptions of this dynasty have been dated back to an earlier period on the basis ofnumismatic,historical, and archaeological evidence. A comprehensive examination of the dates of the reigns of these Sidonian kings has been presented by the French historianJosette Elayiwho shifted away from the use ofbiblical chronology.Elayi used all the available documentation of the time and included inscribedTyriansealsandstampsexcavated by the Lebanese archaeologistMaurice Chehabin 1972 from Jal el-Bahr, a neighbourhood in the north of Tyre,[10][11][12][13][14]Phoenician inscriptions discovered by the French archaeologistMaurice Dunandin Sidon in 1965,[15]and the systematic study of Sidonian coins, which were the first dated coins in antiquity, bearingmintingdates corresponding to the specific years of the reigns of the Sidonian kings.[11][16]Elayi placed the reigns of the descendants of Eshmunazar I between the middle and the end of the sixth century; according to her work, Bodashtart reigned fromc.525 BC toc.515 BC.[17][18][19]
Historical context
[edit]![A black and white image showing two metallic plaques bearing the images of multiple persons standing in line and holding a variety of objects.](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Assyrian_-_Fragments_of_Bands_from_a_Gate_-_Walters_542335_-_View_A.jpg/220px-Assyrian_-_Fragments_of_Bands_from_a_Gate_-_Walters_542335_-_View_A.jpg)
Sidon, which was a flourishing and independentPhoeniciancity-state,came underMesopotamianoccupation in the ninth century BC. TheAssyriankingAshurnasirpal II(883–859 BC) conqueredthe Lebanonmountain range and its coastal cities, including Sidon.[20]In 705, KingLulijoined forces with theEgyptiansandJudahin an unsuccessful rebellion against Assyrian rule,[21][22]but was forced to flee toKitionwith the arrival of the Assyrian army headed bySennacherib.Sennacherib instated Ittobaal on the throne of Sidon and reimposed the annualtribute.[23]WhenAbdi-Milkuttiascended to Sidon's throne in 680 BC, he also rebelled against the Assyrians. In response, the Assyrian kingEsarhaddoncaptured and beheaded Abdi-Milkutti in 677 BC after a three-year siege; Sidon was stripped of its territory, which was awarded toBaal I,the king of rivalTyre,and loyalvassalof Esarhaddon.[24]
Sidon returned to its former level of prosperity while Tyre was besieged for 13 years (586–573 BC) by theChaldeankingNebuchadnezzar II.[25]After theAchaemenid conquestin 539 BC, Phoenicia was divided into four vassal kingdoms: Sidon, Tyre,ByblosandArwad.[26][27]Eshmunazar I, a priest of Astarte and the founder of his namesake dynasty, became King of Sidon around the time of the Achaemenid conquest of theLevant.[28]During the first phase of Achaemenid rule, Sidon flourished and reclaimed its former standing as Phoenicia's chief city, and the Sidonian kings began an extensive program of mass-scale construction projects, as attested in theSarcophagus of Eshmunazar IIand Bodashtart inscriptions.[28][29][30]
Epigraphic sources
[edit]![A wall made at its lower part of tightly packed white limestone stone blocks surmounted by a wall constructed of very large rusticated ashlar.](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7e/Echnoum_Libanon_026.jpg/220px-Echnoum_Libanon_026.jpg)
Bodashtart was a prolific builder who carved hiseponymous inscriptionsfound at theTemple of Eshmunand elsewhere in thehinterlandof the city of Sidon inLebanon.The earliest discovered of the inscriptions, known today as CIS I 4, was found during excavations in Sidon in 1858. It was donated by French archaeologistMelchior de Vogüéto theLouvrewhere it is housed today.[31][32]The interpretation of inscription CIS I 4 is still a matter of debate; some scholars construe the text as a commemoration of building a temple to Astarte during the first year of Bodashtart's reign, while others posit that the text records the dedication of theSharon plainto the temple of said goddess.[note 1][29][34][33] The Sidonian king carried out an extensive expansion and restoration project of the Temple of Eshmun, where he left some 30 dedicatoryPhoenicianinscriptions at the temple site that are divided into two groups belonging to two construction phases.[35][36]The first phase of the construction project involved adding a secondpodiumat the base of the temple.[35]During this construction phase, a first group of inscriptions (known asKAI15) were carved on the added podium's foundation stones. These inscriptions commemorate the construction project and attribute the work to Bodashtart alone.[29][37]The second set of inscriptions (KAI 16) was placed onashlarrestoration stones. The KAI 16 inscriptions mention Bodashtart and his son Yatonmilk, emphasize the latter's legitimacy as heir,[note 2][29][37]and assign him a share of credit for the construction project.[9][38][19]Yatonmilk is believed to have succeeded Bodashtart to the throne of Sidon as is inferred from the Bodashtart inscriptions. There is no further extant literary or archaeological evidence left by Yatonmilk himself.[39]
![alt= Phoenician writing from right to left. First line reads: Mēm Lāmedh Kaph Bēth Dāleth ʼAyin Šin Tāw Rēš Tāw Nun Bēth Nun ṣādē Dāleth Qōph Yōdh Tāw Nun Mēm Lāmedh Kaph Mēm Lāmedh Kaph ṣādē Dāleth Nun Mēm. Second line reads: Bēth Nun Bēth Nun Mēm Lāmedh Kaph ʼĀleph Šin Mēm Nun ʼAyin Zayin Rēš Mēm Lāmedh Kaph ṣādē Dāleth Nun Mēm ʼĀleph Yōdh Tāw Hē Bēth Tāw Zayin. Third line reads: Bēth Nun Lāmedh ʼĀleph Lāmedh Yōdh Lāmedh ʼĀleph Šin Mēm Nun Šin Rēš Qōph Dāleth Šin](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Bodashtart_1.png/220px-Bodashtart_1.png)
The KAI 15 and KAI 16 inscriptions were excavated from the Temple of Eshmun site between 1900 and 1922. Three of these inscriptions were leftin situwhile the rest were removed to the Louvre, theIstanbul Archaeology Museums,and theArchaeological Museum of the American University of Beirut.[40]
According to the American archaeologist and historianCharles Torreyand the Polish biblical scholarJózef Milik,the Bodashtart's KAI 15 inscriptions commemorate the building of theEshmuntemple and indicate the names of the quarters and territories of the Kingdom of Sidon.[note 3][7][41]Torrey interpreted the inscription thus: "The king, Bad-ʿAštart, king of the Sidonians, grandson of king ʾEšmunazar, king of the Sidonians; reigning in [or ruling over] Sidon-on-the-Sea, High-Heavens, [and]RešepDistrict, belonging to Sidon; who built this house like the eyrie of an eagle; (he) built it for his god Ešmun, the Holy Lord [Prince]. "[3][42][note 4]
The KAI 16 Bodashtart inscriptions read: "King BDʿŠTRT and thelegitimate (ṣdq)son, YTNMLK, King of the Sidonians, grandson of King Eshmunazor, King of the Sidonians, built this temple for the god ʾEšmun, the holy prince ".[2][45][46]Another translation reads: "King Bodashtart, and his pious son (or legitimate successor), Yatonmilk, king of the Sidonians, descendants (bn bn) of King Eshmunazar, king of the Sidonians, this house he built to his god, to Eshmun, lord/god of the sanctuary ".[47]
Anotherin situinscription was recorded in the 1970s by Maurice Chéhab on theBostrenos Riverbank 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) upstream from the Temple of Eshmun. The inscription credits Bodashtart with the building water installations to supply the temple and dates the work to the seventhyear of his reign,which indicates that he ruled for at least this length of time.[note 5][29][49][50][12]
Apart from inscriptions detailing Bodashtart's building activity, little is known about his reign.[29]
Genealogy
[edit]Bodashtart was a descendant of Eshmunazar I's dynasty. Eshmunazar's heir was his sonTabnit,who fathered Eshmunazar II from his sisterAmoashtart.Tabnit died before the birth of Eshmunazar II, and Amoashtart ruled in the interlude until the birth of her son, then wasco-regentuntil he reached adulthood. Bodashtart was the nephew of Tabnit and Amoashtart and acceded to the throne after the death of Eshmunazar II at the young age of fourteen.[35][51][52]Some scholars misidentified Yatonmilk as the father of Bodashtart;[53]this was successfully contested by laterepigraphists.[54][55][46]
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See also
[edit]- King of Sidon– A list of the ancient rulers of the city of Sidon
Notes
[edit]- ^1. "Au mois de MP' dans l'année de son accession 2. à la royauté (lit. de son devenir roi), du roi Bod'ashtart 3. roi de Sidon, voici que le roi Bod'ashtart 4. roi de Sidon construisit ce SRN du pays 5. de la mer pour sa divinité Astarté". In English: 1.'In the month of MP' in the year of his accession 2. to royalty (lit. of his becoming king), of King bod'ashtart 3. King of Sidon, behold, King bod'ashtart 4. King of Sidon built this SRN of the land 5. of the sea for his deity Astarte ".[33]
- ^Yatonmilk is referred to by Bodashtart as BN ṢDQ, meaning "true son" or "pious son".[35]
- ^mlk bdʿštrt mlk ṣdnm bn bn mlk ʾšmnʿzr mlk ṣdnm bṣdn ym šmm rmm ʾrṣ ršpm ṣdn mšl ʾš bn wṣdn šd ʾyt hbt z bn lʾly lʾšmn šd qdšJe traduirais ce texte difficile de la façon suivante; j'ajoute des explications entre parenthèses: "Le roi Bodʿaštort, roi des Sidoniens, petit-fils du roi Esmunʿazor, roi des Sidoniens, (qui règne, ou: qui habitent) dans la Sidon maritime (c.-à-d. dans la plaine côtière, avec ses zones ou quartiers du) Ciel-Haut, Terre-des-Rešafim, Sidon (de résidence, ou: de propriété) Royale, (les quartiers) qui en font partie, ainsi que dans la Sidon continentale (à savoir, dans le territoire de montagne, qui allait jusqu'à l' Anti-Liban et la vallée du Jourdain) – ce temple-ci, il (l') a construit à son dieu Eshmun du Territoire Saint".[7]
- ^Cf.:Eiselen 1907,[43]and Münnich 2013,[44]for other KAI 15 translations.
- ^"1.... dans l’année sept de son règne (litt. de son être roi) le roi Bod'ashtart 2. roi de Sidon petit-fils du roi Eshmun‘azor roi de Sidon /(3a)qui avait construit/ dans Sidon de la Mer, 3. Cieux élevés, Pays des Resheps, en outre, à Sidon des Champs voici qu'il construisit et fit le roi Bod'ashtart roi de Sidon ce/le (?)... " In english:" 1.... in year seven of his reign (litt. of his being king) King Bod'ashtart 2. King of Sidon grandson of King Eshmun'azor King of Sidon / (3a) who had built / in Sidon of the Sea, 3. High heavens, Land of the Resheps, moreover, in Sidon of the fields behold, he built and made the King bod'ashtart King of Sidon this / the (?)... "[48]
References
[edit]- ^Gordon, Rendsburg & Winter 1987,p. 137.
- ^abThomas 2014,p. 143.
- ^abTorrey 1902,p. 161.
- ^Amadasi Guzzo 2012,p. 12.
- ^Dupont-Sommer 1949,p. 126.
- ^Stucky 2002,p. 69.
- ^abcMilik 1967,p. 575.
- ^Bordreuil 2002,p. 105.
- ^abHalpern 2016,p. 19.
- ^Kaoukabani 2005,p. 4.
- ^abElayi 2006,p. 2.
- ^abChéhab 1983,p. 171.
- ^Xella & López 2005b.
- ^Greenfield 1985,pp. 129–134.
- ^Dunand 1965,pp. 105–109.
- ^Elayi & Elayi 2004.
- ^Elayi 2006,pp. 22, 31.
- ^Amadasi Guzzo 2012,p. 6.
- ^abElayi 2018a,p. 234.
- ^Bryce 2009,p. 651.
- ^Netanyahu 1964,pp. 243–244.
- ^Yates 1942,p. 109.
- ^Elayi 2018b,p. 58.
- ^Bromiley 1979,pp. 501, 933–934.
- ^Aubet 2001,pp. 58–60.
- ^Elayi 2006,p. 1.
- ^Boardman et al. 2000,p. 156.
- ^abZamora 2016,p. 253.
- ^abcdefElayi 2006,p. 7.
- ^Pritchard & Fleming 2011,pp. 311–312.
- ^Vogüé 1860,p. 55.
- ^Zamora 2007,p. 100.
- ^abAmadasi Guzzo 2012,p. 9.
- ^Bonnet 1995,p. 215.
- ^abcdElayi 2006,p. 5.
- ^Chabot & Clermont-Ganneau 1905,pp. 154–160.
- ^abXella & López 2005a,p. 119.
- ^abConteneau 1924,p. 16.
- ^Elayi 2006,pp. 5, 8.
- ^Bordreuil & Gubel 1990,pp. 493–499.
- ^Torrey 1937,p. 407.
- ^Teixidor 1969,p. 332.
- ^Eiselen 1907,p. 144.
- ^Münnich 2013,p. 240.
- ^Dussaud 1923,p. 149.
- ^abXella & López 2005a,p. 121.
- ^Halpern 2016,p. 20.
- ^Amadasi Guzzo 2012,p. 11.
- ^Xella & López 2004,p. 294.
- ^Amadasi Guzzo 2012,pp. 6, 11.
- ^Lipiński 1995,pp. 135–451.
- ^Gibson 1982,p. 105.
- ^Bordreuil & Gubel 1990,p. 496.
- ^Elayi 2006,pp. 5, 7.
- ^Bonnet 1995,p. 216.
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