The Thrones of Astarte are approximately a dozen ex-voto "cherubim" thrones found in ancient Phoenician temples in Lebanon, in particular in areas around Sidon, Tyre and Umm al-Amad. Many of the thrones are similarly styled, flanked by cherubim-headed winged lions on either side. Images of the thrones are found in Phoenician sites around the Mediterranean, including an ivory plaque from Tel Megiddo (Israel), a relief from Hadrumetum (Tunisia) and a scarab from Tharros (Italy).
Two of the thrones bear inscriptions â one published by Ronzevalle in 1907, and a second published by Lemaire in 2014.
List of Thrones
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Bibliography
- , Le "Trône d'Astarté", Mélanges de la Faculté Orientale (Beirut) 3 (1909), 755âÂÂ83, pls 9âÂÂ10;
- , 'Note sur un monument phénicien de la région de Tyr', CRAI (1907), 589âÂÂ98
- James R. Davila and Bruce Zuckerman (1993). The Throne of ÿAshtart Inscription. Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research, (289), 67âÂÂ80. doi:10.2307/1357365
- Józef Milik (1967). Les papyrus araméens d'Hermoupolis et les cultes syro-phéniciens en ÃÂgypte perse. Biblica, 48(4), 546âÂÂ622. Retrieved July 28, 2020, from www.jstor.org/stable/42618436
- Henri Seyrig. Antiquités syriennes. In: Syria. Tome 36 fascicule 1âÂÂ2, 1959. pp. 38âÂÂ89; doi : https://doi.org/10.3406/syria.1959.5447 https://www.persee.fr/doc/syria_0039-7946_1959_num_36_1_5447
- Edward LipiÃ
Âski, Rereading the Inscriptions of the 'Throne of Astarte' and the Sidonian Obelisk, Journal of Semitic Studies, Volume 61, Issue 2, Autumn 2016, Pages 319âÂÂ325, https://doi.org/10.1093/jss/fgw011
- Andre Lemaire, 'Tróne a Keroubs avec inscription phénicienne', in A. Lemaire (ed.), Phéniciens d'Orient et d'Occident: Mélanges Josette Elayi, Cahiers de Institut du Proche-Orient Ancien du Collége de France, 2 (Paris, Maisonneuve, 2014), pp. 127-45.
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