Table of Contents

This work is fitting as a reference guide for students of the Hebrew Bible on festival ritual texts. It settles the question of dating broadly speaking and situates these texts well in their historical context. This volume will be of interest to other fields as the festival rituals affect the NT and other related disciplines such as historiography and archaeology. — Michael Mxolisi Sokupa, BBR 24.4 (2014) 550-52 Acknowledgments ii

Abbreviations ii

Map. Byblos in Phoenicia in the Persian Period xvi

Chapter 1. Introduction 1

Chapter 2. Analysis of the Monetary Inscriptions Analysis of Iconography 27

Chapter 3. The Monetary Workshop of Byblos 52

Chapter 4. Metrological Study 76

Chapter 5. The Coinage of Byblos and the History of the City 91

Conclusion 131

Appendix 1. Catalog of the Coins of Byblos 137

Appendix 2. Counterfeit or Dubious Byblian Coins 316

Appendix 3. Study of Dies and Relative Chronology 317

Appendix 4. Hoards Containing Coins from Byblos 337

Bibliography 341

Indexes

Index of Geographical Names 348

Index of Public and Private Collections 350

Index of Sale Catalogs 352

Index of Hoards 358

Plates 359