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Abdalonymus (Gr****: Ἀβδαλώνιμος; Phoenician: 𐤏𐤁𐤃𐤀𐤋𐤍𐤌, romanized: ʿAbd-ʾĪlōnīm, lit. 'Servant of the
highest gods') was a
Phoenician botanist and...
- of
Abdalonymus, the King of Sidon,
helps narrow down the time
period in
which this
sarcophagus was most
likely created. We know that
Abdalonymus was...
- and hunting. It was
originally thought to have been the
sarcophagus of
Abdalonymus (died 311 BC), the king of
Sidon appointed by
Alexander immediately following...
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important finds such as the
Alexander Sarcophagus (likely the tomb of King
Abdalonymus rather than Alexander), the
Lycian tomb and the
Sarcophagus of the Crying...
- (of the Sea)') as his
patron deities, and a son of the
Sidonian king
Abdalonymus dedicated a
piece of
maritime art to the
goddess ʿAštart-Aphrodite for...
-
rises from
orphaned poverty to
become thrice Lord
Mayor of London.
Abdalonymus was a
gardener who was
appointed king of
Sidon by
Alexander the Great...
- 346–343 BC
Evagoras II (?) c. 342–333 BC
Abdashtart II c. 332–312 BC
Abdalonymus c. 286–279 BC
Philocles King of Tyre King of
Byblos Eiselen 1907, pp...
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although this
sarcophagus is
thought to
contain the
remains of
either Abdalonymus, King of Sidon; or Mazaeus, a
Persian noble who was also the governor...
- but
whose honesty had
reduced him to
working as a gardener. The man,
Abdalonymus, had a
successful royal career,
fully justifying Hephaestion's choice...
- was
deposed and Alexander's
second in command,
Hephaestion elevated Abdalonymus, a
member of the
Sidonian royal family who had
fallen into such poverty...
