entity · site_tyre
Tyre
Also known as: Ṣūr
Major southern Levantine coastal city whose early Iron Age role belongs to a network of city communities rather than a unified Phoenician state.
Review and provenance
Specialist reviewer: not recorded. Review date: not recorded.
Dataset workflow: proposed. This is separate from specialist review.
Confidence describes the stated assessment; it does not certify expert approval. How review works.
Chronology
Dating intervals may describe uncertainty or phases; their width alone does not establish event duration.
1600 BCE–800 BCE
Precision: approximate
- informs · provides archaeological observation
The Geopolitics of the Phoenician Littoral in the Early Iron Age — Robert R. Stieglitz (1990)Supports the site description, phase range, or principal research relevance.
Locator: Phoenician littoral geopolitical context
Research description
Major southern Levantine coastal city whose early Iron Age role belongs to a network of city communities rather than a unified Phoenician state. The site point in this release is a representative locator, not a settlement footprint or territorial claim.
Evidence and sources
- informs · provides archaeological observation
The Geopolitics of the Phoenician Littoral in the Early Iron Age — Robert R. Stieglitz (1990)Supports the site description, phase range, or principal research relevance.
Locator: Phoenician littoral geopolitical context
Referenced records
- Geography assertion for site_tyre · geography assertion
- Northern coast and Phoenician links · entity