General summary.
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For weeks I
have been busy mapping the Phoenician and Punic settlements on the coast of North Africa . There could be about 66 harbours on the
North-African coast from Thabraca to Valonae, that could have been used by the
Phoenicians and Punic people. That is an incredible amount of 66 places on a
coast that is c.1500 km long (as the crow flow). That means that on every c.25
kilometers there could have been a harbour at their disposal. If we look at the
harbours that were with certainty there, this figure would be on every c.40
kilometers. From 42 harbours we are certain. From 24 possible harbours we are
not. Those harbours lie on the coast
between Emsa and Mellila and on the Dahra coast. We know 34 Greek or Latin names
of the harbours and know 23 Phoenician or Punic names. We also know some
personal names: Wartagars, Masop, Ariš, gns, gsm, zbygys/š, ygyšwm, mgwṢ, Derku
Adonibaal, Himilk and Matanbaal. Some of them are libyco-berber.
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Name
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Greek/Latin
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Phoenician
or (neo)Punic
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Sure or not
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Century BC
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Not sure
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Qasr al
Seghir
|
|
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Not sure
|
|
|
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Abyla
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‘bn
|
Sure
|
7e
|
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Tétuan
|
Tamuda
|
Tmd‘t
|
Sure
|
7e
|
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Kitzan
|
|
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Sure
|
?
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Sidi Ebdselam
|
|
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Sure
|
?
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Caf Taht el Ghar
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Sure
|
?
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Oued Malah
|
|
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Sure
|
?
|
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Hayyouna
|
|
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Sure
|
?
|
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Atalya
|
|
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Sure
|
?
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Menkal
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Sure
|
?
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Emsa
|
|
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Sure
|
?
|
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Oued Laou
|
Laud Flumen
|
|
Sure
|
?
|
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Dar Akeba
|
|
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Not sure
|
|
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Talambone
|
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Not sure
|
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Tassor
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Not sure
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Ras Targa
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Not sure
|
|
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Bou Hamed
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Taenia Longa
|
|
Not sure
|
|
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El Jeheba
|
Cobucla
|
|
Sure
|
?
|
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Penon de Velez
|
|
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Not sure
|
|
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Al-Hoceima
|
Ad sex insulas
|
|
Not sure
|
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Oued Amekrane
|
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Sure
|
7e-5e
|
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Cazaza
|
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Not sure
|
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Melilla
|
Rusaddir
|
Rš’dr
|
Sure
|
8e
|
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Port Say
|
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Not sure
|
|
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Ghazaout
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Ad Fratres
|
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Not sure
|
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Honein
|
Cypsaria portus
|
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Not sure
|
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Rachgoun
|
Akra
|
y-r‘š-sgn
|
Sure
|
7e
|
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Camerata
|
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Km’
|
Sure
|
3e
|
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Mersa bou Zedjar
|
Gilva
|
šlbn
|
Sure
|
3e
|
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Mersa Madakh
|
|
|
Sure
|
?
|
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Les Andalouses
|
Castra Puerom
|
|
Sure
|
6e-4e
|
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Mers el Kebir
|
Portus Divini
|
‘Ar-’ilon
|
Sure
|
4e/3e
|
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Arzew
|
Portus Magnus
|
|
Sure
|
2e
|
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St.Leu/Betthiou
|
|
|
Sure
|
2e
|
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Quiza
|
Chalka
|
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Not sure
|
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Cap Ivi
|
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Not sure
|
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Bosquet Plage
|
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Not sure
|
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Petit Port
|
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Not sure
|
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Aïn Brahim
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Not sure
|
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Port Romain
|
|
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Not sure
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Oued Tarzout
|
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Not sure
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Ras Tadders
|
Arsenaria
|
|
Not sure
|
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La Guelta
|
|
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Not sure
|
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El Marsa
|
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Not sure
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Pointe Rouge
|
|
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Not sure
|
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Damous
|
Cartili
|
? qrt-’l’ ?
|
Sure
|
2e/1e
|
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Ténès
|
Cartennae
|
? qrt-tns ?
|
Sure
|
4e or 1e
|
|
Gouraya
|
Gunugu
|
gngn
|
Sure
|
7e/6e
|
|
Sherchel
|
Iol
|
’y-ḥl
|
Sure
|
6e
|
|
Tipiza
|
Tipasa
|
ṭp‘tn
|
Sure
|
6e
|
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Algiers
|
Icosium
|
’yksm
|
Sure
|
6e?
|
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Tementfoust
|
Rusguniae
|
R’sgny
|
Sure
|
4e?
|
|
Zemmouri el Bahri
|
Rusubbicari
|
R’šbqr
|
Sure
|
3e?
|
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Cape Djenet
|
Cissi
|
kšy
|
Sure
|
3e
|
|
Dellys
|
Rusuccuru
|
R’šhqr
|
Sure
|
3e
|
|
Tigzirt
|
Iomnium
|
’y-[’mn]
|
Sure
|
4e
|
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Taksebt
|
Rusippisir
|
R’š[špr]
|
Sure
|
6e
|
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Azeffoun
|
Rusazus
|
R’š-[h]’zz
|
Sure
|
7e
|
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Bejaia
|
Saldae
|
|
Sure
|
3e
|
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Jijel
|
Igilgili
|
’y-glgl[t]
|
Sure
|
6e
|
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Collo
|
Chullu
|
|
Sure
|
3e
|
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Skikda
|
Rusicade
|
R(’)š-(h)kd
|
Sure
|
6e
|
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Stora
|
|
|
Sure
|
6e
|
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Annaba
|
Hippo Regius
|
’pwn
|
Sure
|
7e
|
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Tabarka
|
Thabraca
|
Tbrk‘n
|
Sure
|
7e
|
|
name
|
Greek/Latin
|
Phoenician or
(neo)Punic
|
Sure or not
|
Century BC
|
Remarkable
is the use of quite ordinary names for towns and landmarks such as: Mighty
cape, Childern’s camp, harbour of God , City of God , town
of Tennes
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Coins
|
15 places
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Phoenician/(neo)Punic inscriptions
|
11 places
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Cemeteries
|
12 places
|
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Sanctuaries
|
7 places
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Memory stones
|
13 places
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So-called Tanit sign
|
5 places
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