Chronologische samenvatting.

Chronological summary of the Phoenician and Punic settlements on the North-African coast from Ceuta to Tabarka.

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Overzicht Noord-Afrika

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.

Name

Greek/Latin

Phoenician or (neo)Punic

Sure or not

Century BC

Sahara			Not sure
Qasr al Seghir			Not sure
Ceuta	Abyla	‘bn	Sure	7e
Tétuan	Tamuda	Tmd‘t	Sure	7e
Kitzan			Sure	?
Sidi Ebdselam			Sure	?
Caf Taht el Ghar			Sure	?
Oued Malah			Sure	?
Hayyouna			Sure	?
Atalya			Sure	?
Menkal			Sure	?
Emsa			Sure	?
Oued Laou	Laud Flumen		Sure	?
Dar Akeba			Not sure
Talambone			Not sure
Tassor			Not sure
Ras Targa			Not sure
Bou Hamed	Taenia Longa		Not sure
El Jeheba	Cobucla		Sure	?
Penon de Velez			Not sure
Al-Hoceima	Ad sex insulas		Not sure
Oued Amekrane			Sure	7e-5e
Cazaza			Not sure
Melilla	Rusaddir	Rš’dr	Sure	8e
Port Say			Not sure
Ghazaout	Ad Fratres		Not sure
Honein	Cypsaria portus		Not sure
Rachgoun	Akra	y-r‘š-sgn	Sure	7e
Camerata		Km’	Sure	3e
Mersa bou Zedjar	Gilva	šlbn	Sure	3e
Mersa Madakh			Sure	?
Les Andalouses	Castra Puerom		Sure	6e-4e
Mers el Kebir	Portus Divini	‘Ar-’ilon	Sure	4e/3e
Arzew	Portus Magnus		Sure	2e
St.Leu/Betthiou			Sure	2e
Quiza	Chalka		Not sure
Cap Ivi			Not sure
Bosquet Plage			Not sure
Petit Port			Not sure
Aïn Brahim			Not sure
Port Romain			Not sure
Oued Tarzout			Not sure
Ras Tadders	Arsenaria		Not sure
La Guelta			Not sure
El Marsa			Not sure
Pointe Rouge			Not sure
Damous	Cartili	? qrt-’l’ ?	Sure	2e/1e
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
Algiers	Icosium	’yksm	Sure	6e?
Tementfoust	Rusguniae	R’sgny	Sure	4e?
Zemmouri el Bahri	Rusubbicari	R’šbqr	Sure	3e?
Cape Djenet	Cissi	kšy	Sure	3e
Dellys	Rusuccuru	R’šhqr	Sure	3e
Tigzirt	Iomnium	’y-[’mn]	Sure	4e
Taksebt	Rusippisir	R’š[špr]	Sure	6e
Azeffoun	Rusazus	R’š-[h]’zz	Sure	7e
Bejaia	Saldae		Sure	3e
Jijel	Igilgili	’y-glgl[t]	Sure	6e
Collo	Chullu		Sure	3e
Skikda	Rusicade	R(’)š-(h)kd	Sure	6e
Stora			Sure	6e
Annaba	Hippo Regius	’pwn	Sure	7e
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?, bird?, Sand island, passage, isle of owls, cape of the francolin, cape of the cattle, cape of the partridge, isle of fastness, beautiful cape, cape of the fortress, isle of the skull, cape of fire, horse?, rough place?

Coins	15 places
Phoenician/(neo)Punic inscriptions	11 places
Cemeteries	12 places
Sanctuaries	7 places
Memory stones	13 places
So-called Tanit sign	5 places