Gebal

Japanese: Gebal
Gebal

…Its present name is Jubayr. In the Old Testament it was called Gebal, in ancient Egyptian sources it was called Kubuna, and in Assyrian sources it was called Gubla. Byblos is the Greek name, and the Greeks called the papyrus imported through this place Byblos, from which the words for book and Bible were derived in later times. …

From Phoenicia

...Interestingly, the pottery is similar in style to that of contemporary Mesopotamia and Thessaly, indicating that the import of cultures from other regions began at a very early date.
[3rd millennium BC]
The Early Bronze Age spanned from about 3000 BC to about 2100 BC, during which cities such as Ugarit and Gebal (also known by the Greek name Byblos) flourished.

*Some of the terminology that mentions "Gebal" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…現在名はジュバイル。旧約聖書ではゲバルGebal,古代エジプト史料ではクブナ,アッシリア史料ではグブラと呼ばれた。ビュブロスはギリシア語名であり,ギリシア人は当地を経て輸入されたパピルスをビュブロスと呼んだことから,後世,本,聖書Bibleなどを表す語が派生した。…

【フェニキア】より

…興味深いのは土器で,メソポタミアやテッサリアの同時代のものと類似する様式のものがあり,他地方の文化の輸入はきわめて古い時代に始まったことがわかる。
[前3千年紀]
 前3000年ころから前2100年ころまでが初期青銅器時代で,ウガリトやゲバルGebal(グブラGubla。ギリシア名ビュブロスによって知られる)などの都市が栄えた。…

※「Gebal」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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