Abdastartus

Abdastartus (Phoenician: 𐤏𐤁𐤃𐤏𐤔𐤕𐤓𐤕, 'bd'štrt, meaning "Servant of Astarte") was a king of the ancient Phoenician city-state of Tyre. He reigned for nine years, from approximately 929 to 921 BCE, during a period when Tyre was the dominant maritime power in the eastern Mediterranean.

Abdastartus was part of the dynastic line founded by Abibaal and solidified by his grandfather, the powerful Hiram I. He was the son and successor of Baal-Eser I (Beleazarus I). The primary source of information about his reign comes from the lost work of the Phoenician historian Menander of Ephesus, as cited by the Roman-Jewish historian Josephus.

His reign came to a sudden and violent end. According to Menander/Josephus, a plot was formed against him by four sons of his nurse, who successfully assassinated him around 921 BCE. One of the conspirators, Astartus, seized the throne and became the next ruler of Tyre, interrupting the direct paternal line of succession.