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CHRISTOPHER BARON

University of Notre Dame

Nomadic Libyan (North African) tribe dwelling to the south of CYRENE (BA 38 B1). Herodotus states that the Asbystae are “drivers of four‐horse CHARIOTS most of all the Libyans” and that they attempt to imitate the Cyreneans in most of their customs (4.170). Some scholars propose an identification with the (‘Isbt.w) of Bronze Age Egyptian documents, but this remains uncertain.

SEE ALSO: Adicran; Bacales; Ethnography; Libya