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tar´pel-ı̄ts (טּרפּלי×, tÌ£arpelaÌ„yeÌ„' ()): Various theories have been advanced as to the identity of the Tarpelites. Rawlinson suggested the Tuplai, which name appears in the inscriptions as equivalent to the Greek TibareÌ„noıÌ, a tribe on the coast of Pontus. Hitzig located them in Tripolis in Northern Phoenicia. The latest theory emends the text to טפסרי×, ṭı̄phsÌ£erayaÌ„', “tablet-writers†(from the Assyrian dup sarru); compare Schrader, Schrader, The Cuneiform Inscriptions and the Old Testament, on .