Cothon of Motya

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The Cothon of Motya is an ancient man-made harbor basin on the Phoenician-Punic island city of Motya off the western coast of Sicily, notable for its later reinterpretation as a sacred pool within a major religious complex.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Cothon of Motya canonical 1
Kothon of Motya 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient harbor basin
archaeological site
sacred pool
associatedWith Phoenician colonization of Sicily
linked to: Punic Sicily

Punic religious practices
associatedWithDeity Astarte
Baal
connectedTo sea
country Italy
culture Phoenician
Punic
currentUse archaeological research site
tourist attraction
discoveredBy archaeologists in the 20th century
excavatedBy Italian archaeologists
hasFeature altars
canals or channels to the lagoon
central islet
cult buildings
man-made embankments
stone-lined basin
surrounding temples
hasFunction maritime function
ritual function
hasWaterSource groundwater
sea water
heritageStatus protected archaeological area
interpretedAs artificial harbor
locatedIn Italy
Mediterranean Sea
Motya
Stagnone Lagoon
western Sicily
material masonry
stone
near Marsala
partOf island city of Motya
religious complex of Motya
reinterpretedAs sacred pool
shape rectangular basin
significance important for understanding Phoenician maritime infrastructure
major example of Phoenician religious architecture in the western Mediterranean
timePeriod Iron Age
Phoenician-Punic period
linked to: Punic period
usedAs harbor basin
sacred pool

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

sanctuary of Cappiddazzu near Cothon of Motya
archaeological area of Motya hasPart Kothon of Motya
linked to: Cothon of Motya