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