Kition
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: D. Rupp
Creators: D. Rupp
Contributors:
Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Johan Åhlfeldt, Jeffrey Becker, Carolin Johansson, Jamie Novotny, Tom Elliott, DARMC, Gabriel Mckee, Elizabeth Robinson, R. Talbert, Rune Rattenborg
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Last modified
Jan 09, 2024 10:38 PM
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History
Kition was an ancient city founded on the southern coast of Cyprus in the thirteenth century B.C.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/707534
34.9211821039, 33.6319814122
- Representative Locations:
- OSM location of Kathari site (1400 BC - 1200 BC) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.
- CIGS location of Kition (unspecified date range) accuracy: +/- 5 meters.
- DARE Location (750 BC - AD 640) accuracy: +/- 10 meters.
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- Citium (30 BC - AD 300)
- Kition (750 BC - AD 640)
- Κίτιον (Kition: Modern Greek, unspecified date range)
- Less than certain: Qarth.adašt (750 BC - 550 BC)
- Less than certain: Qartihadasti (Akkadian, 720 BC - 540 BC)
- Kition located on Cyprus (island) (unspecified date range)
- Kition part of (regional) Jā' (region) (720 BC - 540 BC)
- Less than certain: Hurri/Ba'il-hurri located near Kition (720 BC - 540 BC)
- Kition: Military Port and Shipsheds part of (physical/topographic) Kition (unspecified date range)
- Unnamed road on Cyprus connection Kition (unspecified date range)
settlement, archaeological site, temple
- Evidence:
- See Further:
- Related:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 72 D3 Kition
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Larnaka
D. Rupp, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Johan Åhlfeldt, Jeffrey Becker, Carolin Johansson, Jamie Novotny, Tom Elliott, DARMC, Gabriel Mckee, Elizabeth Robinson, R. Talbert, and Rune Rattenborg, 'Kition: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2024 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/707534> [accessed: 18 April 2024]
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