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New light on the ‘cothon’ at Motya

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

B. S. J. Isserlin
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Antiquity , Volume 45 , Issue 179 , September 1971 , pp. 178 - 186
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Copyright © Antiquity Publications Ltd 1971

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Dr Isserlin, head of the Department of Semitic Studies in the University of Leeds, has been directing excavations in the island of San Pantaleo (Mozia) since 1961. This island is situated in the lagoon that fringes the coast of Sicily to the north of Marsala, and it is the site of the ancient Phoenician city of Motya. Archaeological exploration here goes back to the 18th century, and readers may remember Dr Isserlin's interesting note about Schliemann at Motya in these pages (1968, 144–8). Since 1968 Dr Isserlin has been concentrating his work upon the ‘cothon’ or artificial inner harbour (an example of a type in vogue, according to classical writers, among the Phoenicians). Here he discusses his results to date.

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