Motya

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Phoenician colony ancient city archaeological site

Motya was an important ancient Phoenician island city and trading hub located off the western coast of Sicily.

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All labels observed (9)

Label Occurrences
Motya canonical 12
Motya archaeological site 2
Island of Motya 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Phoenician colony ⓘ
ancient city ⓘ
archaeological site ⓘ
archaeologicalExcavationsBy Joseph Whitaker ⓘ
archaeologicalExcavationsStartCentury 20th century ⓘ
civilization Phoenician civilization ⓘ
connectedTo Carthage ⓘ
Tyre ⓘ
other Phoenician colonies in the western Mediterranean ⓘ
country Italy ⓘ
culture Punic culture ⓘ
currentUse archaeological park ⓘ
destroyedBy Dionysius I of Syracuse ⓘ
destroyedInConflict First Punic War ⓘ
surface form: Sicilian Wars
destroyedInYear 397 BC ⓘ
discoveredArtifact Motya Charioteer statue ⓘ
foundedBy Punic (Carthaginian) people ⓘ
surface form: Carthaginians

Phoenician civilization ⓘ
surface form: Phoenicians
foundedInCentury 8th century BC ⓘ
foundedInPeriod Archaic period ⓘ
function maritime trading station ⓘ
port city ⓘ
hasMuseum Whitaker Museum ⓘ
hasStructure Kothon (sacred pool) ⓘ
artificial causeway to mainland ⓘ
city walls ⓘ
harbor installations ⓘ
sanctuary of Cappiddazzu ⓘ
knownFor artifacts of Phoenician and Punic art ⓘ
fortifications ⓘ
sanctuaries ⓘ
tophet ⓘ
languageInAntiquity Phoenician language ⓘ
locatedIn Italy ⓘ
Sicily ⓘ
locatedInBodyOfWater Stagnone Lagoon ⓘ
locatedOn San Pietro Island ⓘ
surface form: San Pantaleo Island
near Marsala ⓘ
offCoastOf western coast of Sicily ⓘ
partOf Phoenician civilization ⓘ
surface form: Phoenician trade network

central Mediterranean trade routes ⓘ
region Trapani ⓘ
surface form: Province of Trapani
religionInAntiquity Phoenician-Punic religion ⓘ
significance important commercial center in the central Mediterranean ⓘ
major Phoenician trading hub ⓘ
successorSettlement Lilybaeum ⓘ
tourism cultural tourism destination ⓘ

Referenced by (21)

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

Phoenician civilization → hasColony → Motya ⓘ
Marsala → hasNearbyIsland → Motya ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mozia (Motya)
Stagnone Lagoon → hasArchaeologicalSite → Motya ⓘ
this entity surface form: Phoenician settlement of Motya
sanctuary of Cappiddazzu → locatedIn → Motya ⓘ
sanctuary of Cappiddazzu → partOf → Motya ⓘ
this entity surface form: Phoenician-Punic city of Motya
Kothon (sacred pool) → locatedIn → Motya ⓘ
Kothon (sacred pool) → partOf → Motya ⓘ
this entity surface form: Motya archaeological site
Lilybaeum → replaced → Motya ⓘ
Motya Charioteer statue → discoveredAt → Motya ⓘ
subject surface form: Motya Charioteer
this entity surface form: Motya archaeological site
Motya Charioteer statue → discoveredAt → Motya ⓘ
subject surface form: Motya Charioteer
this entity surface form: island of Motya
Whitaker Museum → locatedIn → Motya ⓘ
Whitaker Museum → locatedIn → Motya ⓘ
this entity surface form: Island of Motya
Whitaker Museum → locatedOnSiteOf → Motya ⓘ
this entity surface form: ancient Phoenician city of Motya
Joseph Whitaker → placeOfActivity → Motya ⓘ
Joseph Whitaker → studied → Motya ⓘ
Joseph Whitaker → workLocation → Motya ⓘ
Punic Sicily → hasCapital → Motya ⓘ
Punic Sicily → hasMajorCenter → Motya ⓘ
Punic Sicily → archaeologicalSite → Motya ⓘ
western Sicily → hasArchaeologicalSite → Motya ⓘ
subject surface form: Western Sicily
Stagnone Lagoon islands → hasCulturalHeritage → Motya ⓘ
this entity surface form: Phoenician settlement of Mozia