Idalion
Sign in to saveIdalion or Idalium (, Idalion, Phoenician: 𐤀𐤃𐤉𐤋, , Akkadian: e-di-ʾi-il, Edīl) was an ancient city in Cyprus, in modern Dali, Nicosia District. The city was founded on the copper trade in the 3rd millennium BC. Its name does not appear on the Sargon Stele of 707 BC, but does appear on the later (copies of the text dated to 673–672 BC) and in similar spellings in Ashurbanipal's annal (648/647 BC).
Key facts
- Ancient site.name
- Idalion
- Ancient site.native_name
- Ιδάλιον
- Ancient site.image
- File:Ancient_kingdoms_of_Cyprus_en.svg
- Ancient site.caption
- Map showing the ancient city Kingdoms of Cyprus; Idalion is inland at center right
- Ancient site.map_type
- Cyprus
- Ancient site.map_size
- 250
- Ancient site.location
- Cyprus
- Ancient site.region
- Nicosia District
- Ancient site.archaeologists
- Luigi Palma di Cesnola, R. Hamilton Lang, Max Ohnefalsch-Richter, Erik Sjöqvist
- Ancient site.management
- Cyprus Department of Antiquities
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8 sectionsContents
- Name
- History
- The ancient city
- Cypro-Syllabic script
- Archaeology
- See also
- References
- Further reading
Idalion or Idalium (, Idalion, Phoenician: 𐤀𐤃𐤉𐤋, , Akkadian: e-di-ʾi-il, Edīl) was an ancient city in Cyprus, in modern Dali, Nicosia District. The city was founded on the copper trade in the 3rd millennium BC. Its name does not appear on the Sargon Stele of 707 BC, but does appear on the later (copies of the text dated to 673–672 BC) and in similar spellings in Ashurbanipal's annal (648/647 BC).
Recent excavations have uncovered major buildings on the site which are open to visitors. A new museum is at the entrance of the site.