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The articles and guides here connect case studies with methods: layers and dating, critical reading, pottery, coins, inscriptions and raw materials. Choose a question, then follow the sources and related reading. Checking an abstract is never presented as reviewing an entire paper.

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According to the Department of Antiquities of Cyprus, the large building at Idalion was the seat of a Greek-speaking royal dynasty from about the 7th century to 450 BCE, and in the Classical period an administrative centre for territory annexed to Kition.

2 min read, approximately

At the end of the French mission's 2022 season the number of ostraca from Kition-Pampoula reached 99, all dated to the 4th century BCE. What that number shows, and what cannot be known without the texts themselves.

2 min read, approximately

According to the Department of Antiquities of Cyprus, in the second half of the 4th century BCE Pasikypros, king of Tamassos, sold the city to Pumiathon, king of Kition. What the case shows about relations between kingdoms, and what it leaves open.

2 min read, approximately

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