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Idalium: limestone coffin model
Idalium: limestone coffin model Limestone coffin model from Idalium, c. 1050–950 bce; in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City.

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ancient city, Cyprus
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Idalium, ancient city in southern Cyprus, near modern Dali. Of pre-Greek origin, Idalium was one of 10 Cypriot kingdoms listed on the prism (many-sided tablet) of the Assyrian king Esarhaddon (680–669 bce). Eventually dominated by the Phoenician city of Citium, it became the centre of a cult of Aphrodite and of the Greco-Phoenician deity Resheph-Apollo. A terra-cotta model found there (now in the Louvre) is believed to represent the Resheph-Apollo temple.

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