event · evt_kition_earliest_phoenician_inscriptions
Earliest secure Phoenician inscriptions at Kition
Phoenician inscriptions from Kition securely attest the language in an institutional urban setting by the ninth century BCE.
What is the evidence?
observation
Phoenician inscriptions from Kition securely attest the language in an institutional urban setting by the ninth century BCE.Review and provenance
Specialist reviewer: not recorded. Review date: not recorded.
Dataset workflow: proposed. This is separate from specialist review.
Confidence describes the stated assessment; it does not certify expert approval. How review works.
Chronology
Dating intervals may describe uncertainty or phases; their width alone does not establish event duration.
900 BCE–800 BCE
Precision: range
very highPreferred display range for this event. It preserves positive BCE ordering and does not suppress narrower contexts or alternative chronology models.
- informs · provides epigraphic evidence
Kition in the Tenth to Fourth Centuries B.C. — Marguerite Yon, William A. P. Childs (1997)Provides the direct attestation.
Locator: Ninth-century inscriptions - informs · contextualizes
Resilient Social Actors in the Transition from the Late Bronze to the Early Iron Age on Cyprus — Nathan Meyer, A. Bernard Knapp (2021)Places epigraphy within urban continuity.
Locator: Early Iron Age Kition
900 BCE–800 BCE
Precision: range
Chronology model: Kition early Phoenician sequence
very highDirect language-attestation range, distinct from earlier Levantine material contacts.
- informs · dates
Kition in the Tenth to Fourth Centuries B.C. — Marguerite Yon, William A. P. Childs (1997)Direct language-attestation range, distinct from earlier Levantine material contacts.
Locator: Earliest Phoenician inscriptions
Interpretation and caveats
Direct textual evidence provides a firmer threshold for Phoenician presence than earlier imported Levantine objects.
Event context
Classification
Event type: language attestation
Evidence layer: epigraphic and archaeological
Timeline role: regional core
People and places
Locations: Early Phoenician inscriptions from Kition, Kition-Kathari
Why it matters to the timeline
Directly reconstructs a Cypriot site, landscape, institution, community, or chronological transition within the primary interval.
Research notes
- Provides the direct attestation. Role: provides epigraphic evidence. Locator: Ninth-century inscriptions.
- Places epigraphy within urban continuity. Role: contextualizes. Locator: Early Iron Age Kition.
Evidence and sources
- informs · provides epigraphic evidence
Kition in the Tenth to Fourth Centuries B.C. — Marguerite Yon, William A. P. Childs (1997)Provides the direct attestation.
Locator: Ninth-century inscriptions - informs · contextualizes
Resilient Social Actors in the Transition from the Late Bronze to the Early Iron Age on Cyprus — Nathan Meyer, A. Bernard Knapp (2021)Places epigraphy within urban continuity.
Locator: Early Iron Age Kition
Referenced records
- Early Phoenician inscriptions from Kition · entity
- Kition-Kathari · entity