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Tamassos (Greek: Ταμασσός) or Tamasos (Greek: Τἀμασος)〔(Lewis & Short: Tămăsŏs )〕 – names Latinized as Tamassus or Tamasus – was a city in Cyprus. It was situated in the great central plain of the island, south-west of Soli, on the road from Soli to Tremithus. An Assyrian inscription from ca 673 BC (Prism of Esarhaddon), where it is found as Tamesi and described as a city-state which paid tribute to the Neo-Assyrian Empire. As there were copper mines in the neighbourhood, it is very probably the Temese mentioned by Homer (Odyssey, I, 184), which was in his time the principal copper market of the island.〔(Sophrone Pétridès, "Tamassus" in ''Catholic Encyclopedia'' (New York 1912) )〕 It is thought to be an archeological site bordering the village of Politiko, about 21 kilometres southwest of the capital city of Nicosia. An article by Sophrone Pétridès in the ''Catholic Encyclopedia'' of 1912 says that coins of the city show the name with the double s (Tamassos, Tamassus)〔 An article by Stylianos Chr. Tamasios in the periodical ''Agape'', vol. 2, October-December 2007 argues that the correct spelling is with a single s (Tamasos, Tamasus), citing Pliny, Strabo, Ovid, Eustathius, Constantine Porphyrogenitus, and Nonnus, and the signatures of the bishops of the see who participated respectively in the Second Ecumenical Council and the Fourth.〔(Η Ταμασός ανά τους αιώνας )〕 The Government of Cyprus issued in 1964 a stamp that referred to the ancient city as Ταμασός in Greek and Tamasus in English.〔 The Cypriot Department of Antiquities uses both forms,〔(Department of Antiquities, "Archaeological Sites: Tamasos" )〕 while archaeological institutes in Britain and the United States use the form with double s.〔(Archeological findings of Tamassos ) at the British Museum〕〔 *(Rare Cypriot Sculptures ) found in Tamassos - (archeology.org ), a publication of the Archaeological Institute of America〕〔(Weapons, Tools and Ritual Remains ) - Ashmolean Museum, Oxford〕 Today the three villages of Psimolofou, Episkopeio, Pera Orinis, Ergates, Politiko, Kampia, Analyontas, and Kapedes occupy the site of the city. ==Antiquity== The city-state prospered mainly because of its mines, from which metals (mostly copper, Cyprus's chief export in the ancient world) were extracted. However, it managed to survive despite exhaustion of its copper deposits. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Tamassos」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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