Sexi (Phoenician colony)

Sexi
Basins of a garum factory (Firmun Lulium Sexi).
Sexi (Phoenician colony) is located in Province of Granada
Sexi (Phoenician colony)
Location in the Province of Granada
Sexi (Phoenician colony) is located in Andalusia
Sexi (Phoenician colony)
Location in Andalusia
Sexi (Phoenician colony) is located in Spain
Sexi (Phoenician colony)
Location in Spain
LocationAlmuñécar, Spain
RegionAndalusia
Coordinates36°44′N 3°41′W / 36.733°N 3.683°W / 36.733; -3.683
Part ofPhoenician colonies
History
Founded3rd century BC
Abandoned2nd century BC

Sexi (Punic: 𐤑‬𐤊‬𐤑‬, ṢKṢ),[1] also known as Ex,[2] was a Phoenician colony at the present-day site of Almuñécar on southeastern Spain's Mediterranean coast.

The Roman name for the place was Sexi Firmum Iulium. Alternative transcriptions of the Phoenician name of the city in Latin include Secks, Seks, Sex, Eks, Seksi and Sexsi.[3]

  1. ^ Huss (1985), p. 560.
  2. ^ Aubet, María Eugenia (2005). Osborne, Robin; Cunliffe, Barry (eds.). Mediterranean Urbanization 800-600 BC. Oxford, UK: OUP. p. 194. ISBN 9780197263259.
  3. ^ Ruiz Fernández, Antonio (1979). Almuñécar: en la antigüedad fenicia o 'Ex en el Ambito de Tartessos (in Spanish). Granada, Spain: Excma. Diputación Provincial, Instituto Provincial de Estudios y Promoción Cultural. p. 43. ISBN 9788450031171.