Kothon has been identified as a sacred pool connected with the Temple of Baal, adjacent to it. Mission of the University "La Sapienza" in Rome from 2002 to 2010.
See:
- Lorenzo Nigro, Scavi e restauri dell’Università di Roma ‘La Sapienza’ a Mozia, 2007-2009: il Tempio del Kothon, il Temenos Circolare, il Sacello di Astarte e il Tofet, in Sicilia occidentale.Studi, rassegne,ricerche 2012, pp 207-218, il.- https://www.academia.edu/3259551
- Lorenzo Nigro, Before the Greeks. The earliest Phoenician settlement in Motya. Recent discoveries by Rome «La Sapienza» Expedition, in: Vicino Oriente XVII (2013), pp. 39-74 - http://www.lasapienzatojericho.it/SitoRivista/Publicazioni/VO%20XVII/Vicino%20Oriente%20XVII_Contenuti%20Sito/PDF_Autori/VO_XVII_039-074_Nigro.pdf
- Lorenzo Nigro, The sacred pool of Ba'al: a reinterpretation of the ‘Kothon’ at Motya, https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/antiquity/article/sacred-pool-of-baal-a-reinterpretation-of-the-kothon-at-motya/329646E6561765FD30A9D6EC5FD5B6CB