Tamassos was a city-kingdom in Cyprus situated in the great central plain of the island, south-east of Soli, on the road from Soli to Tremithus. The Assyrians inscription for Tamesi or Tamassus kingdom goes back to 673 BC and its described as a city-state and was under Neo-Assyrian empire. Tamese was known and mentioned by Homer in Odyssey for its copper mines, which was the principal copper market of the island at the time.
Tamassos kingdom was situated in the great central plain of the island, south-east of Soli, on the road from Soli to Tremithus. Today the state occupies the villages of Psimolofou, Episkopeio, Pera Orinis, Ergates, Politico, Kampia, Analyontas and Kapedes.