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Cyprus: Its Ancient Cities, Tombs, and Temples. A Narrative of Researches and Excavations during Ten Years' Residence in that Island

Louis Palma di Cesnola (appendices by C. W. King and A. S. Murray)

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Cyprus: Its Ancient Cities, Tombs, and Temples is Luigi Palma di Cesnola's account of the excavations he directed in Cyprus while he was American consul there, from his arrival at Larnaca in 1865. This copy is the second edition, published by Harper & Brothers in New York in 1878. In his preface Cesnola says he wrote it partly to answer scholars who had asked whether his excavations were systematic and recorded, and he describes the limits set by his Ottoman firman and his private means.

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After an introductory history of the island, eleven chapters follow his work site by site, mixing narrative of travel and local events with descriptions of finds: Larnaca and Kition, Dali (Idalion), Athienou and Golgoi, Paphos, Amathus and Curium (Kourion), where he describes the "treasure vaults" of a temple. The appendices are C. W. King's catalogue of the rings and gems from Curium, A. S. Murray's notes on the pottery of Cyprus, and the inscriptions Cesnola recorded in Cypriote, Phoenician and Greek.

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  • Cesnola, L. P. di 1878. Cyprus: Its Ancient Cities, Tombs, and Temples. A Narrative of Researches and Excavations during Ten Years' Residence in that Island. 2nd edn. New York: Harper & Brothers, Preface pp. v–viii and Contents.

Contents

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  1. Syrusscan 1
  2. GENERAL LOUIS PALMA DI CESNOLA,scan 9
  3. Mr. HIRAM HITCHCOCK,scan 11
  4. PREFACE.scan 13
  5. CONTENTS.scan 19
  6. CHAPTER I.scan 19
  7. CHAPTER II.scan 19
  8. CHAPTER III.scan 19
  9. CHAPTER IV.scan 20
  10. CHAPTER V.scan 20
  11. CHAPTER VI.scan 20
  12. CHΛPTER VII.scan 20
  13. PARHOS.scan 20
  14. CONTENTS.scan 21
  15. CHAPTER VIII.scan 21
  16. CHAPTER IX.scan 21
  17. CHAPTER X.scan 21
  18. AMARIUSscan 21
  19. CHAPTER XI.scan 21
  20. CUKIUM.scan 21
  21. CONTENTS.scan 22
  22. APPENDICES.scan 22
  23. LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.scan 27
  24. CYPRUS;scan 31
  25. I. Gutturals.scan 46
  26. II. Dentalsscan 46
  27. III. Labialsscan 47
  28. IV. Vowelsscan 47
  29. CHAPTER I.scan 71
  30. CHAPTER II.scan 91
  31. CHAPTER III.scan 112
  32. CHAPTER IV.scan 135
  33. CHAPTER V.scan 155
  34. CHAPTER VI.scan 197
  35. CHAPTER VII.scan 209
  36. CHAPTER VIII.scan 236
  37. CHAPTER IX.scan 249
  38. CHAPTER X.scan 281
  39. AMATHUS.scan 281
  40. ΛΟΥΚΙΟΣΟΥΙΤΕΛscan 285
  41. CHAPTER XI.scan 327
  42. THE RINGS AND GEMS IN THEscan 393
  43. ASSYRIAN ART.scan 394
  44. EGYPTIAN AND PHENICIAN WORKS.scan 396
  45. GREEK WORKS.scan 398
  46. RINGS, ORNAMENTAL AND SIGNET.scan 399
  47. GOLD RINGS.scan 402
  48. SPECIES OF GEMS FOUND IN THE VOTIVE OFFERINGS.scan 403
  49. AGATE MACE-HEAD. (See p. 309.)scan 405
  50. PASTES.scan 406
  51. INTAGLI OF THE SIGNETS DESCRIBED.scan 408
  52. EGYPTIAN CLASS.scan 409
  53. PHENICIAN GEMS.scan 412
  54. GREEK INTAGLI.scan 417
  55. DESCRIPTION OF THE PLATES OF GEMS.scan 427
  56. LIST OF ENGRAVED GEMSscan 430
  57. FOUND AT DIFFERENT PLACES IN CYPRUSscan 430
  58. ON THE POTTERY OF CYPRUSscan 455
  59. GREEK INSCRIPTIONS.scan 483
  60. ΟΠΑΟΝscan 484
  61. APIΣΤΑΓΟΡΑΣscan 484
  62. NIKANΔscan 486
  63. II.scan 487
  64. ΑΠΟΛΛΩΝΙΛΑΚΕΙΤΗΙΑΡΙΣΤΟΥΣscan 488
  65. ΚΟΘΟΤΣscan 489
  66. Κοθούς Εύιου Σαλαμίνια χαίρεscan 489
  67. 'Απογοικού κλscan 490
  68. ΟΛΛΩΝΙscan 491
  69. EICΘEOCscan 492
  70. ΣΩΓΕΝΗΣscan 492
  71. ΟΝΗΣΑΓΟΡΑΣΤΠΕΡΤΗΣΓΥΝΑΙΚΟΣΝΙΚΙΟΤscan 493
  72. ΕΥΧΗΑΝΕΜΙΑΣΑΓΟΛΛΗΝΙscan 493
  73. ΔΗΜΟΧΑΡΗΣscan 495
  74. ΔΗΜΟ ΓΟscan 495
  75. ΦΙΛΩΝ . Α . . . .scan 499
  76. ΓΟΣΕΙΔΩΝΙΟΣscan 500
  77. APТЕМИДШРЕscan 506
  78. EYYYIEYscan 506
  79. INSCRIPTIONS INscan 507
  80. XTEXXXDEXscan 511
  81. INSCRIPTIONS INscan 527
  82. INDEX.scan 537
  83. INDEXscan 539
  84. INDEX.scan 542
  85. THE CESNOLA COLLECTIONscan 543
  86. METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART,scan 543
  87. THE CESNOLA COLLECTIONscan 545
  88. CYPRIOTE ANTIQUITIESscan 545
  89. THE CESNOLA COLLECTION OF CYPRIOTE ANTIQUITIES.scan 546
  90. He discovered and explored the following Necropoli:scan 546
  91. He discovered the following six ancient aqueducts:scan 547
  92. The following objects are the results of the explorations:scan 547
  93. VALUABLE & INTERESTING WORKSscan 551
  94. The Rime of the Ancient Mariner.scan 551
  95. The Boys of '76.scan 551
  96. The Life and Habits of Wild Animals.scan 551
  97. The Life and Letters of Lord Macaulay.scan 551
  98. Selections from the Writings of Lord Macaulay.scan 551
  99. The Earth :scan 552
  100. The Ocean.scan 552
  101. The Atmosphere.scan 552
  102. Goldsmith's Poetical Works.scan 552
  103. California :scan 552
  104. Northern California, Oregon, and the Sandwich Islands.scan 552
  105. A Dictionary of Religious Knowledge.scan 552
  106. The Rise of the Dutch Republic.scan 552
  107. History of the United Netherlands :scan 552
  108. Life and Death of John of Barnereld.scan 552
  109. Pottery and Porcelain of all Times and Nations.scan 553
  110. The Poets of the Nineteenth Century.scan 553
  111. Songs of Our Youth.scan 553
  112. Nooks and Corners of the New England Coast.scan 553
  113. Peru:scan 553
  114. The Poets and Poetry of Scotland :scan 553
  115. Pictorial Field-Book of the Revolution:scan 553
  116. The Pictorial Field-Book of the War of 1812:scan 553
  117. The Geographical Distribution of Animals.scan 553
  118. The First Century of the Republic.scan 553
  119. 金沙江文峰寺一用scan 560

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