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down for nearly seventy feet, and fragments of Mycenean vases were found at the bottom. Bones or ashes were very rarely found in these tombs, but it must be remembered that the majority of them had already been opened and robbed in Roman or early Christian times.

Tomb 76, on Site B, though simple in plan, presented a curious feature, in that a space four feet wide at the far end was paved with large flat circular stones, on the top of which the corpse was placed. In the interstices of these stones were found several fine gold rings and bracelets (now in the Nicosia Museum), which apparently had escaped the notice of plunderers, as they were the sole contents of the tomb. The dimensions of this tomb were as follows: 16 ft. by 7 ft. 9 in. by 5 ft. 3 in.; doorway 2 ft. 10 in. wide by 1 ft. 10 in. thick.

No.113 was one of the most remarkable tombs of the whole series. It was accidentally entered by a shaft sunk at the inner end of the dromos, which had a gabled roof of hewn stones, and was filled with cippi and other debris. The tomb was of very great size (17 ft. 10 in. by 10 ft. 9 in. by 7 ft.), with three loculi on either side, and two long passages at the far end (8 ft. and 7 ft. respectively), on the outer side of each of which was a recess containing a large sarcophagus. On one was an inscription (see below, p.64); above the other was a niche blocked by a stone, in which was placed a leaden capsa full of calcined bones. Unfortunately the tomb contained scarcely any objects of interest.

Narrative of Operations

The first site selected for investigation was a field about half a mile distant in a south-easterly direction from the gateway of the Acropolis of Curium, on low-lying ground between two water-courses. Here, however, little success was met with, and after a sufficient exploration of the whole field, the site (named A) was abandoned after three days' work. Most of the tombs were or surface graves, but six tombs (1-6) at a lower level were also opened. Large quantities of common Cypriote pottery were found in these tombs, mostly of the 7th century B.C., but with little ornamentation except concentric circles.

On January 28th operations were transferred to site B, a large area nearer the sea, and extending for about a quarter of a mile in a south-easterly direction from the Acropolis. Beginning at the southern end of this area, it was found that the tombs had been much injured by the iron-rake ahead of the sea, and several were half full of water. On the higher ground towards the Acropolis this was not the case, but of the tombs, and still very few objects of interest were found in any of the tombs. A considerable extent only two contained any Hellenic importations. (to the south of the church of Hagios of ground in this neighbourhood