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154 much blackened from burning at some time.
Farther down the slope, in a vineyard belonging to Theodori Christofi, we were shown a section of a limestone column with a rectangular liftingdepression on one side. The surface of the column is roughdressed, and there are no dowel-holes at top or bottom. Local tradition has it that this is the site of an Episkopi (bishop's residence), and that in the past bits of heavy & considerable foundations have been uncovered in cultivating the vineyard. The owner of the vineyard reported also the finding of a marble column there; this has been destroyed. It is said to have been inscribed and that Mitford took a squeeze of it.
In Mr. Tsangaris barn in the village is a large stone with an incomplete inscription in Cypriote syllabary: O - NA - SA - KO . . rete. This he found near the terra-
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-cottas. We took a squeeze, as had also Mitford who told the owner that it was the grave-stone of Onasagoras.
In the village there are also two inscribed funeral cippi of Roman period, one in the school garden and one in a private house. Mitford is said to have also taken squeezes of these.
Some time later we received a letter from the Mayor of Limnati, whom we had met on this trip & who impressed us favorably, to the effect that the place we were shown was not that at which the terracottas in question were found; the reason for the deception was said to be the fact that Mr. Tsangari had had in his possession other antiquities which he had not reported to the Museum. The Mayor said that he had discovered the actual place the terracottas were found, in an entirely different direction from Limnati, and that there are remains of heavy foundations at this spot.
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