Period
Roman
58 BCE–c. 330/395 CE
Cyprus as a Roman province from 58 BCE to the fourth century CE, governed from Nea Paphos, mined for copper, and finally wrecked by earthquakes.
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17 entries in 8 sections
Pottery
3 entriesSection overview
Hellenistic and Roman Pottery in CyprusCyprus used a succession of slipped fine wares from c. 310 BCE to the 7th century CE, some made on the island and many imported from Syria, Cilicia and Pamphylia.HellenisticRoman
LampsA small hand-held vessel that burned oil or fat on a wick, made in Cyprus as an open saucer from the Late Bronze Age and as a closed lamp from the Hellenistic period.Late Bronze AgeCypro-GeometricCypro-ArchaicCypro-ClassicalHellenisticRoman
The Pottery of Ancient CyprusSectionThe pottery made and used in Cyprus from the Ceramic Neolithic onward, the island's most abundant artifact class and the basis of its chronology.NeolithicChalcolithicEarly Bronze AgeMiddle Bronze AgeLate Bronze AgeCypro-GeometricCypro-ArchaicCypro-ClassicalHellenisticRoman
Statues
2 entriesSection overview
Reliefs and StelaeCarved limestone reliefs, funerary stelae and relief plaques from Cyprus, made from the 6th century BCE into the early Roman period.Cypro-ArchaicCypro-ClassicalHellenisticRoman
The Statues of Ancient CyprusSectionThe statues and figurines of ancient Cyprus, in stone, clay and metal, from Neolithic pebble figures to Hellenistic and Roman limestone votives.NeolithicChalcolithicEarly Bronze AgeMiddle Bronze AgeLate Bronze AgeCypro-GeometricCypro-ArchaicCypro-ClassicalHellenisticRoman
Tools and Technologies
1 entrySection overview
Architecture
5 entriesSection overview
Hellenistic and Roman HousesTown houses on Cyprus from the founding of Nea Paphos in the late 4th century BC to the earthquakes of the 4th century AD, from mosaic-floored peristyle houses to a mudbrick house at Kourion.HellenisticRoman
Building Materials and TechniquesCypriot houses were built of local stone, earth and timber: walls of rubble or mudbrick on stone socles, under flat roofs of beams, brush and packed earth.NeolithicChalcolithicEarly Bronze AgeMiddle Bronze AgeRoman
Iron Age SanctuariesThe Cypriot Iron Age sanctuary was a walled open-air court with an altar, sacred trees and small roofed rooms; Greek-style temples arrived only under Rome.Cypro-GeometricCypro-ArchaicCypro-ClassicalHellenisticRoman
Theatres, Baths and Public BuildingsThe public buildings of Hellenistic and Roman Cyprus: theatres, an odeion, agoras, the Salamis gymnasium, the Kourion stadium and heated baths, mostly rebuilt after AD 76/77.HellenisticRoman
Architectural Transformations in Ancient CyprusSectionThe built environment of ancient Cyprus, from Neolithic round houses to Bronze Age rectilinear villages, ashlar buildings and Iron Age sanctuaries.NeolithicChalcolithicEarly Bronze AgeMiddle Bronze AgeLate Bronze AgeCypro-GeometricCypro-ArchaicHellenisticRoman
Daily Life
2 entriesSection overview
Coins of Ancient CyprusThe coins struck in Cyprus from the late sixth century BCE by the city-kingdoms, then by Alexander, the Ptolemies and Rome, and what they record.Cypro-ArchaicCypro-ClassicalHellenisticRoman
Mirrors, Combs and Toilet ObjectsGrooming tools from ancient Cyprus, from Bronze Age razors, tweezers and pins to Late Cypriot mirrors and combs and the strigils of the Archaic to Roman periods.Early Bronze AgeMiddle Bronze AgeLate Bronze AgeCypro-ArchaicCypro-ClassicalHellenisticRoman
Environment
1 entrySection overview
Chronology
1 entrySection overview
Materials
2 entriesSection overview
MaterialsSectionWhat Cypriot objects were made of, from Troodos copper and local limestone to imported faience, glass and ivory, and where to browse each material in the catalogue.ChalcolithicMiddle Bronze AgeLate Bronze AgeCypro-ArchaicCypro-ClassicalRoman
Stone in Ancient CyprusCypriots worked local chert, igneous rocks, picrolite and limestone from the Neolithic onwards, and imported marble, alabaster and gemstones.NeolithicChalcolithicLate Bronze AgeCypro-ArchaicCypro-ClassicalHellenisticRoman