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Akanthou: rescue of tombs at Orombos
1963 · Akanthou
Objects exposed by bulldozer work at Orombos, at the northern edge of Akanthou, in 1963, assigned to the end of Early Cypriot I and to Late Cypriot I-II.
Map of Cyprus
Where the work took place
- Ground above 200, 500, 1,000 m
Site
- 1Akanthou (approx.)
The project
Bulldozer work at Orombos, at the northern edge of Akanthou, exposed objects in 1963 that the notice assigns to the end of Early Cypriot I (Red-Polished III) and to Late Cypriot I-II1. The pottery listed includes White-Painted VI, Red-on-Red, White Slip I and II, Base-Ring I and wheelmade red-lustrous bottles; the metal and glass finds are bronze dagger blades, fragments of tweezers and a pin, and a fragment of an iridescent glass rod1. The group carries inventory number 1963/XII-10/11.
Institutions
Seasons
1 season- 1963
Bulldozer works at the north edge of the village exposed small objects of late Early Cypriot (Red Polished III) and Late Cypriot I-II date: White Painted VI, Red-on-Red, White Slip, Base Ring, wheelmade red lustrous bottles, bronze daggers, tweezers, pin and an iridescent glass rod fragment.
What was found
Publications
1 itemChronique des fouilles (Bulletin de correspondance hellénique)
Related
Other fieldwork at Akanthou · 6
- Akanthou: Department of Antiquities rescue of the cemetery near the church1954
- Akanthou: N. P. Stanley Price's survey1972–1973
- Kyrenia district: Şevketoğlu's survey of Neolithic and Chalcolithic sites1995–1997
- Akanthou-Çiftlikdüzü: Şevketoğlu's excavations2000–today
- Akanthou coast: Cyprus International University underwater survey and Karaburun rescue2018–today
- Northern and eastern coast survey (Akanthou to Komi Kebir and Ormidhia)
References
- 1.V. Karageorghis, 1964, Chronique des fouilles et découvertes archéologiques à Chypre en 1963, Bulletin de correspondance hellénique 88.