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Alambra: Ohnefalsch-Richter for the British Museum, 1883

Name: Alambra: Ohnefalsch-Richter for the British Museum, 1883
Start: 1883
End: 1883

1883 · Alambra

Max Ohnefalsch-Richter's campaign of 1883 at Alambra, where about a dozen tombs in the Mávra Gè and Aspra Gè necropoleis were opened for Sir Charles Newton, with the results in the British Museum.

Map of Cyprus

Where the work took place

Ground above 200, 500, 1,000 m

Site

1Alambra (approx.)

Modern coastline (OpenStreetMap) and relief (Copernicus DEM).

The project

In 1883 Max Ohnefalsch-Richter opened about a dozen tombs in the Mávra Gè and Aspra Gè necropoleis at Alambra, working for Sir Charles Newton; the results are in the British Museum¹. Myres and Ohnefalsch-Richter describe Mávra Gè as containing only red-polished vessels without paint¹. They place a Bronze Age settlement on the ridge of the hill¹.

Directors and team

Directed by

Max Ohnefalsch-Richter1883

Institutions

British MuseumSponsor

Seasons

1 season

1883
About a dozen tombs in two Bronze Age necropoleis: Mavra Ge has only unpainted red polished ware, Aspra Ge painted vases with red polished.
Directed by M. Ohnefalsch-Richter[1]

What was found

Periods

Publications

1 item

Annual reports of the Department of Antiquities

A Catalogue of the Cyprus Museum

Other fieldwork at Alambra · 4

Alambra: Cesnola's tomb clearances1868–1874
Alambra: Ohnefalsch-Richter and Dümmler, 18851885
Alambra and Kalopsidha: Gjerstad's Bronze Age soundings (1923–1924)1923–1924
Alambra: the Cornell University mission1974–1982

References

1.J. L. Myres, M. Ohnefalsch-Richter, 1899, A Catalogue of the Cyprus Museum.