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Anavargos-Hellinospilios: Department rescue of rock-cut tombs (2004)

2004 · Anavargos

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Where the work took place

  • Ground above 200, 500, 1,000 m

Site

  1. 1Anavargos (approx.)
Modern coastline (OpenStreetMap) and relief (Copernicus DEM).

Directors and team

Directed by

Institutions

Seasons

1 season
  1. 2004

    A large rock-cut Hellenistic tomb north of Paphos town yielded a bronze mirror with remains of cloth and leather (ΜΠ 3628/43) and a silver pin with glass head of a rare type (ΜΠ 3628/44). Large rock-cut Hellenistic and Roman tomb with many vases including 17 intact Rhodian amphorae; a separate undisturbed Roman tomb yielded a bronze mirror and a silver pin with glass head.

    Directed by Eust. Raptou[1]

What was found

Periods

Features and finds

Large rock-cut tomb.

Tombs

Large rock-cut tomb, Hellinospilios, Anavargos-Hellinospilios large rock-cut Hellenistic-Roman tomb, Anavargos-Hellinospilios undisturbed Roman tomb

Publications

1 item

Chronique des fouilles (Bulletin de correspondance hellénique)

Related

Sources

  1. 1.Chronique des fouilles et découvertes archéologiques à Chypre en 2003 et 2004, p. 1654; p. 1691.

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