Hala Sultan Tekke: Department rescues in the cemetery (1982–1983)

Gold pendants of the hippopotamus-headed Taweret and a haematite cylinder seal came out of the cemetery of Hala Sultan Tekke in 1983, salvaged by the Department of Antiquities¹. The year before, a partly looted tomb about 500 m north of the tomb site of 1968 was reported to contain Late Cypriot II pottery: White Slip II, Base Ring II, Red Lustrous Wheelmade and Plain White². The 1983 material was recovered from debris during works in the east cemetery and was associated with tombs first disturbed in 1968 and 1974. The reported finds are Mycenaean IIIA:2–IIIB pottery, including chariot kraters, octopus-decorated vessels and a kylix; two gold pendants with Taweret; gold diadem fragments; Base Ring nude goddess figurines; an Egyptian alabaster vessel; and the cylinder seal¹.