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Idalion: Eustathios Constantinides's excavation, 1908
1908 · Idalion
Eustathios Constantinides's excavation at Idalion in 1908, which produced limestone statuettes of female votaries from the palace area.
The project
Limestone statuettes of female votaries carrying flowers and fruit came from the palace area of Idalion, where Eustathios Constantinides excavated in 19081,2. Ulbrich, who spells his name Konstantinides, notes that these statuettes, like other figurines recovered at the site, are not published2.
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- Cyprus MuseumHost
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Other fieldwork at Idalion · 21
- Idalion: Mas Latrie and Cerruti's small digs at Dali1845–1846
- Idalion: Captain Sicard's dig, 18571857
- Golgoi and Athienou: the Vogüé Mission1862–1865
- Idalion: the French consul's digs with Cesare Mattei1862
- Idalion: Luigi Palma di Cesnola's excavations at Dali1866–1875
- Idalion: Colonna-Ceccaldi's digs at Dali1867
- Idalion, Goshi and Pyla: Robert Hamilton Lang's excavations (sanctuary of Apollo)1868–1869
- Idalion: Ohnefalsch-Richter's excavations for the British Museum, 18831883
- Idalion: Ohnefalsch-Richter and Dummler's tomb clearance, 18851885
- Idalion: the sanctuary of Aphrodite dug for Charles Watkins1885–1886
- Idalion: Ohnefalsch-Richter's survey and trial digs on Moutti tou Arvili, 18871887
- Idalion: the Berlin Museums' excavations under Ohnefalsch-Richter1888–1895
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- Idalion: the Swedish Cyprus Expedition1928
- Yialias valley (Ayios Sozomenos and Idalion): Catling's survey1957
- Idalion: Department of Antiquities tomb rescues, 1963–19671963–1967
- Idalion: the American Expedition to Idalion1970–1980
- Idalion: Pamela Gaber's excavations (New Hampshire, Arizona and Lycoming College)1987–today
- Idalion: the Department of Antiquities excavations at Ambelleri1991–2012
- Idalion Survey Project1995–1997
- Idalion-Platia: Department of Antiquities rescue of the Iron Age necropolis2011–2012
- Idalion: the Berlin-Idalion-Projectongoing
References
- 1.Robert Stuart Merrillees, 2005, Towards a fuller history of the Cyprus Museum, Cahiers du Centre d'Études Chypriotes 35.
- 2.Anja Ulbrich, 2011, Unpublished Sculptures from Ancient Idalion: The Earliest Provenanced Find-Assemblage in the Ashmolean Cypriot Collection, Cahiers du Centre d'Études Chypriotes 41.