Rescue excavationDepartment of Antiquities

Kophinou: rescue of a tomb at Koumas, 1983

Name: Kophinou: rescue of a tomb at Koumas, 1983
Start: 1983
End: 1983

1983 · Kophinou

Department of Antiquities rescue in 1983 of a half-robbed Cypro-Archaic II tomb, MLA 1170, in the Koumas cemetery between Kofinou and Alaminos.

Map of Cyprus

Where the work took place

Main site
Also worked at
Ground above 200, 500, 1,000 m

Sites

1Kophinou (approx.)
2Alaminos (approx.)

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

The project

In 1983 the Department of Antiquities excavated one half-robbed tomb in the cemetery at Koumas, between Kofinou and Alaminos¹. The annual notice dates it to Cypro-Archaic II, labels it MLA 1170, and reports that it produced mostly ordinary pottery¹.

Institutions

Department of Antiquities of CyprusSponsor

Seasons

1 season

1983
Half-robbed Cypro-Archaic II tomb in a known cemetery, mostly ordinary pottery.
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What was found

Periods

Cypro-Archaic

Publications

1 item

Chronique des fouilles (Bulletin de correspondance hellénique)

Chronique des fouilles et découvertes archéologiques à Chypre en 1983

Other fieldwork at Kophinou · 1

Kophinou: rescue of four tombs on the Nicosia-Limassol road, 19591959

References

1.Vassos Karageorghis, 1984, Chronique des fouilles et découvertes archéologiques à Chypre en 1983, Bulletin de correspondance hellénique 108, livraison 2.

Sources

1.Chronique des fouilles et découvertes archéologiques à Chypre en 1983, p. 31.