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Koutraphas-Nikitari: Ohnefalsch-Richter's dig, 1885

Name: Koutraphas-Nikitari: Ohnefalsch-Richter's dig, 1885
Start: 1885
End: 1885

1885 · Koutraphas-Nikitari necropolis

Max Ohnefalsch-Richter's 1885 excavation of an early Graeco-Phoenician necropolis at Kutrapha and Nikitari, conducted for Mr. C. Watkins.

Map of Cyprus

Where the work took place

Ground above 200, 500, 1,000 m

Site

1Koutraphas-Nikitari necropolis (approx.)

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

The project

In 1885 Max Ohnefalsch-Richter excavated a necropolis at Kutrápha and Nikitári, in Larnaka District, for Mr. C. Watkins. J. L. Myres and Ohnefalsch-Richter, in their 1899 catalogue of the Cyprus Museum, describe it as an early Graeco-Phoenician necropolis, of the fibula period, with bronze vessels¹.

Directors and team

Directed by

Max Ohnefalsch-Richter1885

Team

Charles F. Watkins

Institutions

own accountFunder
Charles F. WatkinsFunder

Seasons

1 season

1885
Early Graeco-Phoenician (fibula-period) necropolis with bronze vessels.
Directed by M. Ohnefalsch-Richter[1]

What was found

Periods

Cypro-Geometric

Publications

1 item

Annual reports of the Department of Antiquities

A Catalogue of the Cyprus Museum

References

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

Sources

1.A Catalogue of the Cyprus Museum, p. 22.