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Ledra, Nicosia: emergency excavation on the PASYDY plot (1985)

1985 · Ledra

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Where the work took place

  • Ground above 200, 500, 1,000 m

Site

  1. 1Ledra
Modern coastline (OpenStreetMap) and relief (Copernicus DEM).

Directors and team

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Institutions

Seasons

1 season
  1. 1985first campaign; excavation lasted two months

    About 50 x 17 m uncovered: sanctuary remains and an olive press, with ten pits of varied shape and size; cistern (5 m opening, excavated to 3 m). Finds: clay idol mould, life-size limestone head, limestone bull figurine, bichrome bird-shaped vase, loom weights, bronze coin of Demetrios Poliorcetes (late 4th c.). Ruins to be conserved and presented.

    Directed by S. Hadjisavvas[1]

What was found

Periods

Features and finds

sanctuary; ten pits/wells; olive press with lever and counterweight; two rectangular basins 75 x 140 cm; hearth in western room; cistern diam. 5 m; water channels.

Publications

1 item

Chronique des fouilles (Bulletin de correspondance hellénique)

Related

Sources

  1. 1.Chronique des fouilles et découvertes archéologiques à Chypre en 1985, pp. 874, 876.

Mentioned in

4 mentions

Sites · 1

  • Ledra

    1985

    Karageorghis 1986, pp. 874, 876

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