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Lysi-Ayios Georghios bridge: rescue of bulldozed tombs, 1967
1967 · Lysi-Ayios Georghios bridge
A cemetery at Pont d'Ayios Georghios near Lysi, unknown until bulldozers destroyed about four tombs in 1967; the vases recovered run from Cypro-Geometric I to III.
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Where the work took place
- Ground above 200, 500, 1,000 m
Site
- 1Lysi-Ayios Georghios bridge (approx.)
The project
In 1967 bulldozer work destroyed about four tombs of a cemetery at Pont d'Ayios Georghios, about 2 km northeast of Lysi, that had been previously unknown1. Several vases were recovered, and the pottery ranges from Cypro-Geometric I to Cypro-Geometric III1. The report illustrates two Plain White I (?) jugs, 24.3 cm and 17.5 cm high, which it calls rather unusual types, and a large White-Painted I-II amphora, 52.5 cm high with a mouth diameter of 33 cm, under Cyprus Museum number CS 16251. The report gives no individual tomb numbers1.
Institutions
- Cyprus MuseumSponsor
Seasons
1 season- 1967
About four tombs of a previously unknown cemetery destroyed by bulldozers; vases recovered from Geometric I to III, including unusual Plain White I jugs and a large White Painted I-II amphora.
What was found
Periods
Publications
1 itemChronique des fouilles (Bulletin de correspondance hellénique)
References
- 1.V. Karageorghis, 1968, Chronique des fouilles et découvertes archéologiques à Chypre en 1967, Bulletin de correspondance hellénique 92.
Sources
Mentioned in
4 mentionsTomb records · 1
Sites · 1
- Lysi-Ayios Georghios bridge
1967
Karageorghis 1968, p. 22
- Documents · 1listed under Publications
- Institutions · 1listed under Institutions
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