Rescue excavationDepartment of Antiquities
Mandres-Melissoudkia: rescue of an Early Hellenistic tomb
1967 · Mandres-Melissoudkia
A tomb of the beginning of the Hellenistic period at Melissoudkia, northeast of Mandres, reported in 1967, with a bronze coin of Ptolemy III.
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Where the work took place
- Ground above 200, 500, 1,000 m
Site
- 1Mandres-Melissoudkia (approx.)
The project
In 1967 a tomb of the beginning of the Hellenistic period was reported at Melissoudkia, some distance northeast of the village of Mandres, and the report says it revealed the existence of a necropolis1. It contained jugs, flasks and bowls in plain fabric and a bronze coin of Ptolemy III (246–221 BCE)1. The entry in Vassos Karageorghis's Chronique des fouilles for 1967 gives the antiquities registration number CS 16371.
Institutions
- Cyprus MuseumSponsor
Seasons
1 season- 1967
Early Hellenistic tomb revealing a necropole: plain jugs, flasks and bowls and a bronze coin of Ptolemy III.
What was found
Periods
Publications
1 itemChronique des fouilles (Bulletin de correspondance hellénique)
References
- 1.Vassos Karageorghis, 1968, Chronique des fouilles et découvertes archéologiques à Chypre en 1967, Bulletin de correspondance hellénique 92, livraison 1.
Sources
Mentioned in
3 mentionsSites · 1
- Mandres-Melissoudkia
1967
Karageorghis 1968, p. 28
- Documents · 1listed under Publications
- Institutions · 1listed under Institutions
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