Rescue excavationDepartment of Antiquities
Meniko-Litharkes: Department rescue tomb, 1975
1975 · Meniko-Litharkes
A 1975 Department of Antiquities rescue of one half-looted Cypro-Archaic II tomb at Litharkes, southeast of Meniko, with a Phoenician-type Plain White jug.
Map of Cyprus
Where the work took place
- Ground above 200, 500, 1,000 m
Site
- 1Meniko-Litharkes
The project
In 1975 the Department of Antiquities excavated a half-looted Cypro-Archaic II tomb at Litharkes, about 2 km southeast of Meniko1. The annual report describes its pottery as ordinary Plain White, White Painted and Bichrome, and illustrates a Plain White jug of Phoenician type, 18.2 cm high (CS 2250, figure 31)1.
Institutions
Seasons
1 season- 1975
Half-looted Cypro-Archaic II tomb with Plain White, White Painted and Bichrome pottery, including a Phoenician-type Plain White jug.
What was found
Periods
Publications
1 itemChronique des fouilles (Bulletin de correspondance hellénique)
Related
Other fieldwork at Meniko-Litharkes · 1
References
- 1.V. Karageorghis, 1976, Chronique des fouilles et découvertes archéologiques à Chypre en 1975, Bulletin de correspondance hellénique 100, livraison 2.