Rescue excavationDepartment of Antiquities
Monarga 'Trachonas': rescue of a Hellenistic tomb
1965 · Monarga-Trachonas
A Hellenistic tomb found in 1965 in the known cemetery at Monarga, locality Trachonas, with a hedgehog-shaped rattle, coins of Ptolemy II and alabaster flasks.
Map of Cyprus
Where the work took place
- Ground above 200, 500, 1,000 m
Site
- 1Monarga-Trachonas (approx.)
The project
In 1965 the Department of Antiquities recorded a newly found Hellenistic tomb in the known cemetery at Monarga, locality Trachonas1. The tomb held plain jugs and cups, Mat Glazed cups, an incised Plain Ware rattle shaped like a hedgehog, saucer-shaped lamps, coins of Ptolemy II, alabaster flasks and an egg. The annual notice gives the registration number CS 15171.
Institutions
Seasons
1 season- 1965
A new Hellenistic tomb in a known cemetery: plain jugs and cups, mat-glazed cups, a hedgehog-shaped incised rattle, saucer lamps, Ptolemy II coins, alabaster flasks and an egg.
What was found
Periods
Publications
1 itemChronique des fouilles (Bulletin de correspondance hellénique)
References
- 1.Vassos Karageorghis, 1966, Chronique des fouilles et découvertes archéologiques à Chypre en 1965, Bulletin de correspondance hellénique 90, livraison 1.
Sources
Mentioned in
4 mentionsTomb records · 1
- Monarga-Trachonas, Department of Antiquities, unnumbered tomb at Trachonas, 1965
1965
Karageorghis 1966
Sites · 1
- Monarga-Trachonas
1965
Karageorghis 1966, p. 29
- Documents · 1listed under Publications
- Institutions · 1listed under Institutions
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