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Ayia Paraskevi, Nicosia: Department rescue of two tombs (1973)

Name: Ayia Paraskevi, Nicosia: Department rescue of two tombs (1973)
Start: 1973
End: 1973

1973 · Nicosia-Ayia Paraskevi

Two partly looted tombs found in 1973 during levelling at the Ayia Paraskevi cemetery, Nicosia, with Red Polished pottery and three terracotta figurines including a bearded human figure 34 cm high.

Map of Cyprus

Where the work took place

Ground above 200, 500, 1,000 m

Site

1Nicosia-Ayia Paraskevi (approx.)

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

The project

In 1973 two partly looted tombs were discovered during levelling work in the known prehistoric cemetery of Ayia Paraskevi, in the south-east of Nicosia¹. The annual notice lists White Painted III-V, Red Polished and Red Slip pottery, mostly small vessels, and three terracotta figurines¹. One is a bearded human figure, flat like Early Bronze Age plank idols but with differentiated arms, legs and head, with a surviving height of 34 cm (CS. 2028/1)¹. The other two are Red Polished animal figurines with small heads and slender, elongated bodies (CS. 2028/2 and 2028/3)¹.

Institutions

Department of Antiquities of CyprusSponsor

Seasons

1 season

1973
Two half-looted tombs found during levelling: White Painted III-V, Red Polished and Red Slip pottery, three terracotta figurines including a tall bearded plank-like human figure, and two Red Polished animal figurines.
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What was found

Periods

Features and finds

bearded plank-like terracotta figurine, h. 34 cm.

Publications

1 item

Chronique des fouilles (Bulletin de correspondance hellénique)

Chronique des fouilles et découvertes archéologiques à Chypre en 1973

Other fieldwork at Nicosia-Ayia Paraskevi · 9

References

1.V. Karageorghis, 1974, Chronique des fouilles et découvertes archéologiques à Chypre en 1973, Bulletin de correspondance hellénique 98.

Sources

1.Chronique des fouilles et découvertes archéologiques à Chypre en 1973, pp. 18–21.