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Palaekythro: Department rescue of a Late Cypriot II tomb (1969)
1969 · Palaekythro
A half-looted Late Cypriot II tomb at Palaekythro, reported by the Department of Antiquities for 1969 and registered as CS 1721, with a Plain White jug bearing a Cypro-Minoan sign.
Map of Cyprus
Where the work took place
- Ground above 200, 500, 1,000 m
Site
- 1Palaekythro (approx.)
The project
In 1969 the Department of Antiquities reported a half-looted tomb in the village of Palaekythro, registered as CS 17211. The report dates its pottery to Late Cypriot II and lists Base Ring II, White Slip II and small Mycenaean IIIB stirrup jars, together with an undecorated Plain White jug carrying a Cypro-Minoan sign incised after firing1. K. Nicolaou's later overview calls the stirrup jars as Mycenaean IIB2. A Late Cypriot cemetery had already been located at Palaekythro in 19561.
Institutions
Seasons
1 season- 1969
Half-looted Late Cypriot II tomb: Base Ring II, White Slip II, Mycenaean IIIB stirrup jars and a Plain White jug with Cypro-Minoan sign incised after firing.
What was found
Periods
Tombs
CS 1721
Publications
1 itemChronique des fouilles (Bulletin de correspondance hellénique)
Related
Other fieldwork at Palaekythro · 1
References
- 1.V. Karageorghis, 1970, Chronique des fouilles et découvertes archéologiques à Chypre en 1969, Bulletin de correspondance hellénique 94.
- 2.K. Nicolaou, 1975–1976, Archaeology in Cyprus, 1969–76, Archaeological Reports, no. 22.
Sources
Mentioned in
4 mentionsTomb records · 1
- Palaekythro, Department of Antiquities, unnumbered tomb at Palaekythro, 1969
1969
Karageorghis 1970
Sites · 1
- Palaekythro
1969
Karageorghis 1970, p. 18
- Documents · 1listed under Publications
- Institutions · 1listed under Institutions
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