Patriki: Department rescue of the built tombs and votive deposit

At the Frangoavgolia necropolis between Patriki and Avgalidha, a large pit about 50 m north of a built tomb held broken terracottas: bearded worshippers of varying size, six figures carrying kids, a figure with snakes and a red-painted nude Astarte type^1,2. The report considered the pit possibly a bothros¹. Fourrier treats the figures as evidence for the diffusion of Salaminian production into the Karpass, and says the sanctuary where the offerings were first dedicated has not been located².

V. Karageorghis directed the work for the Department of Antiquities^1,3. In 1970 the Department worked on a half-looted built tomb, Tomb 1, with a rectangular chamber of ashlar limestone blocks, a stepped dromos and a trapezoidal roof; the reported dimensions are 1.45 m wide, 2 m deep and 1.35 m high^1,4. The report tentatively assigned it to the Cypro-Archaic period and described iron fire-dogs, about 18 iron spits, and equid remains with pottery above the roof^1,4.

The second built tomb was excavated in 1971, after the work had been postponed because of the rainy season³. The report says it had been looted even more than the first tomb and was so badly damaged that it was entirely rebuilt during the work; it had a rectangular chamber of 2.10 by 1.55 m, a saddle-shaped roof, a raised stone platform and a 5 m dromos, and the report dated its broken pottery to Cypro-Archaic II³. The report compared its architecture to Salamis Tomb 3, and Carstens compares both tombs with the Salamis Royal Necropolis and dates them to Cypro-Archaic II^3,5. Broken pottery and human bones from Tomb 2 are catalogued as CS. 1830³.