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Yeroskipou: Department rescue of tombs (1989–1997)

1989–1997 · Yeroskipou

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Where the work took place

  • Main site
  • Also worked at
  • Ground above 200, 500, 1,000 m

Sites

  1. 1Yeroskipou (approx.)
  2. 2Yeroskipou-Asproyia (approx.)
Modern coastline (OpenStreetMap) and relief (Copernicus DEM).

Institutions

Seasons

5 seasons
  1. 19891989

    Undisturbed tomb with more than a hundred vases and bracelets and rings, probably late Hellenistic or early Roman: female-head vase P.M. 3070/78, imported thin-walled beaker P.M. 3070/64, silver bracelet P.M. 3070/32, silver ring P.M. 3070/39.

    [1]

  2. 1990

    Unlooted Late Bronze Age tomb yielding a broken two-handled faience vase, a pikrolithos scarab with an ibex and a small quadruped, and an ophite seal with two recumbent bulls.

    [2]

  3. 1993

    Rescue excavation in one of many villages named as source of acquisitions. Red Slip bowl (PM 3204/7) and Black-on-Red II lid (PM 3204/12) from tomb 7; Bichrome IV jug (PM 3205/7) from tomb 8; all Cypro-Archaic.

    [3]

  4. 1994

    Hellenistic tomb 11 yielded a glazed ware goblet (PM 3235/95), two blue faience pendants (PM 3235/75 phallic, PM 3235/63 grape cluster).

    [4]

  5. 1997

    Emergency excavation of tombs discovered during construction works at Yeroskipou-Laxia, Giolou and various localities of Polis-Chrysochous; objects entered the Paphos museum.

    [5]

What was found

Periods

Features and finds

more than 100 vases; bracelets; rings; P. M. 3142; tomb 7; tomb 8.

Tombs

Yeroskipou tomb (P.M. 3070), 7, 8, 11/95, 11/75, 11/63

Publications

5 items

Related

Sources

  1. 1.Chronique des fouilles et découvertes archéologiques à Chypre en 1989, pp. 951–952.
  2. 2.Chronique des fouilles et découvertes archéologiques à Chypre en 1990, p. 800.
  3. 3.Chronique des fouilles et découvertes archéologiques à Chypre en 1993, p. 657; pp. 662–663.
  4. 4.Chronique des fouilles et découvertes archéologiques à Chypre en 1994, p. 809.
  5. 5.Chronique des fouilles et découvertes archéologiques à Chypre en 1997, p. 666.

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