Rescue excavationDepartment of Antiquities
Ypsonas: Department rescue, 1986
1986 · Ypsonas
A Department of Antiquities rescue of 1986 at Ypsonas: Cypro-Archaic II Tomb 6, which held a Bichrome V skyphos imitating Greek skyphoi.
Map of Cyprus
Where the work took place
- Ground above 200, 500, 1,000 m
Site
- 1Ypsonas (approx.)
The project
In 1986 the Department of Antiquities of Cyprus found and excavated Tomb 6 at Ypsonas, which the annual report dates to Cypro-Archaic II1. The report mentions a Bichrome V skyphos from it, 5.8 cm high and 10.9 cm in diameter, decorated with linear motifs made with a multiple brush and imitating Greek skyphoi1. V. Karageorghis published the entry in his Chronique des fouilles et découvertes archéologiques à Chypre en 1986, in the Bulletin de correspondance hellénique.
Institutions
Seasons
1 season- 1986
One Cypro-Archaic II tomb (tomb 6) with a Bichrome V skyphos imitating Greek types, painted with a multiple brush.
What was found
Periods
Tombs
T. 6
Publications
1 itemChronique des fouilles (Bulletin de correspondance hellénique)
References
- 1.V. Karageorghis, 1987, Chronique des fouilles et découvertes archéologiques à Chypre en 1986, Bulletin de correspondance hellénique 111, livraison 2.