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Ypsonas: tomb 21 excavated by Moretti and Brunet, 1990

1990 · Ypsonas

Tomb 21 at Ypsonas, excavated by Moretti and Brunet in 1990, is cited in Lund's study of ceramic circulation.

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Where the work took place

  • Ground above 200, 500, 1,000 m

Site

  1. 1Ypsonas (approx.)
Modern coastline (OpenStreetMap) and relief (Copernicus DEM).

Directors and team

Directed by

  • Moretti
  • Brunet

Seasons

1 season
  1. 1989

    Tomb 21 yielded numerous vases, including Red Slip and Plain White jugs, a Plain White amphoriskos (Roman) and a White Painted lagynos (Hellenistic I). Finds from tomb 21 illustrated: Red Slip jug (Yp. 21/9), Plain White jug (Yp. 21/14), Plain White amphorisk (Yp. 21/22), White Painted lagynos (Yp. 21/33), Roman Black Slip lamp with boat (Yp. 21/43).

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What was found

Periods

Features and finds

tomb 21; T. 21/43 lamp, Black Slip, boat decoration, Roman, height 2.3 cm, length 9.3 cm.

Tombs

21, T. 21

Publications

1 item

Chronique des fouilles (Bulletin de correspondance hellénique)

Related

Sources

  1. 1.Chronique des fouilles et découvertes archéologiques à Chypre en 1989, pp. 948, 951, 952.
  2. 2.A Study of the Circulation of Ceramics in Cyprus from the 3rd Century BC to the 3rd Century AD.

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