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Ypsonas-Tzamouda: Department salvage excavation, 2009
2009 · Ypsonas-Tzamouda
A Department of Antiquities salvage excavation of 2009 at Tzamouda, Ypsonas, where building foundations exposed three rock-cut Middle Bronze Age tombs, T. 339 to T. 341.
Map of Cyprus
Where the work took place
- Ground above 200, 500, 1,000 m
Site
- 1Ypsonas-Tzamouda (approx.)
The project
In 2009 excavation for building foundations at Tzamouda (ex-building E&S SPOLP), Ypsonas, exposed three rock-cut tombs, T. 339, T. 340 and T. 341, all dated to the Middle Bronze Age1. Tomb 340 contained a bronze hook-tanged weapon, recorded as T. 340/31. The tombs are reported in the Annual Report of the Department of Antiquities for the year 2009, issued by the Department of Antiquities of Cyprus in 2010.
Institutions
Seasons
1 season- 2009
Three rock-cut Middle Bronze Age tombs found during foundation digging; T. 340 held a bronze hook-tanged weapon.
What was found
Periods
Tombs
T. 339, T. 340, T. 341
Publications
1 itemAnnual reports of the Department of Antiquities
Related
Other fieldwork at Ypsonas-Tzamouda · 1
References
- 1.Department of Antiquities, Cyprus, 2010, Annual Report of the Department of Antiquities for the year 2009.