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Excavator

Günter Grimm

fl. 1987–1988 · Germany

German excavator, active 1987–1988. Excavated at Nea Paphos (theatre / Fabrika hill). Excavated with Wiktor Andrzej Daszewski; worked for University of Trier.

Life and work

  1. 1987
    Directed the University of Trier's first (and only) campaign at the site long known as the ancient theatre of Nea Paphos: cleared part (6.50 x 9.50 m) of the Hellenistic theatre, where five Greek letters on the seats dated it to the late 4th or early 3rd century BC; explored the rocky summit above it, finding foundations of an east-facing temple (19.30 x 14.60 m) taken to crown the Hellenistic acropolis; and cut two further trenches south of the cavea (medieval walls over an earlier building).

    Nea PaphosKarageorghis 1988

  2. 1987
    Recke: the Trier dig ran in cooperation with the Polish mission under W. A. Daszewski; work was not continued after the first campaign and is unpublished apart from a short summary by V. Karageorghis.

    Nea PaphosRecke 2012, p. 89

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Sources

  1. 1.V. Karageorghis (1988). “Chronique des fouilles et découvertes archéologiques à Chypre en 1987”. Bulletin de correspondance hellénique 112.
  2. 2.Matthias Recke (2012). “Deutschland und das antike Zypern. Beiträge zur Geschichte einer archäologischen Disziplin”. Cahiers du Centre d'Études Chypriotes 42.