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Murray, Alexander S.; Smith, Arthur H.; Walters, Henry Beauchamp
Excavations in Cyprus: bequest of Miss E. T. Turner to the British Museum — London, 1900

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DETAILED CONTENTS OF TOMBS.
SITE D.

Tomb 28.—(1) Mycenaean kylix (part of rim lost), with a cuttle-fish painted on either side in colour varying from red to black,
on buff ground. Fig. 124.

(2) Funnel-shaped vase, with vertical loop-handle, decorated with six murex-shells in red-black, on pale buff ground.

Fig. 124.

(3) Flat bowl with handle and long spout, of " sub-Mycenaean " fabric, with linear patterns in red on pale red ground.

Fig. 129.

(4) Sard scarab inscribed on the base with winged disc, and a figure of Thoth ibis-headed, wearing on his head

the crescent moon, and disc, and the legend CjQ nefcr met "divine word(s)." Plate IV, Curium 1.
Tomb 30.—(1) Mycenaean "pseudamphora" with high foot; on the shoulder, chevron patterns, and on the body bands, in red
on buff ground. Fig. 124.

(2) Mycenaean pear-shaped hydria, with serpentine pattern on shoulder, and bands below, red on buff ground.

Fig. 124.

(3) Similar vase, incomplete, with scale-pattern on shoulder.

(4) Small stone pyxis, without cover.

(5) Four beads of green stone, double-cone shape, with incised circles.

(6) Fragments of Mycenaean and white-slip wares.

Tomb 31.-—(1) Two-handled lekythos (sub-Mycenaean) with bands on buff ground. Fig. 124.

(2) Fragments of Mycenaean and white-slip wares.
Tomb 33.—One-handled vase of coarse drab ware (sub-Mycenaean local fabric), with high stem, and wavy lines in dark brown

on the body. Fig. 129.
Tomb 34.—(1) Two small gold studs, lentoid-shaped. Plate XIII, Figs. 28, 32.

(2) Large Mycenaean crater, with designs in black, turning to red, on buff" ground. On either side two men in a

two-horse chariot; in the field, murex-shells, and representations of a plant supposed to be Vallisneria spiralis
(see Houssay in Revue Arch'eol. xxx. (1897), p. 91 ff.). Fig. 126.

(3) Fragments of Mycenaean pottery.

Tomb 36.—On the highest part of the necropolis, under the threshing-floor. Stamnos of plain red ware, with the hieroglyphic

^ painted on the shoulder.
Tombs 37-38.—Marble vase and fragments of pottery.
Tomb 39.—(1) Stone bead, highly polished, like a button.

(2) Stone spindle-whorl of green steatite, with white markings.
Tomb 42.—(1) Bowl with curved handle, the upper part wide and shallow, the lower narrow; plain red ware.

(2) Fragments of Mycenaean and white-slip wares.
Tomb 43.—(1) Black basalt cylinder, on which is incised a Gryphon guarding a sacred tree.

(2) Three small gold objects, hollow and cylindrical, forming part of a necklace. Plate XIII, Figs. 28, 32.

(3) Stone spindle-whorl, double-cone shape, as from tomb 30.

(4) Fragments of pottery.

Tomb 44.— (1) Bronze spear-head (type of Brit. Mus. Cat. of Bronzes, No. 29). Fig. 81.

(2) Terracotta grotesque figure (" snow-man" technique) with right hand raised to face and left placed on pubes.

Fig. 105.

(3) Large plate with handles, of sub-Mycenaean fabric, with central cross and triangles of lozenge and chevron patterns

on exterior in purple-brown and red on light brown ground. Fig. 1 29.

(4) Terracotta figures and bowl of " Graeco-Phoenician " period, from a later burial.
Tomb 45.—Stone pestle of dark green stone.

Tomb 47.—(1) Stone spindle-whorl (double cone).

(2) Fragment of Mycenaean vase with conventional tree and other patterns in black on drab ground.
Tomb 48.'—(1) Small Mycenaean jug with black bands (turning to red) on pale buff ground.

(2) Two fragments of Mycenaean vases, with parts of chariots and horses.

(3) Stone spindle-whorl, as from tomb 47.

Tomb 50.—(1) Three gold ornaments for attachment to dress, one leaf-shaped, the other two oblong, with patterns in the form
of a plant. Plate XIII, Figs. 29-31.

(2) Fragment of alabastron in variegated glass, white and yellow wavy lines on blue.

(3) Bone disc, with traces of two circular objects having been attached.

(4) Terracotta head with flat top, from a female figure of primitive type; painted with red and black bands. Fig. 107.

(5) Large pseudamphora with egg-shaped body, on which is a large octopus each side, the tentacles covering the whole

ground of the vase; on each handle a character 1- is engraved. The vase is made of a peculiar coarse-
grained clay. Fig. 128.

(6) Fragments of Mycenaean pottery.

Tomb 52.—Apparently of later date, about 7th century B.C.

(1) Barrel-shaped lekythos with bands and rings in black and purple. Fig. 132.

(2) Stone weight.

(3) Fragments of bronze.
 
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