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Lapithos : Tomb 311(B)
(Mixed Material, Collection)
Persons
Gjerstad, Einar
, 1897-1988
(researcher)
Origin
Lapithos
, Cyprus, Early Cypriot II (c. 1950-1900 BC)
Other years/dates
Excavation date:
Excavated between late September and late November, 1927, by the Swedish Cyprus Expedition at the necropolis of Vrysi tou Barba.
Acquisition date:
1934
Physical description
Dromos; 341 (length); 171 (width)
(width)
x 167
(depth/thickness)
cm
Stomion; 54
(height/length)
x 74 (length); 79 (width)
(width)
cm
Chamber; 118
(height/length)
x 263 (length); 292 (width)
(width)
cm
The dromos is of unusually large size. Its shape, too, differs slightly from the dromoi of the previously described tombs. The floor rises towards the semicircular end of the dromos, where it forms a step near the back wall. On the surface of the rock in the same part of the dromos was another shallow cutting which formed a sort of a step, leading down to the lower level. The dromos is very well cut, the corners were sharply defined and the walls tapered regularly downwards. Two chambers opened on to the dromos, one from the south side – Chamber A – and one from the long west side – Chamber B. Opposite the latter was a shallow, square cutting, evidently the beginnings of an intended, but never completed, third chamber. Just below the surface of the rock, above the entrance to Chamber A were two small cupboards cut in the rock and cloased by flat, circular stones, sunk in the face of the dromos. Chamber A was blocked up by a single slab, kept in position by several small stones and a narrow sloping passage leads down to the chamber. The tomb is symmetrically cut with a horizontal floor, an almost vertical back wall and a flat roof. The plan is oval or slightly “kidney-shaped” without niches. Chamber B much resembled the above described tomb: the door stone, however, was framed by a cornice, sunk into the face of the wall, and the chamber itself is an irregular oval with an outward bulging north side.
Format:
Non digital
Abstract
The chavara, filling the dromos was homogeneous and without any distinct stratification, which is proof that no partial excavation had been carried out in connection with the repeated burials in the tomb. The contents of the chambers clearly demonstrate that the burials could not all have been simultaneous, which leads us to the conclusion that the dromos had either been left open until the last burial had taken place, or entirely excavated between each burial. The former hypothesis is preferable in view of the fact that the cupboards of the dromos were plundered, and that the short, front wall of the dromos was found in a condition evidently not the original one. It has been retouched by later cuttings so that its upper part lies in a receding plane, and the façade of the tomb has been kept smooth. The reason that the dromos was so specially cared for seems to lie in the fact that it was exposed to the eyes of the passers-by. Perhaps the square cutting opposite Chamber B can be interpreted as a blind door, placed there, in order to give a symmetrical effect to the dromos. In Chamber B the finds were arranged in the usual way, round the skeletons, which were three in number, all resting directly on the floor. To decide the chronological order between the three burials does not seem possible.
Contents
Chamber B contained only remains of skeleton of non-adult people. The body of a small child had been placed on some large pithos-sherd to the right of the entrance, and near the back wall were found scanty remains of two bodies. The size and structure of the latter show, that they, too, belonged to children. The absence of bronze tools among the burial gifts, evidently, depends on this circumstance.
Assorted pottery: Box 59-63, 66, 78-79
UAS 1408, 1409, 1412, 1413, 1419, 1423, 1437, 1573-1579, 3208-3210, 3212, 3213, 3211
Literature
SCE I, Lapithos 311(B).
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Host:
Svenska Cypernexpeditionen : 1927-1931
Host:
Antiksamlingen i Uppsala
Subject, topics
Klassisk arkeologi
(sao)
Arkeologiska samlingar
(sao)
Cypriotiska vaser
(sao)
Subject, places
Lapithos
Location
Museum Gustavianum, historic collections
Akademigatan 3
753 10 Uppsala
Identifiers (general)
urn:nbn:se:alvin:portal:record-144636
(nbn)
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alvin-record:144636
(alvin)
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