Tombs guide – 81-90
Tomb 81
Contents: one registered
object, remainder in the Cyprus Museum
Materials/objects: stone spindle-whorl, Late
Helladic and Cypriot pottery
Chronological range of objects: LCII-III
Tomb type and status: chamber tomb,
looted
Additional information: Bucchero, CVA
CM: LH IIIA
Tomb 82
Contents: held in the
Cyprus Museum
Materials/objects: goldwork, bronze vessel,
ivory fragments, stone vessel fragments, Late Helladic pottery
fragments
Chronological range of objects: LCIB-III
Tomb type and status: chamber tomb,
disturbed
Additional information: CVA CM: LH
IIIB
Tomb 83
Contents: 38 registered
objects (15 general, 8 to Chamber A, 15 to Chamber B)
Materials/objects: gold bead, Stone and
faience vessels, Late Helladic and Cypriot pottery
Chronological range of objects: chamber A and B
LCIA-IIC, possibly into IIIA, Chamber C uncertain as nothing
retained
Tomb type and status: two intersecting
chamber tombs, both with two chambers off each dromos, intact
Additional information: the sketch in the
register shows two dromoi, both with two chambers cut on opposite
sides with the two central chambers cutting into each other and
forming a single space. One skeleton was found lying across the
overlapping area. The two outer chambers were designated A and C
and the central one B. It is unknown which one was cut first. It
seems certain that the cutters of the later chamber disturbed the
contents of the earlier.
Tomb 84
Contents: 48 registered
objects (19 to Chamber 84A, 27 to the other Chamber; two surface
finds (one in a shaft near tomb); one Late Helladic
vessel in the Cyprus Museum
Materials/objects: goldwork, faience vessel,
cylinder seals, scarab, Late Helladic, Minoan and Cypriot
pottery
Chronological range of objects: LCI-III but
Chamber A has no real evidence for use prior to LCII
Tomb type and status: chamber tomb, with two
chambers off dromos, intact
Additional information: from main chamber
stone mortar and pestle, bronze mirror, bracelets and other
fragments, stone spindle-whorl, Late Helladic and Cypriot pottery,
including White Shaved, Base Ring, White Slip, Bucchero, female
figurine. From Chamber A an additional faience vessel and
fragments. It seems unlikely that one chamber contained all the
gold and no pottery but this is stated in both the register and the
1900 publication. CVA CM: LH IIIA2.
Tomb 85
Contents: one registered
object
Materials/objects: gold strip
Chronological range of objects: LCIA-III
Tomb type and status: chamber tomb,
disturbed
Additional information: goldwork, ivory
vessels and fragments, bronze mirrors and a ‘peculiar kind of metal
ball 2” diameter. The notebook states that ‘there was no pottery in
this tomb at all’.
Tomb 86
Contents: 43 registered
objects
Materials/objects: goldwork, silver
jewellery, faience vessels, cornelian and faience beads, stamp
seal, Late Helladic, Egyptian and Cypriot pottery
Chronological range of objects: LCIA-III
Tomb type and status: chamber tomb,
disturbed
Additional information: glass, stone vessels,
bronzes, ivories, Late Helladic and Cypriot pottery, including
White Shaved and White Slip
Tomb 87
Contents: held in the
Cyprus Museum
Materials/objects: goldwork, faience stirrup
jar and fragments, cylinder seal, bronze, iron and lead fragments,
Late Helladic, Egyptian(?) and Cypriot pottery
Chronological range of objects: LCIA-III
Tomb type and status: chamber tomb,
intact(?)
Additional information: the tomb had two
platforms against the walls and contained ‘a lot of bones’. Sketch
in notebook appears to depict a Tell el-Yahudiyeh juglet. Cypriot
pottery includes Base Ring, White Shaved and White Slip.
Tomb 88
Contents: 59 registered
objects
Materials/objects: goldwork, faience beads
and vessels, glass, terracotta spindle whorl and female figurine,
bull rhyton, Late Helladic, Egyptian and Cypriot pottery
Chronological range of objects: LCIA-III
Tomb type and status: chamber tomb,
disturbed
Additional information: two burial layers
found but the objects are not divided in the notebook. Goldwork,
bronze bowl and ‘many common plain mugs and jugs’ also in tomb.
Tomb 89
Contents: nine
registered objects
Materials/objects: Late Helladic and Cypriot
pottery
Chronological range of objects: LCIA-III, probably
the earliest use is LCII
Tomb type and status: chamber tomb, two
chambers off the dromos but one completely empty, disturbed
Additional information: goldwork, female
figurine, further Late Helladic and Cypriot pottery
Tomb 90
Contents: eight
registered objects, remainder in the Cyprus Museum
Materials/objects: goldwork
Chronological range of objects: LCIB-III
Tomb type and status: chamber tomb,
disturbed
Additional information: goldwork, silver and
bronze jewellery and stone beads. The notebook does not list as
many gold objects as are registered and they may not belong to this
tomb.