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block
Object Type
block
Museum number
1972,0201.1
Description
Monumental limestone block, originally from the door of a tomb, bearing an inscribed epitaph in the Cypriot Syllabary; single line of characters partially framed by parallel incised lines; fourteen signs of approximately the same size; fourth sign partially damaged.
Cultures/periods
Cypro-Archaic II
Cypro-Classical
Production date
600 BC-300 BC
Production place
Made in:
Cyprus
Excavator/field collector
Excavated by:
H A Tubbs
Excavated by:
J A R Munro
Findspot
Excavated/Findspot:
Marion-Arsinoe
, 'Western Necropolis' Tomb 60
Materials
limestone
Technique
incised
Dimensions
Height:
24 centimetres
Width:
29 centimetres
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments
The inscription was cut into one of the upright limestone blocks used to seal the door of the tomb (Munro JHS 12 (1891), p. 319).
Bibliographic references
Masson 1983 / Les inscriptions chypriotes syllabiques. Recueil critique et commenté
(no. 150, pp. 169-70 and fig. 40)
Munro 1891 / Excavations in Cyprus. Third season's work. Polis tes Chrysochou
(pp. 319-320)
Location
Not on display
Acquisition date
1890
Department
Greek and Roman
Registration number
1972,0201.1