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Ivory game board dates to the Late Bronze AgeEnkomi, House 18, foundationEnkomi, Late bronze miniature ingotsEnkomi, House of the pillar, foundationEnkomi, Remains of the cityEnkomi, tombEnkomi, Foundations of the houses near buildingEnkomi, Edge foundationEnkomi, Horned godEnkomi, House 18, foundationEnkomi, Late bronze miniature ingotsEnkomi, House of the pillar, foundationEnkomi, Remains of the cityEnkomi, Apostolos Varnavas Monastery, Hellenistic statuette of an actorEnkomi, Foundations of the houses near buildingEnkomi, Remains of the cityEnkomi, Head of a horned godEnkomi, House of the pillar, foundationEnkomi, House 18, foundationEnkomi, Mycenaean potteryEnkomi, Remains of the cityEnkomi, Bronze bowl standardEnkomi, Foundations of the houses near buildingEnkomi, Remains of the cityEnkomi, IdolsEnkomi, House of the pillar, foundationEnkomi, House 18, foundationEnkomi, Golden pectoral with sphinxesEnkomi, Remains of the cityEnkomi, Bronze bowl standard

Location:

  • Cyprus, Égkomi
  • geo:35.161526,33.885174
  • Location ± 0-5 m.

Period or year:

  • -3xx / unknown

Class:

  • Grave or burial field
  • visible

Identifiers:

  • vici:place=41743

Annotations

The Nicocreon Monument,  so-called Tomb of Nicocreon, is a cenotaph in fact. The tumulus covered a paved platform with a large-scale sacrificial deposit.

See:

  1. http://www.whatson-northcyprus.com/interest/famagusta/salamis/nicocreon.htm
  2. Anne Marie Carstens, Tumuli as Power Political Statements. On Tumuli in Cyprus in an East Mediterranean and Anatolian Context, in: umulus as Sema Space, Politics, Culture and Religionin the First Millennium BC,  De Gruyter 2016

Relevant museums

Cyprus Museum in Nicosia

Lefkosia. Archeological museum

Berlin, Neues Museum

Berlin, Neues Museum

Stockholm, Medelhavsmuseet

Museum of Mediterranean and Near Eastern Antiquities

Paris, Louvre

Paris, Louvre


Nearby

Enkomi, Game Board (1 km)

Ivory game board found at Enkomi, Late Bronze Age

Enkomi - Alasiya (1 km)

Bronze Age settlement

Enkomi, Temple of the Horn God (1 km)

Engomi/Tuzla. The Temple of the Horn God


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