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Ancient pottery in Tillyria dig
RESULTS of a month-long archaeological dig near the village of Pano Pyrgos, Tillyria, have been announced, with significant finds of medieval pottery, including plain white and glazed vessels. Most of the glazed vessels, were marked by their high quality and large size.
The imported pottery (majolica) was also of significance, as were metal objects, including a bronze ring bearing an engraved decoration, as well as two medieval coins. After their conservation, it appeared that one of the coins is of a Cypriot minting, a silver denier of the French king of Cyprus Henry II Lusignan (1285-1324), and the second a bronze tornecello, of Venetian minting of the doge of Venice Andrea Kontarini (1368-1382). The upper levels of the excavation brought to light an Ottoman Red Slip pipe.
During the excavation, which took place in October 2009, a survey was carried out in the area of Mansoura where 47 tombs were located and mapped. According to the pottery, the tombs belong to the Hellenistic and Roman period.
