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Ampullae/Pilgrim flask of Saint Minas from Egypt

Saint Minas is depicted with his arms raised between two small camels

Cyprus, unknown provenance

Early 7th cent. AD

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Bowl from a ceramic workshop in Lapithos

Lefkosia, near the Archbishop’s palace

15th–16th cent. AD

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Bowl of Sgraffito ware from a ceramic workshop of ancient Egkomi

It depicts a couple embracing each other, a “wedding couple”, framed with floral decoration.

Cyprus, Kantara castle

14th cent. AD

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Bowl of Sgraffito ware with the inscription: “Christ has risen from the dead, by his death he conquered death, Amen”

Cyprus, unknown provenance

14th cent. AD

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Bronze hexapterygon (liturgical fan)

Bears the inscription: Jesus Christ / The Crucifixion

Karpasia, Church of Timios Stavros

12th–13th cent. AD

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Bronze jug possibly from an Eastern Mediterranean workshop

Lemesos, Amathous agora

6th cent. AD

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Bronze lamp with a stand

Lemesos, Amathous agora

6th–7th cent. AD

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Bronze reliquary imported from an Eastern Mediterranean workshop

It has the form of a small sarcophagus with a sliding lid

Lapithos, Lampousa, Acheiropoietos Monastery

6th cent. AD

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Bronze weight of the bust of an empress

Her right hand is held in a blessing gesture, while the left hand holds a rolled scroll

Cyprus, unknown provenance

6th–7th cent. AD

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Clay bowl from a ceramic workshop in Lapithos

Decorated with an anthropomorphic head in the centre of a medallion

Lefkosia, Kaimakli

16th cent. AD

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Clay bowl from a ceramic workshop in Pafos

Pafos, Polis tis Chrysochous

13th cent. AD

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Clay bowl from an Islamic World workshop

Lefkosia, Pallouriotissa

14th cent. AD

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Clay bowl of Majolica ware, imported from a North Italy workshop

Lefkosia, Kaimakli

16th cent. AD

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Clay bowl, imported from a Byzantine World workshop

Kato Pafos, Chrysopolitissa Workshop

Second half of the 12th cent. AD

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Clay jug of Majolica ware, imported from a North Italy workshop

Cyprus, unknown provenance

16th cent. AD

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Clay lamp

Decorated with seven lamps, representing Israel

Cyprus, unknown provenance

5th–7th century AD

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Clay oil lamp

Decorated with a male figure with his arms raised above the head of a female figure

Cyprus, unknown provenance

5th–7th cent. AD

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Clay plate from a ceramic workshop in Pafos

Decorated with an eagle, possibly two-headed

Pafos, Kouklia

13th cent. AD

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Clay plate, imported from a Byzantine World workshop

Decorated with a group of animals/a beast fight (deer or goats)

Lefkosia, Palaion Demarcheion

End of the 12th cent. AD

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Clay plate, imported from a Byzantine World workshop

Decorated with a stylized and subtractively rendered human form/warrior holding a banner. To its left is another stylized human figure

Lemesos

Second half of the 12th cent. AD

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Corinthian stone capital from Constantinople, decorated with four large leaves of acanthus

Cyprus, unknown provenance

Mid 5th cent. ΑD

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Deep bowl of Sgraffito ware

Lefkosia, Androcleous and Pindarou street

13th–14th cent. AD

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Fragment from the rim of a marble altar

Decorated with a scene from the sacrifice of Abraham

Lapithos, Lampousa

4th–5th cent. AD

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Glass perfume bottle

Decorated with battle scenes at the top and with men and women collecting flowers towards the centre

Lefkosia, Androcleous and Pindarou street

13th–14th cent. AD

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Glass perfume bottle

Its shape is similar to Egyptian objects

Lefkosia, Androcleous and Pindarou street

13th–14th cent. AD

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Imported clay bowl from a ceramic workshop at the Crusader’s port of Saint Symeon (Al Mina)

Decorated with a sphinx wearing a crown

Unknown provenance

13th cent. AD

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Ivory comb

Lefkosia, Androcleous and Pindarou street

13th–14th cent. AD

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Limestone window panel

Lefkosia, Agia Kepir

6th–7th cent. AD

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Limestone window panel

Lefkosia, Agia Kepir

6th–7th cent. AD

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Marble altar

Lemesos, Akrotiri

6th cent. AD

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Marble altar

Lemesos, Akrotiri

6th cent. AD

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Modern replica of medieval armour (only the upper part)

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Modern replica of medieval armour (only the upper part)

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Pile of six ceramic bowls of Sgraffito ware

The bowl stuck together during the firing process

Cyprus, unknown provenance

15th cent. AD

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Plaster frieze depicting an animal

Lefkosia, Mentzelli

15th–16th cent. AD

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Plate of Glazed ware

It depicts a couple embracing each other, a “wedding couple”.

Lefkosia, Androcleous and Pindarou street

13th–14th cent. AD

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Silver coin of Hugo IV

Decorated with the seated king on one side and the Cross of Jerusalem on the other side

Ammochostos, Gypsou

AD 1324–1358

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Steatite con with relief decoration

Depicts the Crucifixion of Christ

Lefkosia, Tseri

12th–13th cent. AD

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Steatite pendant

Decorated with the bust of Saint Nikolaos

Cyprus, unknown provenance

12th cent. AD

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Tombstone of Akylina Smerlin

Decorated with a Greek inscription at the top

Kythrea, Church of Agios Andronikos

AD 1556

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Tombstone of Ioannis Petaloudes of Iafouni

Lefkosia, Chani of Koulermos

AD 1558

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Tombstone of Jacob Urrius

Lefkosia, Church of Agia Sofia

AD 1457

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Tombstone of a woman

Decorated with a Greek inscription around the female figure

Lefkosia

15th cent. AD

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Tombstone of the knight of Venry

Cyprus, unknown provenance

Second half of the 14th cent. AD

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Undecorated cooking pot

Lefkosia, Androcleous and Pindarou street

13th–14th cent. AD

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Weapons

Cyprus

Medieval period

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Bronze coin of Alexios I Komnenos

Decorated with the Virgin Mary on one side and the emperor on the other. He holds a banner and a sphere

Cyprus, unknown provenance

AD 1080–1118

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Bronze icon depicting “Deisis”

Christ is depicted in the centre with Saint John and the Virgin Mary on either side

Morfou, Kyra

12th cent. AD

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Clay bowl from a ceramic workshop in Pafos

Lefkosia, Pallouriotissa

12th–13th cent. AD

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Clay plate from a ceramic workshop in Pafos

Pafos

First half of the 13th cent. AD

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Discoid lid of a vessel of Plain ware

Lefkosia, Androcleous and Pindarou street

13th–14th cent. AD

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Fragment from a marble altar

Decorated with a scene of Daniel in the lion pit

Lapithos, Lampousa

4th–5th cent. AD

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Lemesos (Limassol) Medieval Castle

Within close proximity of the old port, in the middle of the historic centre of the city, is Lemesos (Limassol) Castle, originally built to guard and protect the harbour and the city itself. Today ithouses part of the Medieval collection of the Department of Antiquities. The present form of the castle (rectangular shape with walls measuring, in some areas, two metres in thickness and an entrance through the guard office) dates to the Ottoman period (1590).

The earliest reference of a castle in Lemesos dates back to AD 1228. According to Stefano Lusignan, a medieval historiographer, the original castle was built in 1193, but there is no evidence to prove this. However, archaeological evidence does point to the existence of a small church dating to the 4th–7th cent. AD and a Middle Byzantine structure (10th–11th cent. AD) in the area of the castle, while a 12m high apse points to the existence of a single-aisled church of French gothic architecture from the 13th century AD. The castle was destroyed multiple times during the historical periods that followed, both by invaders (Genoese, Egyptian Mamelukes and Ottomans) and by forces of nature such as earthquakes (15th and 16th cent. AD) and fires.

In 1948 the castle was given to the Department of Antiquities to be used as the Lemesos District Archaeological Museum until 1964, while in 1987 the castle opened its doors again as the Medieval Museum of Cyprus. In its rooms, there are objects on display that reflect the civil, financial, social, religious and artistic life of Cyprus as well as other aspects of everyday life on the island from the 3rd to the 19th century AD. The artefacts displayed include weaponry, armour, tools, pottery (byzantine, medieval, Islamic glazed and utilitarian wares), bronze and glass objects, wood-carvings, lamps, jewellery, coins, and objects of worship as well as tombstones and architectural elements from Byzantine and Gothic structures. A new exhibit was recently added: the skeleton of soldier who fell at the hands of the Ottoman invaders of Lefkosia (Nicosia) in 1590 and was killed. In the gardens of the castle there is a mosaic floor from the church of Agia Mavri in Alassa (5th-6th cent. AD) as well as a reconstructed olive press from an area close to the Kouris river (7th–9th cent. AD).

The historical periods represented in the exhibition halls of the Cyprus Medieval Museum are as follows:

Early Christian: AD 395–650

Byzantine – Arab raids: AD 650–965

Byzantine: AD 965–1191

Frankish: AD 1191–1489

Venetian: AD 1489–1571

Ottoman: AD 1571–1878

City: Lemesos

Address: Richardou & Berengarias, near the Old Port

Telephone no.: 00357 25305419

Fax: 00357 25305154

Operating Hours: Monday - Friday: 8:00 - 17:00 . Saturday: 9:00 – 17:00 . Sunday: 10:00 - 13:00

Operating Period: Open daily except public holidays.

Entrance Fee: €4,50 (Free for children and senior citizens)

Accessibility: Non-wheelchair accessible

Opening and closing times as well as entrance fees, are subject to alterations without notice. Visitors are advised to check before visiting.

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Corinthian stone capital from Constantinople, decorated with four large leaves of acanthus

Cyprus, unknown provenance

Mid 5th cent. ΑD

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Lemesos (Limassol) Medieval Castle

The historical periods represented in the exhibition halls of the Cyprus Medieval Museum are as follows:

Early Christian: AD 395–650.

Byzantine – Arab raids: AD 650–965

Byzantine: AD 965–1191

Frankish: AD 1191–1489

Venetian: AD 1489–1571

Ottoman: AD 1571–1878

City: Lemesos

Address: Richardou & Berengarias, near the Old Port

Telephone no.: 00357 25305419

Fax: 00357 25305154

Operating Hours: Monday - Friday: 8:00 - 17:00 . Saturday: 9:00 – 17:00 . Sunday: 10:00 - 13:00

Operating Period: Open daily except public holidays.

Entrance Fee: €4,50 (Free for children and senior citizens)

Accessibility: Non-wheelchair accessible

Opening and closing times as well as entrance fees, are subject to alterations without notice. Visitors are advised to check before visiting.

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Medieval Castle of Lemesos

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Medieval Castle of Lemesos

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Medieval Castle of Lemesos

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Medieval Castle of Lemesos

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