AN ANCIENT CATACOMB.
BROKEN TABLET BEARS CURSE ON DEFILERS OF TOMB. By Telegraph.—Press Association.—Copyright.—United Service. (Roceived May 4, 9.55 a.m.) LONDON, May 3. The ” Daily Mail ” correspondent at Cyprus reports that a catacomb has been unearthed at Salamis. It is presumed to belong to the 96-93 E.C. period. The coffins had been opened and valuables stolen. The catacomb consists of four chambers containing sixty ceramic coffins, and also a beautifully carved marble sarcophagus and many earthenware jars, and broken glass receptacles, presumably tear containers. A marble tablet, broken into pieces, bore Creek characters invoking a curse upon anyone breaking into the catacomb and stealing from the coffins.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 17032, 4 May 1923, Page 1
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107AN ANCIENT CATACOMB. Star (Christchurch), Issue 17032, 4 May 1923, Page 1
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