Explanation of the Plates.
 

The illustrations iiijirked o  belong' to my excavations in Kypros.   Those marked 4 are antiquities first appraised and bronglit into the
niarli^et by me.    Tlie descriptions marked H. S. were written by Dr. Hnbert Sclimidt and supervised ])y me.

Plate L

The ancient cultus-places of Kypros, arranged  by Max Ohnefalsch-E-ichter.

I attach special value to this map, because in it the newest topographic observations have been
used, and it is founded on the admirable map of E. Oberhummer, which he published along.with his Essay
on Kypros in the "Zeitschrift ftir Erdkunde" (Berhn).*) For the situation E. Oberhummer had made
use of the new English map by Captain (now Colonel) H. Kitchener, published in 1885 by Edward Stanford,
and for the letter press, of Kiepert's map. Oberhummer also added some corrections,, by the help of his
investigations and my own. Oberhummer has verified or corrected the situation of some other ancient
-towns, and has altered the phonetic German orthography of Kiepert's map. I have continued the work on
the same method, so that my map, in spite of its small scale, may be considered as the most complete
topographical representation of the island which has as yet been published.

Plate  II.

Map of the ancient town of Idalion and its environs, made from the observations of E. A. Carletti,
Surveyor for the Government in Kypros.    Archaeological details  added by Max Ohnefalseh-Richter, 1887.

This map, which was first published in "The Owl, Science, Literature and Art", No. 6, is repeated
here for various reasons. ''''•^) As my attempt to keep up an illustrated periodical in Kypros failed, this
admirable map is very little known. A study of this map together with Plate III, the town plan of Idalion,
will give us a very complete picture of the civilization and cultus of ancient Kypros. For the details a
magnifying glass will be found very useful. Unfortunately E. A. Carletti's original drawing has been lost,
and my own reproduction, being too much reduced in scale, almost gives the impression of caieless mea¬
surements, whereas the exact contrary is the truth. We began by drawing in the town plan of Idalion
as it had been made by E. A. Carletti and myself from trigonometric measurements with the theodolite.
We also worked in the newest English surveys on a large scale (4 in. to a mile) which were begun after
the appearance of Kitchener's map, and are still in progress. These new survey results are entitled "The
Revised Revenue Survey". The map was prepared for me without charge in the office of E. A. Carletti
by permission of Sir Henry Bulwer, the Governor General of the island, who has always shown a deep
interest in scientific investigation, and great assistance was given by Mr. A. P. G. Law, who had charge
of the Survey Department. In the map I have filled in all the archaeological details on the spot, using
for the purpose chain, measuring-line, pole and prismatic compass. The most reliable villagers were
questioned about the discoveries, the information obtained from one being checked by that given by another,
in order to get the nearest approach to the truth. Several of the oldest excavators, particularly Abraami
Oharlambou, a Daliot, the finder of the Resef-Apollo Temenos (H. Lang's), and Gregori Antonion, whom
I have, since 1883, repeatedly employed as pioneers and overseers, accompanied me in these to]DO-
graphic labours for several weeks and were, with me all da}^ In most cases I was able to check the in¬
formation of the villagers by the fragments lying around the spot, or by the ruins still in situ. Where
an examination of the surface was not sufficient, I made my pioneers dig with their pickaxes and spades.

No. 1—10.    Idalion, reduced from PL III (PL I of "The Owl").

No. 11. Provenance of the vase with the woman's head. (cf. p. 39 Fig. 40, PL XIX, 2, XX and
COXVI = Cesnola-Stern PL LXXXV, 1 = G. Perrot "Histoire de I'Art" III, Fig. 522.)

No. 12. Provenance of the well known bronze dish with representations in relief. P. 46 Fig. 49 =
PL CXXX, i. G. Perrot XIII, Fig. 482.
 

*) Berlin 1890. XXV. p. 183—240.   '^Ans Cypern."   Tagebuchblatter und Studien von E. Oberhummer.
=*) Edited by Max Ohnefalsch-Eichter.   10. November, p. 44, Plate "II.