Saturday, January 14, 2012

Antiquities Found in Dompu




Dompu, Nusa Tenggara Barat - Antiquities that estimated to be 2500 years b.c. found at Doro Kabotoi, Daha Village, Huu, Dompu Regency, Nusa Tenggara Barat.

The Head Office Dinas Kebudayaan dan Pariwisata/ Budpar (Culture and Tourism Office) of Dompu Regency, Sayuti Melik, MSi that called from Mataram, last Wednesday said the antiquities were discovered accidentally by Sofran, villagers of Daha on December 28, 2011.

Ancient objects which is estimated to be thousands of years old were among others in the form of an ancient cemetery, gravestone carving, spear and rings. In addition there is the bracelet, red gem, ancient coins and rock chairs.

Antiquities was unearthed at a depth of two meters when Sofran doing excavation inadvertently at the location after dreamed it three times. The findings are then reported to the Budpar Office of Dompu.

"I am grateful for the awareness of citizens who reported the discovery of high-valued historic objects," said him accompanied by Publicist staff of Dompu District Government, H.Agus Suryanto.

According to him, the location of the discovery were about two kilometers from the site Nangasia which is not far from the beach Lakey, District Huu.

Sayuti confessed after receiving reports about the discovery of antiquities, his staff directly reviewed the to field to ensure the correctness of such information.

"I along with public relations staff had reviewed the site and we ask to the surrounding community for not doing the excavation around that location," he said.

To secure the location of the antiquities discovery, said Sayuti, his staff asked to the local people to put up a surrounding fence at that site.

He suspected there was a common thread between the discovery of the antiquities with Dorosai site in Doro Nanga, that was an ex-kingdom of Daha in Dompu.

Sayuti claimed, had reported the discovery of the things to the Balai Arkeologi (Archaeological Hall) of Denpasar that covered, Bali, Nusa Tenggara Timur and Nusa Tenggara Barat.
"To ensure how old the antiquities at Doro Kabotoi, we wait for the results of research from Balai Arkeologi Denpasar, Bali," he said.











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