Museum
Antikensammlung der Universität Gießen
Giessen, Germany
Museum in Giessen; part of Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen. 5 people in the register connected with it.
The Cypriot collection
14 stone sculptures, 101 ceramics plus 75 fragments (Early Cypriot to Byzantine), 6 terracottas, 4 terracotta lamps, 8 stone tools, 5 stone vessels, 2 cylinder seals (from Enkomi), 4 spindle whorls, plus private loans (2012)
History
- 1908Acquired through the Kassel art trade the Cypriot collection of Arnold Vogell, Karlsruhe.
- 1970–1980Hans-Günter Buchholz of Giessen University led annual campaigns at Tamassos for the German Archaeological Institute, to prepare Ohnefalsch-Richter's manuscript 'Tamassos und Idalion' for publication.
- 1978Gift from the Department of Antiquities, Nicosia.
- 2010Exhibition 'Kult-Tisch. Kyprische Keramik im Kontext': 108 pieces, the first showing of the whole holding of a German Cypriot collection, with a collection catalogue by K. Nys and M. Recke.
- 2011Giessen University began excavating at Hala Sultan Tekke under Matthias Recke, in cooperation with the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (Karin Nys), to complete the publication of a building complex first uncovered by Paul Åström in 1980.
Hala Sultan TekkeMatthias ReckeKarin NysRecke 2012
People
5 peopleStaff and members · 2
- Arnold Vogellseller (1908–1908) · former owner of part of its Cypriot holdingsRecke 2012, p. 1091908
- Wilhelm Gailowner (from 1900)Recke 2012
Fieldwork · 2
- Hans-Günter Buchholzfield-director (1970–1980)Recke 2012
- Matthias Reckefield-director (from 2011)Recke 2012
Donors and lenders · 1
Objects
2 cylinder seals from Enkomi
from EnkomiRecke 2012, p. 109
Sources
- 1.Matthias Recke (2012). “Deutschland und das antike Zypern. Beiträge zur Geschichte einer archäologischen Disziplin”. Cahiers du Centre d'Études Chypriotes 42.
- 2.H.-G. Buchholz, H. Matthäus, K. Walcher (2002). “The royal tombs of Tamassos. State of research and perspectives”. Cahiers du Centre d'Études Chypriotes 32, 219-242. Online
- 3.V. Karageorghis (1977). “Chronique des fouilles et découvertes archéologiques à Chypre en 1976”. Bulletin de correspondance hellénique 101.
- 4.V. Karageorghis (1976). “Chronique des fouilles et découvertes archéologiques à Chypre en 1975”. Bulletin de correspondance hellénique 100.
- 5.M. Recke (2018). Like Herrings in a Barrel: Max Ohnefalsch-Richter.