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)

Recke 2012, p. 109

History

  1. 1908
    Acquired through the Kassel art trade the Cypriot collection of Arnold Vogell, Karlsruhe.

    Arnold VogellRecke 2012, p. 109

  2. 1970–1980
    Hans-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.

    TamassosHans-Günter BuchholzRecke 2012Karageorghis 1976

  3. 1978
    Gift from the Department of Antiquities, Nicosia.

    Recke 2012, p. 109

  4. 2010
    Exhibition '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.

    Karin NysMatthias ReckeRecke 2012

  5. 2011
    Giessen 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 people

Staff and members · 2

Fieldwork · 2

Donors and lenders · 1

Objects

Sources

  1. 1.Matthias Recke (2012). “Deutschland und das antike Zypern. Beiträge zur Geschichte einer archäologischen Disziplin”. Cahiers du Centre d'Études Chypriotes 42.
  2. 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. 3.V. Karageorghis (1977). “Chronique des fouilles et découvertes archéologiques à Chypre en 1976”. Bulletin de correspondance hellénique 101.
  4. 4.V. Karageorghis (1976). “Chronique des fouilles et découvertes archéologiques à Chypre en 1975”. Bulletin de correspondance hellénique 100.
  5. 5.M. Recke (2018). Like Herrings in a Barrel: Max Ohnefalsch-Richter.