Ancient CyprusAncient Cyprus

Museum

Bowdoin College Museum of Art

Brunswick, United States

Museum in Brunswick; part of Bowdoin College. 2 people in the register connected with it.

History

  1. 1902
    Estes Collection bequeathed to Bowdoin College, chiefly Cypriot terracottas, with inscribed stones from the Lawrence-Cesnola sale of 1892.

    Dana EstesMasson 1996

People

2 people

Staff and members · 1

Donors and lenders · 1

Objects

  • Marble epitaph of Gemellus (Lawrence-Cesnola 1892 lot 401; Salaminia fig. 93)

    via Dana Estes1902Masson 1996

  • Epitaph, incomplete (Lawrence-Cesnola 1892 lot 402; Salaminia fig. 90)

    via Dana Estes1902Masson 1996

  • Stone column (cippus) for Soteras, 'From Cyprus' (1892 lot 407; attributed to Salamis by Cesnola, Salamis corpus no. 188)

    1902.37from Salamis (attributed by Cesnola; Masson thinks the attribution uncertain)via Dana Estes1902Masson 1996Herbert, p. 7

  • Inscribed stele, 'From Cyprus' (Salaminia p. 98)

    1902.22via Dana Estes1902Herbert, p. 6

  • Mould-made lamp, probably from Cyprus, maker's name on base

    1902.7via Dana Estes1902Herbert, p. 8

Sources

  1. 1.Olivier Masson (1996). “La dispersion des antiquités chypriotes: les deux collections Cesnola”. Cahiers du Centre d'Études Chypriotes 25, 3-32. Online
  2. 2.G. Roger Edwards. “The Classical Collection of the Bowdoin College Museum of Fine Arts”. 8. Online
  3. 3.Kevin Herbert. “Greek and Latin Inscriptions at Bowdoin”. American Journal of Archaeology. Online
  4. 4.M. Recke (2018). Like Herrings in a Barrel: Max Ohnefalsch-Richter.