Museum
Museum and Library of the Evangelical School, Smyrna
Smyrna, Türkiye · founded 1873 · closed 1922
Museum in Smyrna, founded 1873. 8 people in the register connected with it.
The Cypriot collection
a handful of Cypriot pieces among about 3000 objects and 15,000 coins: one White Slip II crater, four copper/bronze objects (a mirror and three spearheads), one vase 'apparently from Cyprus' (no. 922) and at least one coin (early 20th century / 1922)
History
- 1873Supervisory committee of the Greek Evangelical School decided in December 1873 to found an archaeological museum with library on the school premises, prompted by the school's purchase of antiquities from the auction of the Gonzenbach collection; the Museum and Library came into existence in 1874.
- 1888Ohnefalsch-Richter published a drawing of a Late Cypriot White Slip II crater in the Smyrna museum, stating that he had checked its Cypriot provenance in the museum's records; acquisition date and circumstances unknown.
- 1899Myres and Ohnefalsch-Richter's Cyprus Museum catalogue cites as a parallel a two-handled vase in the Evangelical School museum, 'apparently from Cyprus' (no. 922, Markopoulos Coll.).
SmyrnaDenis MarcopoulosMyres & Ohnefalsch-Richter 1899Merrillees 2017
- 1922Library and museums destroyed in the Great Fire of Smyrna (September 1922); the White Slip II crater is presumed lost.
SmyrnaMerrillees 2017
- 1923Directorate of Antiquities ordered the debris of the school to be excavated; Izmir Museum, under Inspector Aziz Ogan, recovered 185 copper coins (after Kurt 2016, quoted).
SmyrnaAziz OganMerrillees 2017
People
8 peopleStaff and members · 6
- Aristote Fontrierfounder (from 1873) · co-founder (1873) of the Archaeological Museum; ephorMerrillees 20171873
- Athanasios Papadopoulos-Kerameuscurator (1873–1879) · curator of the museum and library · catalogued its collection · worked for itMerrillees 20171873–1879
- Max Ohnefalsch-Richterother (1884–1888)Merrillees 20171884–1888
- Stilpon Pittakisdirector (1884–1895) · director ("dirigé") · worked for itMerrillees 20171884–1895
- Denis Marcopoulosofficial (1905–1905) · honorary ephor (as listed 1905)Merrillees 20171905
- Aziz Oganofficial (1923–1923)Merrillees 20171923
Sellers and consignors · 2
- Jacob Guido von Gonzenbachseller (1873–1873)Merrillees 20171873
- Jacob Guido von Gonzenbachseller (from 1873)Merrillees 2017
Objects
Late Cypriot White Slip II crater with wish-bone handle (lost)
Plain circular copper mirror, said to be from Cyprus
1879Merrillees 2017
Three bronze spearheads, said to be from Cyprus
1879Merrillees 2017
Two-handled vase 'apparently from Cyprus'
922via Denis MarcopoulosMyres & Ohnefalsch-Richter 1899Merrillees 2017
Sources
- 1.Robert S. Merrillees (2017). “Cypriote antiquities in Late Ottoman Istanbul and Smyrna - II: Cypriote antiquities in the Greek Evangelical School Museum and their Trading in Late Ottoman Smyrna (Modern Izmir)”. Cahiers du Centre d'Études Chypriotes 47, 121-164. Online
- 2.J. L. Myres, M. Ohnefalsch-Richter (1899). A Catalogue of the Cyprus Museum. Oxford, Clarendon Press.