Paphos District Museum

Regional archaeology of the Paphos district, Neolithic/Chalcolithic to c. AD 1700, in five chronological rooms plus a yard lapidarium. (2021)

Tourism

1. 1951
   G. S. Eliades named as honorary curator of the Paphos District Museum in the source's account of the early 1950s; he is again called honorary curator of the 'Musee de Paphos' in 1959

   PaphosG. S. EliadesHermary 2008Karageorghis 1959, p. 11-12

2. 1952
   T. B. Mitford published a syllabic inscription from Lapithou held in the Paphos Museum

   PaphosTerence Bruce MitfordMegaw 1953

3. 1954
   The collection, first housed in the Jacobean Elementary School, was moved to the medieval baths (Buyuk Hamam) of Paphos after earthquakes destroyed the previous building

   PaphosStylianou-Lambert & Bounia 2016, p. 51

4. 1956
   A Marium grave-stele fragment held in the Paphos District Museum was published by J. D. Beazley in the 1956 'Archaeology in Cyprus' survey

   MarionJohn Davidson BeazleyMegaw 1956

5. 1958
   A limestone plaque with a Cypriot-syllabic epitaph of Stasitima, daughter of Pyrritios, from a Marion tomb opened by looters, was recovered by the Musee de Paphos; O. Masson read it from a photograph

   MarionKarageorghis 1959, p. 11

6. 1962
   Inscribed fragment of reddish marble from the top of a cylindrical altar (Late Hellenistic), found by J. Seltman, went to the Paphos District Museum

   PaphosJohn SeltmanNicolaou 1966, p. 37

7. 1966
   Collection moved into its present purpose-built building at the entrance of Paphos (upper town)

   PaphosStylianou-Lambert & Bounia 2016, p. 51

8. 1967
   New metal-and-glass cases were installed in the 'latest third gallery of this new district museum' and an exhibition arranged in a preliminary manner for the House of Dionysos finds from the Department's Nea Paphos excavations

   PaphosKyriakos NicolaouNicolaou 1968, p. 4

9. 1989
   A fifth room was added to the west part of the building

   PaphosStylianou-Lambert & Bounia 2016, p. 51

10. 1995
    E. Herscher's survey states the deposition rule that most finds from current excavations in the Paphos, Limassol and Larnaca districts go to the district museum of the main town; all three district museums are described as in modern buildings

    PaphosHerscher 1995, p. 3

11. February 2021
    Reopened after the closure with free admission and additional recent-excavation finds; Cyprus Mail reports the delays blamed on late delivery of display cases from abroad and a dispute between the mayor (Phedonas Phedonos) and the Department of Antiquities

    PaphosFedonas FedonosAfter years of delays… 2021

• Armed Aphrodite, Roman marble statue (Venus Victrix type), 2nd/3rd c. AD

  FR 67/73from House of Theseus, Nea Paphos1973

• Aphrodite Anadyomene torso, marble, H 85 cm, c. AD 100

  MP.1250from fished from the sea off Kato Paphos1956

• Marble Asklepios, egg-holding type, H c. 48 cm

  P.E. 1/67from House of Theseus, Room XIX, Nea Paphos1967

• Roman surgeon's instrumentarium and medicine cases (about 25 specialised instruments)

  2548/46, 2548/52, 2548/75from Eastern Necropolis, Nea Paphos1983

• Limestone plaque with syllabic epitaph of Stasitima daughter of Pyrritios, Classical

  not givenfrom looted tomb at Marion1958Karageorghis 1959, p. 11

• Marium grave-stele fragment published by Beazley

  not givenfrom Marion1956Megaw 1956

• Inscribed marble altar fragment, Late Hellenistic

  not givenfrom Paphos districtvia John Seltman1962Nicolaou 1966, p. 37

• Gold repousse diadem (lion attacking bull) from a Late Cypriot cemetery, with a Base Ring jug, faience flask and White Slip bowl

  not givenfrom Yeroskipou (Asproyia)1964

• Copper fish-hook, described as the earliest copper artefact then known from Cyprus

  not givenfrom Kissonerga-Mylouthkia

• Red-on-White terracotta seated pregnant female

  KM 299from Kissonerga-Mosphilia

• Late Archaic limestone statue of a youth, H 95 cm, from the Persian siege ramp

  not givenfrom Palaepaphos, Northeast Gate siege ramp