Society
Prussian Academy of Sciences
Berlin, Germany
Society in Berlin. 5 people in the register connected with it.
History
- 1845Niven Kerr's 1845 report to London calls Ludwig Ross, then in Cyprus, 'a Member of the Academy of Berlin'. Ross bought Idalion and Kition pieces for the Berlin museum; the Wikipedia entry (tertiary) gives corresponding membership from 1836.
Ludwig RossNiven KerrMerrillees 2016Ludwig Ross, de.wikipedia
- 13 August 1846Eduard Gerhard presents 'Ueber die Kunst der Phoenicier' to the Academy, publishing two Idalion statuettes from Ross's collection as 'Phoenician' work.
- 1873The Academy's Monatsbericht prints Johannes Brandis's posthumous 'Versuch zur Entzifferung der Kyprischen Schrift', edited by Ernst Curtius, the sign table later used by Hall and cited by Cesnola. Brandis's membership is not shown.
- 1893Theodor Mommsen, permanent secretary, is asked by government offices to assess Ohnefalsch-Richter's application for German funding of a Cyprus campaign; Schmid reports his comments as devastating and Mommsen as outraged when the Emperor funded it anyway. The 1894-95 campaigns at Tamassos and Idalion were on behalf of the Royal Prussian Museums and the Prussian government, not the Academy.
- May 1910After Ohnefalsch-Richter's letters to Berlin personalities, following his permit request of 10 May 1910 (signed by Koritzky alone), the Academy takes up the Rantidi project and sets up an ad hoc Cyprus Committee; Robert Zahn of the Berlin Museums is named director and Ohnefalsch-Richter is given no official role.
RantidiMax Ohnefalsch-RichterRobert ZahnKurt KoritzkyMasson 1985, p. 22Schmid 2025
- 22 August 1910Acting Chief Secretary Hatton Richards grants a permit to 'Dr. Robert Zahn, assistant keeper of the Berlin Museum, acting for and on behalf of the Cyprus Committee of the Royal Academy of Sciences of Berlin'.
- 30 August 1910 – 7 October 1910Zahn excavates at Rantidi. Finds could not be exported, the inscription results were poor, no preliminary report followed, and the Academy took the matter no further; the few photographs were published only in 1983.
- 1910Zahn answers Ohnefalsch-Richter in print (Berliner Philologische Wochenschrift 1911) over the latter's visit to Rantidi while Zahn was at Troodos meeting the Governor.
People
5 peopleStaff and members · 4
- Eduard Gerhardother (1846–1846) · author of the paper 'Ueber die Kunst der Phoenicier' presented 13 Aug 1846Masson & Hermary 1988, p. 41846
- Johannes Brandisother (1873–1873) · published in its MonatsberichtHall 18741873
- Theodor Mommsensecretary (1893–1893) · permanent secretarySchmid 20251893
- Ludwig Rossmember (from 1836)Merrillees 2016Ludwig Ross, de.wikipedia
Fieldwork · 1
- Robert Zahnfield-director (1910–1910) · dug for itMasson 1985, p. 221910
Sources
- 1.O. Masson (1985). “Les visites de Max Ohnefalsch-Richter à Kouklia (Ancienne-Paphos), 1890 et 1910”. Cahiers du Centre d'Études Chypriotes 3, 19-28. Online
- 2.Stephan G. Schmid (2025). “Was there an official German interest in the archaeology of Cyprus between 1878 and 1914?”. Empire & Excavation: Critical perspectives on archaeology in British-period Cyprus, 1878-1960, 69-92. Leiden, Sidestone Press.
- 3.Robert Stuart Merrillees (2016). “Studies on the provenances of the stele of Sargon II from Larnaca (Kition) and the two so-called Dhali (Idalion) silver bowls in the Louvre”. Cahiers du Centre d'Études Chypriotes 46, 349-386. Online
- 4.“Ludwig Ross, de.wikipedia”.
- 5.O. Masson, A. Hermary (1988). “Le voyage de Ludwig Ross à Chypre en 1845 et les antiquités chypriotes du Musée de Berlin”. Cahiers du Centre d'Études Chypriotes 9, 3-10. Online
- 6.Isaac H. Hall (1874). “The Cypriote Inscriptions of the Di Cesnola Collection in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, in New York City”. Journal of the American Oriental Society 10, 201-218.
- 7.L. P. di Cesnola (1878). Cyprus: Its Ancient Cities, Tombs, and Temples.