Consulate
Prussian Consulate, Larnaca
Larnaca, OTTOMAN
Consulate in Larnaca. 2 people in the register connected with it.
History
- 1810Jacob Mattei (b. Larnaca 1784) was appointed Prussian consul "evidently on the death of his father" Giovanni Maria (called Marino) Mattei, 1742-1810, consul of Ragusa and Prussia.
- 1845Ludwig Ross visited Cyprus 16 February to 26 March 1845; the Prussian consul received him and lent a country house near Salamis. Merrillees identifies the consul as Jacob Mattei.
- 1845The stele of Sargon II was found at Kition in late autumn 1845. Jacob Mattei and the Sardinian consul Marcello Cerruti supplied Ross with the facts; the stele passed through Marino Mattei and was bought for Berlin (Merrillees: by the Prussian consul for 7,000 francs; Berlin records give 3,000 florins).
KitionJacob MatteiMarino MatteiMarcello CerrutiLudwig RossMerrillees 2016
- 1853–1857Petros Pavlos Vondiziano was Prussian vice-consul at Larnaca 1853-57.
People
2 peopleStaff and members · 2
- Jacob Matteiconsul (1810–c. 1846) · consulMerrillees 20161810
- Petros Pavlos Vondizianoofficial (1853–1857) · Vice-Consul of PrussiaMerrillees 20171853
Objects
Stele of Sargon II from Kition (Berlin accession VA 968)
VA 968from Kition (Larnaca)via Marino Mattei1845–1846Merrillees 2016
Sources
- 1.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
- 2.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