Ancient CyprusAncient Cyprus

Museum

Reiss-Engelhorn-Museen Mannheim

Mannheim, Germany

Museum in Mannheim. 4 people in the register connected with it.

The Cypriot collection

96 ceramics (Early Cypriot onward), 6 terracotta figures, 2 terracotta lamps, 2 gold jewellery, 12 metal pieces and 2 spindle whorls, with some war losses (2012)

Recke 2012, p. 112

History

  1. 1895–1897
    Bought a collection of Cypriot antiquities from Max Ohnefalsch-Richter, including material from Athienou and Laxia tou Riou.

    CyprusMax Ohnefalsch-RichterRecke 2012, p. 94, p. 112

  2. 1898
    K. Baumann publishes the Mannheim purchases (AA 1898, 69).

    Recke 2012, p. 112

  3. 1917
    Received the extensive collection of the Munich painter Gabriel von Max (1840-1915), with numerous Cypriot items.

    MannheimGabriel von MaxRecke 2012, p. 97, p. 112

  4. 1958
    A. Greifenhagen, Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum, Deutschland, Mannheim Band 1, Reiss-Museum (Munich 1958).

    Recke 2012, p. 112Graziadio

People

4 people

Staff and members · 2

Donors and lenders · 1

Sellers and consignors · 1

Objects

  • Cypriot jar from Laxia tou Riou (cat. no. 67 in a study of early Aegean-type pottery), Mannheim Museum; H. 11.4 cm

    from Laxia tou Riouvia Max Ohnefalsch-Richter1895–1897Graziadio

Sources

  1. 1.Matthias Recke (2012). “Deutschland und das antike Zypern. Beiträge zur Geschichte einer archäologischen Disziplin”. Cahiers du Centre d'Études Chypriotes 42.
  2. 2.Giampaolo Graziadio. The Earliest Production of Aegean-Type Pottery in Cyprus.