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Draughtsman / artist

A. Diamantis

fl. 1931–1953 · Cyprus

Cypriot draughtsman, active 1931–1953. Worked with Porphyrios Dikaios.

Life and work

  1. 1931
    Drew all the Khirokitia finds (except axe-heads) and the final Vounous 1931-32 tomb plans, sections and object drawings for Dikaios.

    Dikaios 1953, Khirokitia, Preface; Dikaios 1940, 'The Excavations at Vounous-Bellapais in Cyprus, 1931-2', Archaeologia 88

  2. 1938–1949
    Draughtsman who drew the tomb plans, sections and finds for the Vounous publication (1940), copied vase decoration in Cyprus for a 1938 article and drew a painted Cypriot bowl published in 1949.

    The Quarterly of the Department of Antiquities in Palestine 1938: Vol 8 1-2 (1938)

  3. Undated
    Drew the tomb-plans, sections and vase and object drawings for the Vounous publication.

    Archaeologia, Or, Miscellaneous Tracts Relating to Antiquity 1940: Vol 88 (1940)

  4. Undated
    Drew the illustration of the painted Cypriot bowl shown as figure 3.

    Revue Archeologique 1949: Vol 1 (1949)

  5. Undated
    Prepared all the finds drawings for the Khirokitia report except the stone axe-heads.

    Dikaios 1953, Khirokitia: Final Report, Preface

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Sources

  1. 1.The Quarterly of the Department of Antiquities in Palestine 1938: Vol 8 1-2 (1938).
  2. 2.Archaeologia, Or, Miscellaneous Tracts Relating to Antiquity 1940: Vol 88 (1940).
  3. 3.Revue Archeologique 1949: Vol 1 (1949).
  4. 4.Dikaios 1953, Khirokitia: Final Report.
  5. 5.Dikaios 1953, Khirokitia, Preface; Dikaios 1940, 'The Excavations at Vounous-Bellapais in Cyprus, 1931-2', Archaeologia 88.
  6. 6.Dikaios 1953, Khirokitia.
  7. 7.Dikaios 1940, 'The Excavations at Vounous-Bellapais in Cyprus, 1931-2', Archaeologia 88.

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