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Finder · Excavator · Agent

Aristides of Chrysochou

fl. 1878–1931 · Cyprus

Village judge, Chrysochou, active 1878–1931. Excavated at Amargetti (Amargeti). Sold to Bostantus Beshes; dug for Falkland Warren.

Life and work

  1. by 1878
    With the late Bishop of Paphos made a find at Amargetti; many things, including two inscriptions later published in Cesnola's Cyprus (App. nos 3-4), were bought by Cesnola's foreman Beshbesh and wrongly given another provenance in Cesnola's book (Hogarth's judgement).

    AmargettiGardner et al. 1888Gardner et al. 1888

  2. c. 1886
    Conducted a small excavation at Amargetti on behalf of Colonel Warren 'two years previously' (Hogarth writing of the 1888 season); Hogarth learned of it only later.

    AmargettiGardner et al. 1888

Connections

3 people
Bostantus BeshesEinar Nilson GjerstadFalkland WarrenAristides of Chrysochou
Sales & giftsFieldwork

Sales, gifts & bequests

Fieldwork & employment

Sources

  1. 1.E. A. Gardner, D. G. Hogarth, M. R. James, R. Elsey Smith (1888). “Excavations in Cyprus, 1887-88”. Journal of Hellenic Studies 9, 147-271.
  2. 2.E. A. Gardner, D. G. Hogarth, M. R. James, R. Elsey Smith (1888). “Excavations in Cyprus, 1887-88”. Journal of Hellenic Studies 9, 147-271.
  3. 3.D. G. Hogarth (1889). Devia Cypria. London.
  4. 4.E. Gjerstad (1980). Ages and Days in Cyprus.
  5. 5.J. L. Myres, M. Ohnefalsch-Richter (1899). A Catalogue of the Cyprus Museum. Oxford, Clarendon Press.