Workman · Guide
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fl. 1937–1957 · Cyprus
Workman on the Stewart excavations; custodian of Bellapais Abbey, active 1937–1957. Worked at Bellapais.
Life and work
- 1950sNamed, with Tryphon, as one of Jim Stewart's workmen from Bellapais, whom Basil Stewart met on his visit to Cyprus; the date is inferred from the context of Stewart's return to Cyprus in the 1950s.
BellapaisPowell 2013, p. 141
- 1950sDescribed as Stewart's friend in charge of Bellapais Abbey; persuaded him to find money for conservation works that Peter Megaw had approved but the Department of Antiquities could not fund. Stewart agreed.
BellapaisPowell 2013, p. 157
Connections
2 peopleFieldwork & employment
- Employed by James Rivers Barrington Stewartprobably1950
Colleagues & contacts
- Worked with Arthur Hubert Stanley Megawpossibly1950
Sources
- 1.Judy Powell (2013). Love's Obsession: The Lives and Archaeology of Jim and Eve Stewart. Kent Town, South Australia, Wakefield Press.