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Collector

Dr. Moritz Sobernheim

fl. 1886–1912 · Germany

German collector, active 1886–1912. Bought from Kunsthändler in Beirut.

Life and work

  1. 1886–1887
    Berlin collector who acquired a soft limestone double herm of Hermes and a female head, said by the dealer who sold it to have come from Cyprus, published in the Jahrbuch of the German Archaeological Institute in 1886–1887.

    Jahrbuch des Kaiserlich Deutschen Archäologischen Instituts (1887)

  2. 1887
    Bought from an art dealer in Beirut a limestone double herm of Hermes and a female deity, which the dealer said came from Cyprus; it was published in 1887.

    Kaiserlich Deutsches Archäologisches Institut, Jahrbuch des Kaiserlich Deutschen Archäologischen Instituts (1887)

  3. 1904
    Owned in Berlin a double herm (Hermes-Thoth) from Cyprus, published by R. Förster in 1904.

    Kleine Schriften (1912)

  4. 1904
    Berlin owner of the limestone double herm from Cyprus formerly belonging to Konsul Loytved, published by R. Förster in 1904.

    Kleine Schriften (1912)

  5. 1908
    Owned a limestone double herm of Hermes and Tyche found in Cyprus and dated to the late Imperial period, published in the Jahrbuch of 1908.

    Kaiserlich Deutsches Archäologisches Institut, Jahrbuch des Kaiserlich Deutschen Archäologischen Instituts (1908)

  6. Undated
    Owned limestone double herme (Hermes and female head)

    Jahrbuch des Kaiserlich Deutschen Archäologischen Instituts (1886)

  7. Undated
    Owner of a late imperial limestone double herm of Hermes and Tyche found in Cyprus, listed among private holdings in 1886 and 1908.

    Jahrbuch des Kaiserlich Deutschen Archäologischen Instituts (1886)

  8. Undated
    Owned limestone double herm of Hermes and female deity (Tyche), late imperial

    Jahrbuch des Kaiserlich Deutschen Archäologischen Instituts (1908)

  9. Undated

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Sources

  1. 1.Jahrbuch des Kaiserlich Deutschen Archäologischen Instituts (1887).
  2. 2.Jahrbuch des Kaiserlich Deutschen Archäologischen Instituts (1886).
  3. 3.Kaiserlich Deutsches Archäologisches Institut, Jahrbuch des Kaiserlich Deutschen Archäologischen Instituts (1887).
  4. 4.Jahrbuch des Kaiserlich Deutschen Archäologischen Instituts (1908).
  5. 5.Kleine Schriften (1912).
  6. 6.Bonner Jahrbücher : Jahrbücher des Vereins von Alterthumsfreunden im Rheinlande (1895).
  7. 7.Kaiserlich Deutsches Archäologisches Institut, Jahrbuch des Kaiserlich Deutschen Archäologischen Instituts (1908).

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