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Scholar

F. Matz

fl. 1955–1967

Scholar, active 1955–1967.

Life and work

  1. 1955
    In the Kourion expedition papers of 1955: «Professor F. Matz has suggested to me the probably that the piece might be a kind of model or sample»

    Penn Museum Archives, Kourion Expedition records (PU-Mu 1050), Box 3, folder 10, p. 21

  2. 1955
    In the Kourion expedition papers of 1955: «Prof. F. Matz has suggested to me the possibility that this piece may be a kind of sample of this particular design»

    Penn Museum Archives, Kourion Expedition records (PU-Mu 1050), Box 3, folder 10, p. 54

  3. 1958
    Scholar of Minoan Crete (1958) who opposed the assumption of a Mycenaean colonisation of Cyprus before 1200 B.C.

    Hans-Günter Buchholz, Ugarit, Zypern und Ägäis: Kulturbeziehungen im zweiten Jahrtausend v.Chr. (1999), p. 578

  4. 1963
    author cited (Kreta, Mykenae, Troja) in Claude Schaeffer's papers (Collège de France), 1 document, 1963.

    Collège de France, Paris, Fonds Claude Schaeffer (34 CDF), 34 CDF art. 136-2, «[Carnet de fouilles Enkomi 1963 Courtois]», 1963of 380

  5. Undated
    Opposed the assumption of Mycenaean colonization in Cyprus prior to 1200 BC, in studies quoted by the authors.

    Michael C. Astour; Cyrus H. Gordon, Hellenosemitica: An Ethnic and Cultural Study in West Semitic Impact on Mycenaean Greece (1967), p. 356

Mentioned in

4 mentions

Documents · 4

Sources

  1. 1.Hans-Günter Buchholz, Ugarit, Zypern und Ägäis: Kulturbeziehungen im zweiten Jahrtausend v.Chr. (1999).
  2. 2.Michael C. Astour; Cyrus H. Gordon, Hellenosemitica: An Ethnic and Cultural Study in West Semitic Impact on Mycenaean Greece (1967).
  3. 3.Penn Museum Archives, Kourion Expedition records (PU-Mu 1050), Box 3, folder 10.
  4. 4.Collège de France, Paris, Fonds Claude Schaeffer (34 CDF), 34 CDF art. 136-2, «[Carnet de fouilles Enkomi 1963 Courtois]», 1963of 380. Online

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