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Federico Halbherr

fl. 1884–1912

Excavator and archaeologist, active 1884–1912. Excavated with M. Taramelli; worked for Syllogos of Candia.

Life and work

  1. 1884
    Initiated the investigation of Gortyn in Crete with the Italian School of Archaeology in 1884; Crete, not Cyprus, so tie to Cyprus is only comparative.

    Annie Caubet; Robert Stuart Merrillees, Cahiers du Centre d'Etudes Chypriotes, Volume 44, 2014 (2014), p. 101

  2. 1885
    Excavated the Idaean Cave for the Syllogos of Candia in 1885 and later Phaistos; he published terracottas from Praisos and compared them with Cypriot Archaic terracottas, including the Larnaca figures.

    American Journal of Archaeology 1945: Vol 49 (1945)

  3. 1885
    Conducted excavations in the Idaean Cave in August 1885 and published the excavation, mentioning the Syllogos of Candia's lotus-handled jugs.

    Egyptian Bronze Jugs from Crete and Lefkandi (1998), p. 172

  4. 1885
    Entrusted by the Syllogos of Candia with the excavations at the Idaean Cave, where he found a gold hairpin and other objects, after shepherds' discovery in 1885.

    Gleanings from Crete (1945), p. 313

  5. 1888
    Co-published with P. Orsi the antiquities of the Idaean Cave of Zeus (Rome, 1888), cited for comparison with Cypriot bronzes, and excavated the palace at Phaistos.

    various, The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A dictionary of arts, sciences, literature and general information - Constantine Pavlovich to Demidov (1910)

  6. 1888
    Co-published on the Idaean cave of Zeus in Crete (Rome, 1888), cited for comparison with Cypriote bronzes.

    Chisholm, Hugh, 1866-1924, The encyclopædia britannica; a dictionary of arts, sciences, literature and general information (1910)

  7. 1888–1903
    Published finds from the sanctuary of Hermes Kraneo (Ayia Triadha area) in 1888 and the HM 3145 figure in 1903 publication cited by the passage.

    Jan Driessen; Alexandre Farnoux, La Crète mycénienne : Actes de la table ronde internationale organisée par l'École française d'Athènes, 26-28 mars 1991 (1997), p. 92

  8. 1897
    Excavated terra-cotta figures at Praesos in Crete and compared them with Cypriote terra-cottas, including the Larnaka finds published in JHS 1897.

    Archaeological Institute of America, American journal of archaeology (1885)

  9. 1908–1911
    Italian archaeologist named as a possible figure in controversial issues around the Phaistos Disc discovery in 1908 and related 1911 events, not directly tied to Cyprus here.

    Marta D'Andrea; Maria Gabriella Micale; Davide Nadali; Sara Pizzimenti; Agnese Vacca, Pearls of the Past: Studies on Near Eastern Art and Archaeology in Honour of Frances Pinnock (2019), p. 91

  10. Undated
    Italian scholar who excavated in Crete, including the Idaean Cave and the necropoleis of Praisos, where he found votive clay statuettes and copper vessels; his finds were compared with Cypriot terracottas and bronzes.

    Joseph Alexander MacGillivray, Minotaur: Sir Arthur Evans and the Archaeology of the Minoan Myth (2000), p. 128

  11. Undated
    Researched in Crete and found stones with syllabic signs, corroborating Evans's discoveries.

    Classical Association (Great Britain), The Classical review

  12. Undated
    Found a figurative open-work bronze stand with a warrior and female figure on a boat, at the Idaean Cave sanctuary; cited as Halbherr 1888b.

    Mieke Prent, Cretan Sanctuaries and Cults: Continuity and Change from Late Minoan IIIC to the Archaic Period (2005), p. 316

  13. Undated
  14. Undated
    Studied and published terra-cotta finds from Praesos in Crete, comparing them with Cypriot archaic terra-cottas and the Larnaka figures.

    American journal of archaeology : the journal of the Archaeological Institute of America (1897)

  15. Undated
  16. Undated
    Cited as publishing a plate in the Museo Italiano showing Cypriot or Cretan comparanda; no direct action in Cyprus stated.

    The Annual of the British school at Athens, No-37, Session 1936-1937 (1940)

  17. Undated
    Excavated the Italian site at Phaistos on Crete, a palace with similarities to Knossos; mentioned in a review of Walters's work.

    The Nation 1906 : Vol 83 (1906)

  18. Undated
    Published the bronze votive objects from the Cave (Cyprus votive finds, shields, cymbals, phialai and figures) in a cited study.

    Zeus A Study In Ancient Religion II 2

Connections

4 people
Sir Arthur John EvansLuigi Adriano MilaniPaolo OrsiDr. PernierFederico Halbherr
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10 mentions

Sources

  1. 1.Joseph Alexander MacGillivray, Minotaur: Sir Arthur Evans and the Archaeology of the Minoan Myth (2000).
  2. 2.Classical Association (Great Britain), The Classical review.
  3. 3.Mieke Prent, Cretan Sanctuaries and Cults: Continuity and Change from Late Minoan IIIC to the Archaic Period (2005).
  4. 4.Evans, Arthur, Sir, 1851-1941, Cretan pictographs and prae-Phoenician script. With an account of a sepulchral deposit at Hagios Onuphrios near Phaestos in its relation primitive Cretan and Ae (1895).
  5. 5.American Journal of Archaeology 1945: Vol 49 (1945).
  6. 6.Archaeological Institute of America, American journal of archaeology (1885).
  7. 7.American journal of archaeology : the journal of the Archaeological Institute of America (1897).
  8. 8.Giorgia Baldacci; Ilaria Caloi, Rhadamanthys: Studi di archeologia minoica in onore di Filippo Carinci per il suo 70° compleanno / Studies in Minoan archaeology in honour of Filippo Carinci on (2018).
  9. 9.Egyptian Bronze Jugs from Crete and Lefkandi (1998).
  10. 10.Gleanings from Crete (1945).
  11. 11.Annie Caubet; Robert Stuart Merrillees, Cahiers du Centre d'Etudes Chypriotes, Volume 44, 2014 (2014).
  12. 12.Marta D'Andrea; Maria Gabriella Micale; Davide Nadali; Sara Pizzimenti; Agnese Vacca, Pearls of the Past: Studies on Near Eastern Art and Archaeology in Honour of Frances Pinnock (2019).
  13. 13.various, The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A dictionary of arts, sciences, literature and general information - Constantine Pavlovich to Demidov (1910).
  14. 14.Chisholm, Hugh, 1866-1924, The encyclopædia britannica; a dictionary of arts, sciences, literature and general information (1910).
  15. 15.The Annual of the British school at Athens, No-37, Session 1936-1937 (1940).
  16. 16.The Nation 1906 : Vol 83 (1906).
  17. 17.Jan Driessen; Alexandre Farnoux, La Crète mycénienne : Actes de la table ronde internationale organisée par l'École française d'Athènes, 26-28 mars 1991 (1997).
  18. 18.Zeus A Study In Ancient Religion II 2.
  19. 19.Chrestos Tsountas and J. Irving Manatt, THE MYCENAEAN AGE (1897).
  20. 20.MUSINT Le Collezioni archeologiche egee e cipriote in Toscana - Ricerche ed esperienze di museologia interattiva (2011).

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