Ancient CyprusAncient Cyprus

Restorer / conservator · Expedition member

Frances Talbot Vassiliades

fl. 1969–1981

Conservator and expedition member, active 1969–1981. Worked at Kyrenia (shipwreck) and Idalion. Worked with Michael Katzev.

Life and work

  1. 1969
    As the Kyrenia ship excavation closed, took responsibility for conserving the raised hull timbers, 'fresh from the London Institute's conservation program' (Susan Katzev). The year follows from the excavation's 1968-69 seasons; the page gives no date for her appointment.

    KyreniaKatzev 2008, p. 2

  2. 1974
    Listed as conservator of the American Expedition to Idalion for 1974 and 1976.

    IdalionStager & Walker 1989, p. 24

  3. 1981–1982
    Described in a 1982 IJNA note as the person first consulted on conserving the Athlit ram (Haifa University), having been 'in charge of the conservation of the Kyrenia ship' and having advised on the Marsala Punic warship.

    HaifaThe Athlit ram: a… 1982, p. 1

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Colleagues & contacts

Sources

  1. 1.Susan Katzev (2008). “The Kyrenia Ship: Her Recent Journey”. Near Eastern Archaeology 71, 76-81. American Schools of Oriental Research. Online
  2. 2.Lawrence E. Stager (ed.), Anne M. Walker (ed.) (1989). American Expedition to Idalion, Cyprus, 1973-1980. Chicago, Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago.
  3. 3. (1982). “The Athlit ram: a Round Table Conference at the Centre for Maritime Studies, Haifa University, 2-5 December 1981”. International Journal of Nautical Archaeology 11. Online