Archaeologist · Collector · Museum director
Giovanni Spano
1803–1878 · Italy
Catholic priest. Collected at Tharros. Gave to Mus. Pigorini, Roma; worked for Museo Archeologico Nazionale of Cagliari.
Through their hands
2 records- 1876Gift
GiftGiovanni Spano gave the Bonorva double-axe to Mus. Pigorini, Roma.
Gave to Mus. Pigorini, RomaDouble-axe from BonorvaNo. inv. 11486–20810Schiavo et al. 1985, p. 18
- n.d.Gift
GiftGiovanni Spano later left two ingots to the Museo Archeologico Nazionale of Cagliari.
Gave to Museo Archeologico Nazionale of Cagliaritwo oxhide ingotsTurfa 2013, p. 203
Recording and study
1 record- Employed by1
Giovanni Spano was Director of the Museo Archeologico Nazionale of Cagliari.
Employed by Museo Archeologico Nazionale of CagliariTurfa 2013, p. 203
Mentioned in
8 mentionsDocuments · 6
- Late Cypriot Imports to Italy and their Influence on Local Bronzework
Gift · 1876 · p. 18
Giovanni Spano gave the Bonorva double-axe to Mus. Pigorini, Roma.
Schiavo et al. 1985
- The Etruscan World
Gift, employed · p. 203
Giovanni Spano later left two ingots to the Museo Archeologico Nazionale of Cagliari.
Turfa 2013
- Ancient Greece: From the Mycenaean Palaces to the Age of Homer
Deger-Jalkotzy & Lemos 2006
- Classical Phoenician Scarabs: A catalogue and study
Boardman 2003
- Egyptian and Egyptianizing Scarabs: A Typology of Steatite, Faience and Paste Scarabs from Punic and other Mediterranean Sites
Gorton 1996
- Essay on a Phoenician Ear-Ring
1958
Institutions · 2
- Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Cagliari
Director (1854–1878) · 1854
Giovanni Spano gave objects to Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Cagliari.
Boardman 2003, p. 4; Turfa, p. 203; Turfa 2013, p. 203
- Museo Nazionale Preistorico Etnografico Luigi Pigorini
Gave · 1876
Schiavo et al. 1985, p. 18
Sources
- 1.Wikidata / GND (2026). Giovanni Spano (Q2261894, GND 12097715X). Online
- 2.Wikipedia (2026). “Giovanni Spano”. Online
- 3.J. Boardman (2003). Classical Phoenician Scarabs: A catalogue and study. 4, 37.
- 4.J. M. Turfa (ed.) (2013). The Etruscan World. 203.
- 5.G. Spano (ed.) (1855). “Bullettino archeologico sardo”.
- 6.F. Lo Schiavo, E. Macnamara, L. Vagnetti (1985). “Late Cypriot Imports to Italy and their Influence on Local Bronzework”. Papers of the British School at Rome 53, 1-71.
- 7.Jean MacIntosh Turfa (ed.) (2013). The Etruscan World. Routledge.
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