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Scholar

H. Frankfort

fl. 1925–1940

Scholar, active 1925–1940.

Life and work

  1. 1928

    1. Dr H. Frankfort, author of Studies in Early Pottery of the Near East, supplied photographs of Cypriot beak-spouted jugs and high-handled cups published in 1928.

      harold peake and herbert john fleure, the steppe & the sown (1928)

  2. 1929

    1. Told the author in Berlin in 1929 that two vases found at Boghaz Köi are original Tell el-Amarna wares that served as models for other vases found there.

      Hans Henning von der Osten, Explorations in Hittite Asia Minor—1929 (1930), p. 162

  3. 1939

    1. Wrote in Cylinder Seals (1939) that Minoan art strongly influenced Syria at the beginning of the 2nd millennium.

      Hans-Günter Buchholz, Ugarit, Zypern und Ägäis: Kulturbeziehungen im zweiten Jahrtausend v.Chr. (1999), p. 712

  4. Undated

    n.d.

    1. Frankfort wrote on Early Bronze Age Cypriot pottery, correcting Gjerstad's treatment of it, and published the Phoenician metal bowl from Kourion with a suckling cow.

      Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research 1936-10: Iss 63 (1936)

    2. Published the Kurion (Cyprus) Phoenician metal bowl with the suckling cow, cited as Art and Architecture figure 98.

      Keel, Othmar, Das Böcklein in der Milch seiner Mutter und Verwandtes: Im Lichte eines altorientalischen Bildmotivs (1980)

    3. Cited in the Annual of the British School at Athens on the winged griffin motif, a Cypriot-related orientalizing example.

      The Antiquaries Journal 1940-10: Vol 20 Iss 4 (1940)

    4. Argued that a decorated vase from Mokhlos was an importation, possibly directly from Syria or via Cyprus, a view Pendlebury disputes.

      J.d.s.pendlebury, The Archaeology Of Crete An Interoduction (1939)

    5. Recognized the Moussian thick pottery as showing a style and technique related to Style I of the Susa vases, per the passage.

      Reinach, S., Revue Archeologique Cinquieme Serie Tome.23 (1925)

    6. Supplied a photograph of Cypriot schnabelkannen (fig. 64) and is credited as author of Studies in Early Pottery of the Near East, Part II.

      Fleure, Herbert John, Steppe And The Sown (1928)

    7. Author of Studies in Early Pottery of the Near East; photographs of Cypriot 'Schnabelkannen' and high-handled cups credited to him in the list of illustrations.

      Harold Peake, Herbert John Fluere, The Steppe & The Sown (1928)

    8. Published Sculpture of the third millennium B.C. from Tell Asmar and Khafajah (OIP XLIV), source of a Tell Asmar Temple plate illustration.

      S. A. A. Kubba, Mesopotamian Furniture From the Mesolithic to the Neo-Assyrian Period (ca. 10,000 B.C. – 600 B.C.) (2006), p. 209

    9. Authored a comparative study of early Oriental pottery that discusses Cyprus-linked ceramic and metal parallels; the passage praises his examination and proposes a Northern Syrian origin for polychrome pottery.

      مجلة سوريا للفنون والاثار 9

    10. author cited on dots as decoration in Syrian and Anatolian fabrics; scholar cited on Red polished ware (St. II) in Claude Schaeffer's papers (Collège de France), 1 document.

      Collège de France, Paris, Fonds Claude Schaeffer (34 CDF), 34 CDF art. 242, «[Cahier de notes concernant Chypre, Gaza, Jéricho, l'Egypte, la Syrie (chronologies)]», undatedof 107

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Sources

  1. 1.Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research 1936-10: Iss 63 (1936).
  2. 2.Keel, Othmar, Das Böcklein in der Milch seiner Mutter und Verwandtes: Im Lichte eines altorientalischen Bildmotivs (1980).
  3. 3.The Antiquaries Journal 1940-10: Vol 20 Iss 4 (1940).
  4. 4.J.d.s.pendlebury, The Archaeology Of Crete An Interoduction (1939).
  5. 5.Reinach, S., Revue Archeologique Cinquieme Serie Tome.23 (1925).
  6. 6.harold peake and herbert john fleure, the steppe & the sown (1928).
  7. 7.Fleure, Herbert John, Steppe And The Sown (1928).
  8. 8.Harold Peake, Herbert John Fluere, The Steppe & The Sown (1928).
  9. 9.Hans-Günter Buchholz, Ugarit, Zypern und Ägäis: Kulturbeziehungen im zweiten Jahrtausend v.Chr. (1999).
  10. 10.S. A. A. Kubba, Mesopotamian Furniture From the Mesolithic to the Neo-Assyrian Period (ca. 10,000 B.C. – 600 B.C.) (2006).
  11. 11.Hans Henning von der Osten, Explorations in Hittite Asia Minor—1929 (1930).
  12. 12.مجلة سوريا للفنون والاثار 9.
  13. 13.Collège de France, Paris, Fonds Claude Schaeffer (34 CDF), 34 CDF art. 242, «[Cahier de notes concernant Chypre, Gaza, Jéricho, l'Egypte, la Syrie (chronologies)]», undatedof 107. Online

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