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Foreman · Finder

Hadji Iorghi

fl. 1879 · Cyprus

Cypriot foreman and finder, active in 1879. Sold to Luigi Palma di Cesnola; worked for Robert Hamilton Lang.

Life and work

  1. 1879

    1. Peasant of Dali employed as foreman by Lang, who also dug tombs for himself and others; he brought fragments of sculpture found in the territory of Dali to the American consul, Cesnola, several times, and died in a tomb (reported 1879).

      Revue des deux mondes (1831)

  2. Undated

    n.d.

    1. Local digger who excavated tombs and brought sculpture fragments found at Dali to the American consul before dying in a tomb.

      Revue des deux mondes (1879)

    2. Offered or sold sculpture fragments from Dali

      Revue des deux mondes (1831)

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Documents · 1

Sources

  1. 1.Revue des deux mondes (1831).
  2. 2.Revue des deux mondes (1879).

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