Ancient CyprusAncient Cyprus

Scholar · Collector

Henri Seyrig

fl. 1927–1964

Scholar and collector, active 1927–1964. Worked at Beirut.

Life and work

  1. 1927
    Published 'Inscriptions de Chypre' in BCH 51 (pp. 138-154).

    Rogge et al. 2019

  2. 1934
    Listed as a subscriber to The Swedish Cyprus Expedition vol. I, address Beirut, Syria.

    BeirutGjerstad et al. 1934

  3. 1964
    Before Pouilloux began the Salamis dig he warned him it would be fascinating but that he should broaden his horizons: few Greek inscriptions likely, but a marvellous observatory for the meeting of East and West.

    SalamisRogge et al. 2019, p. 34

Connections

1 person

Scholarship

On Ancient Cyprus

1 page

Sources

  1. 1.S. Rogge (ed.), Ch. Ioannou (ed.), Th. Mavrojannis (ed.) (2019). Salamis of Cyprus: History and Archaeology from the Earliest Times to Late Antiquity. Münster, Waxmann.
  2. 2.E. Gjerstad, J. Lindros, E. Sjöqvist, A. Westholm (1934). The Swedish Cyprus Expedition: Finds and Results of the Excavations in Cyprus 1927-1931, Vol. I (text). Stockholm, The Swedish Cyprus Expedition.
  3. 3.H. Seyrig (1927). “Inscriptions de Chypre”. Bulletin de correspondance hellénique 51, 138-154.
  4. 4.W. A. P. Childs (ed.), J. S. Smith (ed.), J. M. Padgett (ed.) (2012). City of Gold: The Archaeology of Polis Chrysochous, Cyprus. Princeton, Princeton University Art Museum.