Finder

Hieronimo Attar

fl. 1557–1986 · Italy

Italian finder, active 1557–1986. Excavated at Soli.

Life and work

1557
Found the Amazon sarcophagus in the necropolis of the royal city of Soloi.
SoloiBernhard-Walcher et al. 1999, p. 37
1558
Brought the sarcophagus to Venice, where it reportedly served as a fountain trough.
VeniceBernhard-Walcher et al. 1999, p. 37, cat. 1 p. 46

Connections

1 person

Scholarship

Material published by Gilles Grivaud1986

Objects

Amazon (Amazonomachy) sarcophagus, Greek marble, c. 320 BC
From SoloiKunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna I 1691557Bernhard-Walcher et al. 1999, p. 46

Sources

1.A. Bernhard-Walcher, G. Dembski, K. Gschwantler, V. Karageorghis (1999). Die Sammlung zyprischer Antiken im Kunsthistorischen Museum / The Collection of Cypriote Antiquities in the Kunsthistorisches Museum. Vienna, Kunsthistorisches Museum.