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Scholar · Epigrapher

J. Vendryes

fl. 1913–1957

Scholar and epigrapher, active 1913–1957. Worked with René Dussaud.

Life and work

  1. 1913

    1. Studied the Cypriot inscriptions in the Mémoires de la Société de Linguistique de Paris (1913), publishing two inscriptions from a tomb near Amathus in the Louvre and attempting to decipher these and two in the Ashmolean, written in an unknown language.

      Revue de philologie, de littérature et d'histoire anciennes 38.1914

    2. Studied the Cypriot inscriptions in 1913 in the Mémoires de la Société de Linguistique de Paris and published two unpublished inscriptions from Amathonte held in the Louvre.

      Revue de philologie, de littérature et d'histoire anciennes 38.1914

  2. Undated

    n.d.

    1. J. Vendryes called attention to two similar inscriptions in the possession of the Louvre.

      Tom B. Jones, 1950, p. 5

    2. Attempted decipherment of unknown-language Cypriot inscriptions in the Ashmolean Museum and the Louvre, found in a tomb near ancient Amathus.

      Revue de philologie, de littérature et d'histoire anciennes 38.1914

    3. Attempted decipherment of short inscriptions in an unknown language from Cyprus, in the Ashmolean and Louvre, found in a tomb near ancient Amathus.

      Revue Des Revues Et Publications D'académies Relatives À L'antiquité Classique 38.1913a (nach Titelblatt 37.1913)

    4. Deciphered the two Amathus lintel inscriptions in a non-Greek language written in Cypriot syllabary: «Le dechiffrement est dü aM. Vendryes, le savant professeur a la Sorbonne»

      R. Dussaud, Les civilisations préhelléniques dans le bassin de la mer Égée (1914), p. 437

Connections

4 people
Olivier MassonRichard MeisterPaul PerdrizetRené DussaudJ. Vendryes
ScholarshipColleagues

Sources

  1. 1.Tom B. Jones, 1950.
  2. 2.Revue de philologie, de littérature et d'histoire anciennes 38.1914.
  3. 3.Revue Des Revues Et Publications D'académies Relatives À L'antiquité Classique 38.1913a (nach Titelblatt 37.1913).
  4. 4.R. Dussaud, Les civilisations préhelléniques dans le bassin de la mer Égée (1914).
  5. 5.1923, Comptes-rendus des séances de l'Académie des inscriptions et belles-lettres, 1923 (Dussaud's report on monuments from Sidon and Mahrub communicated by Virolleaud).
  6. 6.Académie des inscriptions et belles-lettres (France), Comptes-rendus des séances de l'année... (1923).
  7. 7.Olivier Masson, Avant-propos (1990).

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