Donor
John Nowell Linton Myres
1902–1989 · United Kingdom
Archaeologist. Collected at Amathus. Gave to Ashmolean Museum.
Life and work
- 1960Presented Cypriot glass (records AN1960.857-.872 range, from Amathous) to the Ashmolean Museum.
OxfordDecolourised blue-green glass bulbous…Colourless glass flask or…
- 1960Ashmolean AN1960.885, pale blue glass unguentary from Amathous, has the credit line 'Presented by Sir John Linton Myres', although Sir John died in 1954. INFERENCE (not stated by any source): the 1960 accession series (AN1960.857-.885) is one family gift credited under two names, the son's gift being in part of his father's holding.
Connections
1 personFamily
- Child of John Linton Myresprobably1902
Objects
Decolourised blue-green glass bulbous unguentarium (Roman/Byzantine)
From Amathous, CyprusAshmolean Museum AN1960.8721960Decolourised blue-green glass bulbous…
Colourless glass candlestick unguentarium, 13.8 cm
From Amathous, CyprusAshmolean Museum AN1960.8611960Colourless glass flask or…
Colourless glass candlestick unguentarium, 11.4 cm
From Amathous, CyprusAshmolean Museum AN1960.8621960Colourless glass flask or…
Pale blue glass unguentary, 8.7 cm high (Roman, c. 50 BCE-395 CE)
From Amathous, CyprusAshmolean Museum AN1960.8851960Pale blue glass unguentary,…
Sources
- 1.“Decolourised blue-green glass bulbous unguentarium, AN1960.872”. Ashmolean Museum online collection. Online
- 2.“Colourless glass flask or bottle with long neck (candlestick unguentarium), AN1960.861 and AN1960.862”. Ashmolean Museum online collection.
- 3.“Pale blue glass unguentary, AN1960.885”. Ashmolean Museum online collection. Online
- 4.“Nowell Myres (1902-1989), British archaeologist and librarian”. Wikidata Q7066638. Online
- 5.“Nowell Myres”. Wikipedia (English). Online
- 6.“John Myres”. Wikipedia. Online