Ancient CyprusAncient Cyprus

Workman

Joseph Martin

fl. 1891 · United Kingdom

Able Seaman, Royal Navy, active in 1891. Worked at Salamis and Famagusta.

Life and work

  1. February 1891
    Among the HMS Melita crew who moved the Salamis bull's head capital (allocated to the Cyprus Exploration Fund in the 1890 division of the finds, destined for the British Museum) from Salamis to Famagusta by sledge; he fractured his left arm and leg during the operation 'through no fault of his own' (Commander G. King-Hall's report, Port Said, 13 February 1891). The British Museum paid him £10 compensation, on the ship commander's request.

    Salamis / FamagustaRogge et al. 2019

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Fieldwork & employment

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.