Scholar · Cataloguer
Kunze
fl. 1928–1950
Scholar and cataloguer, active 1928–1950.
Life and work
- 1931Published the Cretan bronzes and Idaean shields (1931), including Phoenician bowls, and discussed a clay head in the Ashmolean in a debate on Cypriot heads.
- 1931Published the Idaean shields (1931), discussed as the source on relief bowls as inspiration for decorated shields.
- UndatedThought the Abu Hawwam proto-geometric vase was later and perhaps Cycladic.
- UndatedCited for a 1950 addition of a siren-and-bull cauldron from Argos and for his 1931 list; reversed himself on the Ashmolean clay head; no Cyprus-specific tie beyond the Cypriot-head discussion.
Archaeology, Artifacts and Antiquities of the Ancient Near East (2013), p. 728
- UndatedDated the earliest Olympia shield bands to the last third of the seventh century.
- UndatedInformed the author of a second Cycladic tripod-foot vase example in the museum of Mykonos; no Cyprus tie beyond footnote.
Mentioned in
4 mentionsDocuments · 4
- An Iron Age Painted Amphora in the Cyprus Museum
1937
interpretation of dancing groups discussed
Dikaios 1937
- Le voyage de Ludwig Ross à Chypre en 1845 et les antiquités chypriotes du Musée de Berlin
1988
Masson & Hermary 1988
- "Greeks" in the Neo-Assyrian Levant and "Assyria" in Early Greek Writers
Helm 1980
- Archaeology, Artifacts and Antiquities of the Ancient Near East: Sites, Cultures, and Proveniences
Muscarella 2013
Sources
- 1.Mieke Prent, Cretan Sanctuaries and Cults: Continuity and Change from Late Minoan IIIC to the Archaic Period (2005).
- 2.The journal of Hellenic studies (1950).
- 3.Peyton Randolph Helm, "Greeks" in the Neo-Assyrian Levant and "Assyria" in Early Greek Writers (1980).
- 4.Archaeology, Artifacts and Antiquities of the Ancient Near East (2013).
- 5.Anne Foley, The Argolid 800-600 B.C. An archaeological survey together with an index of sites from the Neolithic to the Roman period (1988).
- 6.Early Greek Vases from Knossos (1928).
Corrections and additions
Did you know this person?
We would like to hear from relatives, colleagues and anyone who knows more about this person's life and work.
Missing from this record
- Dates of birth and death unknown
- No photograph
We would like to hear about
- Dates and places of birth and death
- Other spellings or names they used
- Photographs, letters or papers
- Their work, collections or excavations
- A mistake in what we say
If this page is about you, write to us and we will correct it or take it down. Tell us if you would like to be thanked by name on the page.