Excavator · Patron
Lady Goold Adams
fl. 1911–1915 · United Kingdom
British excavator and patron, active 1911–1915. Excavated at Phylleri. Married to Hamilton Goold-Adams; worked with Harry Luke.
Life and work
- 1911–1914Per Harry Luke's recollection, she, Sir Hamilton Goold-Adams (who had granted himself an excavator's licence) and Luke spent many week-ends unearthing and clearing ancient tombs at Phylleri in the Kyrenia Mountains while he was High Commissioner.
PhylleriMerrillees 2005, p. 21
- 1913Myres, supervising the Cyprus Museum Committee's government-funded exploratory excavations of late 1913, thanked Lady Goold Adams for her hospitality.
CyprusMerrillees 2005, p. 21
- 3 March 1915The Cyprus Museum Committee, on the motion of D. Severis, recorded that a pair of earrings, a duplicate specimen, had been presented to her in consideration of the services to the Museum of Sir Hamilton Goold Adams, under s. 42 of the Antiquities Law 1905.
NicosiaMerrillees 2005, pp. 21-22
Connections
3 peopleFamily
- Married to Hamilton Goold-Adams
Colleagues & contacts
- Connected with John Linton Myres1913
- Worked with Harry Luke
Objects
Pair of earrings (a duplicate specimen of antiquities)
Cyprus Museum3 March 1915Merrillees 2005, pp. 21-22
Sources
- 1.Robert Stuart Merrillees (2005). “Towards a fuller history of the Cyprus Museum”. Cahiers du Centre d'Études Chypriotes 35, 191-214. Online