Ancient CyprusAncient Cyprus

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Leonidas Michail

fl. 1927–1931 · Cyprus

Former Forestry Department employee, active 1927–1931. Gave to Cyprus Museum.

Life and work

  1. 1927–1931
    Sold a terracotta four-horse group (a 'four-in-hand') 'to France' for fifty pounds, by his own account to Gjerstad

    north coast of CyprusGjerstad 1980, p. 79

  2. 1927–1931
    NamedGjerstad describes him as an illicit excavator who bribed the police, hired a gang to dig in daylight, and shipped finds in orange-boxes or wine-casks past customs to agents in Europe; no proceedings reported. Pseudonymous account.

    Gjerstad 1980, p. 78

Connections

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Fieldwork & employment

Sources

  1. 1.E. Gjerstad (1980). Ages and Days in Cyprus.