Ancient CyprusAncient Cyprus

Curator

Lutz Martin

fl. 1992–2016 · Germany

German curator, active 1992–2016.

Life and work

  1. 2016
    Gave R. Merrillees a calculation, by personal communication, that the Sargon II stele (211 cm high, 71 wide, 33 deep) weighs about 1.6 tons; Merrillees thanks him in his acknowledgements.

    BerlinMerrillees 2016

Connections

1 person

Scholarship

Objects

  • Stele of Sargon II (found at Larnaca; weight estimated only)

    From LarnacaVorderasiatisches Museum, BerlinMerrillees 2016

Sources

  1. 1.Robert Stuart Merrillees (2016). “Studies on the provenances of the stele of Sargon II from Larnaca (Kition) and the two so-called Dhali (Idalion) silver bowls in the Louvre”. Cahiers du Centre d'Études Chypriotes 46, 349-386. Online
  2. 2.Eric M. Meyers (ed.) (1997). The Oxford Encyclopedia of Archaeology in the Near East. New York, Oxford University Press.
  3. 3.E. Lindemeyer, L. Martin (1992). Kleinfunde III: Kleinfunde im Vorderasiatischen Museum zu Berlin. Mainz.