Archaeologist · Curator · Scholar
Minto
fl. 1924–1956
Archaeologist and curator, active 1924–1956.
Life and work
- UndatedScholar who attributed the Marsiliana ivory figurine of a fertility goddess to Cyprus, calling the island the richest source of such votive figures. As a professor in Florence he told Jacobsthal that the Florence fibulae came from old Medici collections without provenance.
École française de Rome, Mélanges d'archéologie et d'histoire (1924)
- UndatedProfessor Minto kindly told the author that the Florence fibulae have no provenance and come from old Medici collections.
Paul Jacobsthal, Greek Pins and Their Connexions with Europe and Asia (1956), p. 210
- UndatedCited as stating that Cyprus supplied the richest series of votive figurines of this kind, and comparing the Marsiliana statuette with Ephesian figurines.
Ecole française de Rome, Mélanges d'archéologie et d'histoire
Mentioned in
1 mentionDocuments · 1
- Greek Pins and Their Connexions with Europe and Asia
Jacobsthal 1956
Sources
- 1.École française de Rome, Mélanges d'archéologie et d'histoire (1924).
- 2.Paul Jacobsthal, Greek Pins and Their Connexions with Europe and Asia (1956).
- 3.Ecole française de Rome, Mélanges d'archéologie et d'histoire.
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.