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Epigrapher · Scholar

Moriz Schmidt

fl. 1870–1876 · Germany

German epigrapher and scholar, active 1870–1876.

Life and work

  1. 1872–1880
    Hall, comparing the Cesnola collection in New York with published copies, could not find two inscriptions figured in Schmidt's Idalion book (nos 7 and 18, pp. 98 and 100).

    Hall 1874

  2. 1874
    Die Inschrift von Idalion und das Kyprische Syllabar (Jena).

    JenaCesnola 1884

  3. 1874
    Published in the Monatsberichte of the Prussian Academy two letters of L. P. di Cesnola (28 Aug. and 7 Sept. 1874) giving Kourion syllabic inscriptions.

    Mitford 1971

  4. 1876
    Sammlung kyprischer Inschriften in epichorischer Schrift (Jena), with the earliest translation of the Idalion bronze tablet (the Kitian siege and Athena sanctuary); also plates of Golgoi inscriptions from Cesnola's collection.

    JenaTatton-Brown 2001, n. 10Cesnola 1878Cesnola 1884

Connections

3 people
Wilhelm DeeckeLuigi Palma di CesnolaJohannes BrandisMoriz Schmidt
DisputesScholarshipColleagues

Disputes & the law

Scholarship

Colleagues & contacts

On Ancient Cyprus

1 page

Sources

  1. 1.Alexander Palma di Cesnola (1884). Salaminia (Cyprus): The History, Treasures, and Antiquities of Salamis in the Island of Cyprus. London, Whiting and Company.
  2. 2.L. P. di Cesnola (1878). Cyprus: Its Ancient Cities, Tombs, and Temples.
  3. 3.T. B. Mitford (1971). The Inscriptions of Kourion. Philadelphia, American Philosophical Society.
  4. 4.Isaac H. Hall (1874). “The Cypriote Inscriptions of the Di Cesnola Collection in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, in New York City”. Journal of the American Oriental Society 10, 201-218.
  5. 5.Veronica Tatton-Brown (ed.) (2001). Cyprus in the 19th Century AD: Fact, Fancy and Fiction. Oxford, Oxbow.
  6. 6.O. Masson (1991). “En marge du déchiffrement du syllabaire chypriote, II: W. Deecke et le premier corpus épigraphique (1883)”. Cahiers du Centre d'Études Chypriotes 16, 33-36.
  7. 7.Moriz Schmidt (1874). Die Inschrift von Idalion und das Kyprische Syllabar. Jena.
  8. 8.Moriz Schmidt (1876). Sammlung kyprischer Inschriften in epichorischer Schrift. Jena.