Ancient CyprusAncient Cyprus

Landowner

Mr. Sturgis

fl. 1880–1885

Landowner, active 1880–1885. Worked at Kition (acropolis, near the sanctuary staircase).

Life and work

  1. 1880s
    Quarrymen in his employ found a veiled genre terracotta figurine on the acropolis of Kition, close to the little staircase and the north entrance of the sanctuary; the figurine later belonged to the engineer Mr. W. Williams of Nicosia.

    KitionOhnefalsch-Richter 1893, p. 480

Connections

1 person

Colleagues & contacts

Objects

  • Veiled genre figurine, fine biscuit-like clay, in the style of Greek terracotta fabrics of Kition (Ohnefalsch-Richter's Plate CCI-related note, no. 5)

    From Kition, acropolis near the sanctuary staircaseby 1893Ohnefalsch-Richter 1893, p. 480

Sources

  1. 1.Max Ohnefalsch-Richter (1893). Kypros, the Bible and Homer. London, Asher & Co.. Online