Ancient CyprusAncient Cyprus

Donor

Mr. Tompson

fl. 1880–1893

Donor, active 1880–1893. Collected at Nea Paphos. Gave to Cyprus Museum.

Life and work

  1. by 1893
    Presented to the Cyprus Museum a marble fountain figure of a sleeping Eros on a wine skin, from the ruins of Neapaphos

    Nea PaphosOhnefalsch-Richter 1893, p. 477

Objects

  • Marble fountain figure: Eros asleep on a garment over a wine skin, L. 0.507 m, H. 0.262 m, Graeco-Roman

    From Neapaphos ruinsCyprus Museumby 1893Ohnefalsch-Richter 1893, p. 477

Sources

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