Ancient CyprusAncient Cyprus

Landowner

Mullah Mehemed

fl. 1885–1886 · Ottoman

Ottoman landowner, active 1885–1886. Sold to John William Williamson.

Life and work

  1. June 1885
    Ohnefalsch-Richter dug in June 1885 on ground belonging to 'the Turk Mullah Mehemed' east of Polis, where he made his most important discoveries (kylikes of Chachrylion and Hermaios, alabastron of Pasiades, marble torso).

    Polis tis ChrysochouOhnefalsch-Richter 1893, p. 497

  2. 1885–1886
    The land passed out of his hands: Smith says J. W. Williamson put up the money to buy the land from Mehemed; Ohnefalsch-Richter says that after the 1886 excavation it passed into Williamson's possession and was marked on the map as his vineyard.

    Polis tis ChrysochouChilds et al. 2012Ohnefalsch-Richter 1893, p. 497

Connections

2 people

Sales, gifts & bequests

Colleagues & contacts

Sources

  1. 1.Max Ohnefalsch-Richter (1893). Kypros, the Bible and Homer. London, Asher & Co.. Online
  2. 2.W. A. P. Childs (ed.), J. S. Smith (ed.), J. M. Padgett (ed.) (2012). City of Gold: The Archaeology of Polis Chrysochous, Cyprus. Princeton, Princeton University Art Museum.