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Epigrapher · Traveller / antiquarian · Scholar

Paul Schroeder

1844–1915 · Germany

Orientalist. Worked at Constantinople and Beirut. Received gifts from Ioannis Pavlou Bontitsianos (J. P. Vondiziano).

Life and work

  1. 1869
    Published Die Phönizische Sprache (Halle, 1869), whose Inschriften aus Cypern section (pp. 227-232 as printed in Cobham's list) deals with the Cypriot Phoenician inscriptions.

    HalleCobham 1908

  2. April 1870
    Visit to Cyprus by 'German professor Schroeder', listed in the chronology of Cesnola's life under April 1870.

    CyprusMarangou 2000, p. 367

  3. 1870
    From Cyprus he wrote to his mentor Justus Olshausen (Privy Councillor for Prussian universities in the Ministry of Education) recommending that the Berlin Museums excavate on their own account under an archaeologist who could also act as consul of the North German Confederation; Schmid says the suggestion was also made to Chancellor Bismarck.

    CyprusSchmid 2025

  4. 1873
    Second journey to Cyprus (spring 1873); his account 'Meine zweite Reise auf Cypern im Frühjahr 1873' is listed in Cobham's bibliography as printed in Globus.

    CyprusCobham 1908Schmid 2025

  5. 1874–1876
    Cesnola asked Samuel Birch to look into having 'the German Schröder' write the Phoenician-inscriptions chapter of his book (planned while writing, from 1874; Birch was to arrange George Smith for the inscriptions and Pierides for the Greek ones).

    Marangou 2000, p. 256

Connections

5 people
Ioannis Pavlou Bontitsian…Luigi Palma di CesnolaAnna CannavòRobert Hamilton LangRödigerPaul Schroeder
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Sources

  1. 1.A. G. Marangou (ed.) (2000). The Consul Luigi Palma di Cesnola 1832-1904: Life and Deeds.
  2. 2.Stephan G. Schmid (2025). “Was there an official German interest in the archaeology of Cyprus between 1878 and 1914?”. Empire & Excavation: Critical perspectives on archaeology in British-period Cyprus, 1878-1960, 69-92. Leiden, Sidestone Press.
  3. 3.C. D. Cobham (1908). Excerpta Cypria: Materials for a History of Cyprus. Cambridge, Cambridge University Press. Online
  4. 4.R. H. Lang (1905). “Reminiscences: Archaeological Researches in Cyprus”. Blackwood's Magazine 177, 622-639.
  5. 5.P. Schroeder (1869). Die Phönizische Sprache. Halle.
  6. 6.P. Schroeder (1873). “Meine zweite Reise auf Cypern im Frühjahr 1873”. Globus.