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Pavlos Georghiou

fl. 1944 · Cyprus

Active in 1944. Lived at Polis Chrysochous. Sold to Cyprus Museum.

Life and work

  1. 1944
    Sold the Cyprus Museum a Chian chalice with seated sphinx (ca. 580 BCE), said to come from a tomb at Polis-Evrethades / Sykarkoi; Cyprus Museum 1944/1-28/2. The catalogue states it was found with a larger companion piece.

    PolisChilds et al. 2012, cat. 32

Objects

  • Chian chalice with seated sphinx, ca. 580 BCE, h. 13.3 cm, diam. 13 cm (rim)

    From Polis-Evrethades / Sykarkoi, tomb (said to be)Cyprus Museum, Nicosia 1944/1-28/21944Childs et al. 2012, cat. 32

Sources

  1. 1.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.