Ancient CyprusAncient Cyprus

Scholar · Cataloguer

R. D. Barnett

fl. 1953–1977 · United Kingdom

British scholar and cataloguer, active 1953–1977.

Life and work

  1. 1953
    Examined a photograph of inscribed limestone slab 1002 from Khirokitia and suggested its two signs might be the Phoenician letters koppa and rho.

    KhirokitiaDikaios 1953

  2. 1957
    Catalogue of the Nimrud Ivories with other examples of Ancient Near Eastern Ivories in the British Museum (London 1957), cited by Cypriot ivory studies.

    LondonGoring 1983Karageorghis 1969

  3. 1959
    Studied a terracotta mould found at Kythera (formerly Chytroi), donated to the Cyprus Museum (inv. 1959/XI-6/1); judged the bearded demon taming a bull to represent Ba'al-Herakles.

    ChytroiKarageorghis 1960

  4. 1976
    Reviewed Karageorghis, Excavations in the Necropolis of Salamis III in JHS 96 (signed R. D. Barnett, London).

    LondonBarnett 1976

  5. 1977
    Published 'The Amathus shield-boss rediscovered and the Amathus bowl reconsidered' (RDAC 1977, 157-169), printing part of a Cesnola letter to Birch. Masson (1990) says he interpolated the text and wrongly called G. Colonna-Ceccaldi 'a local banker and Cesnola's agent'. Barnett held that the Amathus digging was done by the young Colonna Ceccaldi, not Cesnola.

    AmathusMasson 1990, p. 15 nn. 4Marangou 2000, p. 251, p. 371

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Sources

  1. 1.O. Masson (1990). “Cesnola à Amathonte, 1874-1875”. Cahiers du Centre d'Études Chypriotes 13, 15-18.
  2. 2.A. G. Marangou (ed.) (2000). The Consul Luigi Palma di Cesnola 1832-1904: Life and Deeds.
  3. 3.P. Dikaios (1953). Khirokitia: Final Report on the Excavation of a Neolithic Settlement in Cyprus on Behalf of the Department of Antiquities, 1936-1946. Oxford, Oxford University Press.
  4. 4.V. Karageorghis (1960). “Chronique des fouilles et découvertes archéologiques à Chypre en 1959”. Bulletin de correspondance hellénique 84.
  5. 5.Elizabeth Sarah Goring (1983). “Late Cypriot Goldwork, vol. 1”. PhD thesis, Bedford College, University of London.
  6. 6.V. Karageorghis (1969). Salamis in Cyprus: Homeric, Hellenistic and Roman. London, Thames and Hudson.
  7. 7.R. D. Barnett (1976). “Review of V. Karageorghis, Excavations in the Necropolis of Salamis III”. The Journal of Hellenic Studies 96. Online
  8. 8.R. D. Barnett (1957). Catalogue of the Nimrud Ivories with other examples of Ancient Near Eastern Ivories in the British Museum. London.
  9. 9.R. D. Barnett (1977). “The Amathus shield-boss rediscovered and the Amathus bowl reconsidered”. Report of the Department of Antiquities, Cyprus, 157-169.