Ancient CyprusAncient Cyprus

Collector · Donor

Richard Payne Knight

1750–1824 · United Kingdom

MP. Left a bequest to British Museum.

Life and work

  1. 1824
    Bequeathed a substantial group of coins including city-kingdom issues with syllabic inscriptions, not yet recognised as Cypriot, to the British Museum.

    LondonUlbrich & Kiely 2012, p. 7

Sources

  1. 1.Anja Ulbrich, Thomas Kiely (2012). “Britain and the Archaeology of Cyprus. I. The long 19th century”. Cahiers du Centre d'Études Chypriotes 42. Online
  2. 2.Veronica Tatton-Brown (ed.) (2001). Cyprus in the 19th Century AD: Fact, Fancy and Fiction. Oxford, Oxbow.