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Samuel Savage Lewis

1836–1891 · United Kingdom

Clergyman. Bought from Paris auction 28 April 1886; left a bequest to Corpus Christi College, Cambridge.

Life and work

  1. 1886–1891
    Acquired the green faience 'Queen' oinochoe inscribed for Ptolemy Philopator, auctioned in Paris on 28 April 1886 (it was suggested it went to Germany), 'either then or shortly thereafter'.

    Mitford 1971

  2. 1891
    Bequeathed his collection, including the oinochoe, to Corpus Christi College.

    CambridgeMitford 1971

Connections

2 people

Scholarship

Colleagues & contacts

Objects

  • Faience 'Queen' oinochoe, 221-217 BC, inscribed for Ptolemy Philopator, 0.297 m high, 'said to be from Kourion'

    From Kourion (assumed by Strack and others)Corpus Christi College Library, Cambridge1891Mitford 1971

Sources

  1. 1.T. B. Mitford (1971). The Inscriptions of Kourion. Philadelphia, American Philosophical Society.
  2. 2.Anna Holly Reeve (2021). “Ancient Cyprus in Leeds: Objects, Networks and Museums from 1870 to 1947”. PhD thesis, University of Leeds.
  3. 3.D. G. Hogarth (1889). Devia Cypria. London.