Consul / diplomat · Excavator

Signor Peristiani

fl. 1800–1801 · Ottoman

Ottoman diplomat and excavator, active 1800–1801. Consul at Larnaca. Gave to Edward Daniel Clarke and Mr. Cripps.

Life and work

1800–1801
Dug up in one place at Larnaca 'above thirty idols', of terracotta, coarse limestone and soft marble; all were sent to the British ambassador at Constantinople, who presented them to Mr Cripps
LarnacaCobham 1908, p. 381 Marangou 2000, pp. 29-30

Connections

2 people

Sales, gifts & bequests

Gave to Mr. Cripps1800–1801
Gave to Edward Daniel Clarke1801

Disputes & the law

Subject of testimony by Edward Daniel Clarke1801

Colleagues & contacts

Connected with Mr. Cripps1801

On Ancient Cyprus

1 page

Licence No. 7070: How Cypriot Antiquities Left the Island LegallyArticle

Sources

1.C. D. Cobham (1908). Excerpta Cypria: Materials for a History of Cyprus. Cambridge, Cambridge University Press. Online
2.A. G. Marangou (ed.) (2000). The Consul Luigi Palma di Cesnola 1832-1904: Life and Deeds.