Ancient CyprusAncient Cyprus

Landowner

Sotiri (of Dali)

fl. 1868–1869 · Ottoman

Ottoman landowner, active 1868–1869. Lived at Dali (Idalion). Sold to Robert Hamilton Lang; child of Hadji Georgi Styllis.

Life and work

  1. April 1868
    A colossal bearded statue (upper half, 3 3/4 ft, about 9 ft whole) was found by workmen in a field belonging to Sotiri near Dali. His father Hadgi Georgi brought Lang the news on a Sunday morning in spring 1868; Lang ran the excavation of the site for some two months and, in his words, recovered not less than a thousand stone statues and statuettes.

    DaliMarangou 2000, p. 47

Connections

2 people

Sales, gifts & bequests

Family

Sources

  1. 1.A. G. Marangou (ed.) (2000). The Consul Luigi Palma di Cesnola 1832-1904: Life and Deeds.
  2. 2.R. H. Lang (1905). “Reminiscences: Archaeological Researches in Cyprus”. Blackwood's Magazine 177, 622-639.