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Epigrapher

Swinton

fl. 1750–1766 · United Kingdom

British epigrapher, active 1750–1766.

Life and work

  1. 1750–1753
    Cobham's bibliography lists 'Swinton, J. Inscriptiones Citieae (bis). 4to, Oxford, 1750 and 1753' under Epigraphy and Language

    OxfordCobham 1908, p. 507

  2. c. 1766
    Mariti reports that Mr Swinton had supposed, with some hesitation, certain inscriptions near the church of St Lazarus to be Phoenician; Niebuhr in 1766 went to see them and found them Armenian; Parisin the Maronite interpreter had also, Mariti believed, been Swinton's guide

    LarnacaMariti 1909, p. 88-89

Connections

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Fieldwork & employment

Sources

  1. 1.Giovanni Mariti (1909). Travels in the Island of Cyprus. Cambridge, Cambridge University Press.
  2. 2.C. D. Cobham (1908). Excerpta Cypria: Materials for a History of Cyprus. Cambridge, Cambridge University Press. Online
  3. 3.J. Swinton (1750-1753). Inscriptiones Citieae. Oxford.