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Traveller / antiquarian · Scholar

Th. Kotschy

fl. 1859–1865

Traveller and scholar, active 1859–1865. Wrote with F. Unger.

Life and work

  1. 1859
    Published 'Reise nach Cypern und Klein-Asien, 1859' in Petermann's Mittheilungen vol. 8 (Gotha, 1862), listed in Cobham's bibliography.

    CyprusCobham 1908

  2. 1862
    With F. Unger visited the Spilaion tis Reginas tomb at Kouklia, a few weeks before M. de Vogue, and noticed the slope of the chamber roof; both state that the second inscription was found in the debris.

    KoukliaMaier 1992, n. 15Tatton-Brown 2001, n. 21

  3. 1865
    Co-authored Die Insel Cypern (Vienna) with F. Unger.

    ViennaCobham 1908Merrillees 2016

Connections

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Scholarship

Sources

  1. 1.F. G. Maier (1992). “A tomb of Paphian Kings: the 'Spilaion tis Regainas' at Kouklia-Arkalon”. Cahiers du Centre d'Études Chypriotes 18. Online
  2. 2.Veronica Tatton-Brown (ed.) (2001). Cyprus in the 19th Century AD: Fact, Fancy and Fiction. Oxford, Oxbow.
  3. 3.C. D. Cobham (1908). Excerpta Cypria: Materials for a History of Cyprus. Cambridge, Cambridge University Press. Online
  4. 4.Robert Stuart Merrillees (2016). “Studies on the provenances of the stele of Sargon II from Larnaca (Kition) and the two so-called Dhali (Idalion) silver bowls in the Louvre”. Cahiers du Centre d'Études Chypriotes 46, 349-386. Online