Excavator · Archaeologist · Donor
Th. Macridy
fl. 1901–1936
Excavator and archaeologist, active 1901–1936. Gave to Musée Benaki; worked for Constantinople Museum.
Life and work
- 1902–1904Excavated for the Ottoman Imperial Museum at the Eshmun temple at Sidon (1902–1904), whose small finds show Cypriot influence, and at the er-Rachidiyeh necropolis near Tyre, where he judged the pottery to be of Cypriot character.
- 1902–1904Led the Ottoman Imperial Museum excavations at the temple of Echmoun at Sidon (1902-1904), not Cyprus; Cyprus appears only as an influence noted in the finds.
Ernest Leroux, Revue Archeologique (quatrieme Serie Tome.6) (1905)
- 1903Conducted excavations at Sidon in 1903 on behalf of the Imperial Museum, which yielded painted stelae later reported.
Catalogue des sculptures grecques, romaines et byzantines / (1912)
- 1904Discovered Phoenician terracotta figurines at Sidon (Saïda), cited with his 1904 publication on the temple of Echinoun; the passage compares Cypriot types to his finds.
- 1904Conducted excavations at Saïda whose finds added remarkable Phoenician figurines to the museum's collection in 1904; no Cypriot link stated.
Dacier, Émile (1876-1952), La Revue de l'art ancien et moderne (1907-01), p. 927
- 1904Discovered the Phoenician terracottas at Sidon (Saîda) and published Le temple d'Echmoun à Sidon in 1904, cited as comparison for the figurines described.
- 1906–1910Archaeologist who excavated at Cyzicus, near Samsun (1906) and Langaza (1910) and gave Greek and Near Eastern antiquities to the Benaki Museum.
- 1906–1907Excavated the settlement 18 km southwest of Samsun in 1906, finding a fortified citadel and quality architectural roof terracottas; cited as MVAG 12, 1907.
- 1909Excavated the Eshmun temple near Sidon and, in 1909, at Raqqa for the Constantinople Museum.
III.—<i>Medieval finds at Al Mina in North Syria</i> (1938), p. 58
- 1910Described a Macedonian tumulus tomb at Langaza, discovered in 1910, though not Cypriot material.
Revue de philologie, de littérature et d'histoire anciennes 36.1912
- 1929Excavated fragments of architectural sculpture at the Theotokos church of the Lips monastery in 1929, now in the Istanbul Archaeological Museum.
The Middle Byzantine Sanctuary Barrier: Templon or Iconostasis? (1981), p. 7
- UndatedFound the reliefs at the gates of Cyzicus, which show the mixture of Ionian and Iranian influences; the passage credits him with the finds.
Dacier, Émile (1876-1952), La Revue de l'art ancien et moderne (1921-06), p. 773
- UndatedDescribed the pottery from the Rashidieh tombs near Tyre (1904) as wholly Cypriot; he also published the Langaza tumulus and excavated at the Lips monastery in Istanbul (1929).
Revue des revues et publications d'académies relatives à l'antiquité classique 36.1911
- UndatedPublished the description of a Macedonian tumulus at Langaza with tomb and bronze ornaments; not Cypriot, so likely irrelevant.
Revue de philologie, de littérature et d'histoire anciennes 36.1912
- UndatedDescribed the pottery from the Rashidieh tombs near Tyre as wholly Cypriot and concluded the tombs held foreign enemies who took part in the siege of Tyre.
C. Leonard Woolley, La Phénicie et les peuples égéens (1921), p. 191
- UndatedExcavated the temple of Eshmoun and discovered a standing child torso leaning on a column, later linked to Scopas' school.
Académie des inscriptions et belles-lettres. Comptes rendus des séances de l'année 1923 (1923)
- UndatedExcavated the necropolis of er-Rachidiyeh near Tyre and, per the author, judged the Cypriot-type pottery there to be of Cypriot character.
- UndatedExcavated the necropolis of er-Rachidiyeh near Tyre and judged its imitated pottery to be copies of Cypriot ware.
Vincent, Louis-Hugues, 1872-1960, Canaan d'après l'exploration récente (1907)
- UndatedContinued his report on the temple of Bodashtart, illustrating smaller finds and discussing Egyptian influence on pottery with analogies to Cyprus.
- UndatedNamed as other
Mentioned in
2 mentionsDocuments · 2
- La Phénicie et les peuples égéens
Woolley 1921
- The History and Archaeology of Phoenicia
Sader 2019
Sources
- 1.Guide du Musée Benaki (1936).
- 2.Dacier, Émile (1876-1952), La Revue de l'art ancien et moderne (1921-06).
- 3.Der Neue Pauly (1996-2008 supplement).
- 4.Revue de philologie, de littérature et d'histoire anciennes 36.1912.
- 5.Revue des revues et publications d'académies relatives à l'antiquité classique 36.1911.
- 6.C. Leonard Woolley, La Phénicie et les peuples égéens (1921).
- 7.The Middle Byzantine Sanctuary Barrier: Templon or Iconostasis? (1981).
- 8.Revue archéologique (1905-07).
- 9.Catalogue des sculptures grecques, romaines et byzantines / (1912).
- 10.Mendel, Gustave (1873-1938), Catalogue des figurines grecques de terre cuite : musées impériaux ottomans (1908).
- 11.Dacier, Émile (1876-1952), La Revue de l'art ancien et moderne (1907-01).
- 12.Académie des inscriptions et belles-lettres. Comptes rendus des séances de l'année 1923 (1923).
- 13.كنعان وفقًا للاستكشافات الحديثة 3.
- 14.Istanbul. Arkeoloji Müzeleri. Klasik Eserler Müzesi; Mendel, Gustave, 1873-, Catalogue des figurines grecques de terre cuite (1908).
- 15.Vincent, Louis-Hugues, 1872-1960, Canaan d'après l'exploration récente (1907).
- 16.Palestine Exploration Fund : quarterly statement (1869).
- 17.Ernest Leroux, Revue Archeologique (quatrieme Serie Tome.6) (1905).
- 18.The History and Archaeology of Phoenicia (2019).
- 19.III.—<i>Medieval finds at Al Mina in North Syria</i> (1938).
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