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Collector · Scholar · Cataloguer

V. E. G. Kenna

fl. 1968–1983

Clergyman, active 1968–1983. Worked with Hector Catling; wrote with Paul Åström and Lena Söderhjelm.

Life and work

  1. 1971
    Published the catalogue of the Bronze Age Cypriote seals in the British Museum.

    Kenna 1971

  2. 1972
    Contributed 'Glyptic' (pp. 623-674) to SCE IV:1D.

    LundKenna 1972, pp. 623-674

Connections

7 people
Paul ÅströmLena SöderhjelmMervyn PophamIngrid WrannertElisabeth ÅströmM.-L. VollenweiderHector CatlingV. E. G. Kenna
ScholarshipColleagues

Scholarship

Colleagues & contacts

Objects

  • Kenna's collection of Cypriote seals, nos. 226-241 in the Geneva catalogue (incl. cubic seal no. 230, scaraboid no. 238, human-head seals 239-241), previously published by Vollenweider 1983

    Musée d'Art et d'Histoire, Geneva nos. 226-241 (catalogue numbers)by 2004Hermary 2005

Sources

  1. 1.A. Hermary (2005). “Review of V. Karageorghis et al., Ancient Cypriote Art in the Musée d'Art et d'Histoire, Geneva”. Cahiers du Centre d'Études Chypriotes 35.
  2. 2.H. W. Catling (2020). Kouklia: Late Bronze Age and Early Iron Age Tombs at Palaepaphos 1951-1954. Oxford, BAR Publishing.
  3. 3.Robert Stuart Merrillees (2005). “Towards a fuller history of the Cyprus Museum”. Cahiers du Centre d'Études Chypriotes 35, 191-214. Online
  4. 4.V. E. G. Kenna (1972). “Glyptic”. The Swedish Cyprus Expedition IV, Part 1D: The Late Cypriote Bronze Age. Other Arts and Crafts, 623-674. Lund.
  5. 5.V. E. G. Kenna (1971). Catalogue of the Cypriote seals of the Bronze Age in the British Museum. Göteborg.
  6. 6.V. E. G. Kenna (1968). “The Kouklia ring from Evreti”. Bulletin de correspondance hellénique 92, 157-161.
  7. 7.Christie's (2001). Sale 9296, lot 150 (Cypriot Red Polished jug, ex Rev. Kenna).