Colonial official · Numismatist · Collector
William James Massy
fl. 1886–1892 · United Kingdom
Army officer; private secretary to Sir Henry Bulwer, active 1886–1892. Gave to Henry Ernest Gascoyne Bulwer.
Life and work
- 1886–1892Gave Bulwer a clay tablet with an important Cypro-Syllabic inscription (c.400-300 BC). Published by Meister in 1910 while still Bulwer's; bought by the British Museum in 1950 from Rev. W. C. Hall, who had perhaps acquired it at the Heydon Hall house sale (Kiely and Merrillees say its history between 1910 and Hall is unknown).
Connections
1 personSales, gifts & bequests
- Gave to Henry Ernest Gascoyne Bulwer
Fieldwork & employment
- Employed by Henry Ernest Gascoyne Bulwer
Colleagues & contacts
- Connected with Henry Ernest Gascoyne Bulwer
Objects
Clay tablet with Cypro-Syllabic inscription, c.400-300 BC
British MuseumKiely & Merrillees 2012, p. 19
Sources
- 1.T. Kiely, R. S. Merrillees (2012). “The archaeological interests of Samuel Brown, government engineer, and his circle of acquaintances in late nineteenth-century Cyprus”. Cahiers du Centre d'Études Chypriotes 42, 245-272. Online