Thanks to the tireless work of Dr Elena Poyadji-Richter, it has now been possible to scientifically process the first 320 objects from the private collection, which comprises more than 1200 objects, and make them accessible to an international audience. The work, which was made significantly more difficult in the context of the Covid19 pandemic, is now finally ending in a 487-page important work on the archeology of Cyprus and the immense collection of Cypriot Antiquities based in Leipzig, Germany. Amongst these artifacts are ceramics, limestone statues and statuettes, terracotta figurines, coins, jewellery, metal and glass objects. They date across all periods of ancient Cypriot art from the Neolithic to the Roman periods.

The work is dedicated to the Cypriot archaeologist Prof Dr Vassos Karageorghis, who died at the end of 2021 and who initiated this publication. At his expressed request, the catalog should appear primarily in English and German. The English volume is now finished and we hope that this book will help to remember his achievements for Cypriot archeology, at least to some extent — not least because one of his most important concerns was to make the archeology of the island of Cyprus better known worldwide and to publish foreign collections.

The publication is divided into two parts, with the first part containing introductory texts and reporting on the extensive provenance research on the collection objects and the different archaeometric analysis. The second part is the enormous catalog of 320 selected objects from the SAM, which are presented with over 770 photos and described and classified using the latest knowledge by 14 important scientists from the archeology of Ancient Cyprus. The artifacts published in the volume are characterized by their unique artistry and rarity among their type, yet are also representative of Cypriot art. Some objects reflect Greek influences, whilst others reflect an amalgamation of foreign influences.

Special thanks from the Institute go to Dr Poyadji-Richter and the other authors of the volume: Dr Peter Cosyns, Dr Sabine Fourrier, Alexander Gatzsche, Dr Anna Georgiadou, Dr Artemis Georgiou, Prof Artemis Karnava, Prof Vasiliki Kassianidou, Dr Gabriele Koiner, Dr John Lund, Dr Evangeline Markou, Dr Sergios Menelaou, Irene Pamer, Dr Nikolas Papadimitriou, Dr Joanna Smith and Dr Christine Winkelmann.

The richly illustrated publication with well documented essays and entries, intends to introduce to scientists and to the wider public a significant part of Alexander Malios’s remarkable collection of Cypriot Antiquities, one of the largest of its kind.

The official presentation of the book will take place on September 27, 2023 at the Archaeological Research Unit of the University of Cyprus in Nicosia. The exact procedure and access to this event will be informed separately in advance and the information will be supplemented at this point.

An insight into the contents of the book can be found here: Link to Academia.edu

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Der Beitrag First publication out now! Alexander Malios Collection, Volume 1, Cypriot Antiquities erschien zuerst auf Amricha.