Henry Hunter Calvert's Collection of Amphora Stamps and that of Sidney Smith Saunders
Henry Hunter Calvert died at his family house at Cannakale in 1880 a few months after escaping from the rioting in Alexandria where he was British consul. The consulate was sacked and his collections destroyed. He had however sent an annotated list of his Greek amphora stamps to the British Museum, presumably to Charles Newton, with whom he and his brother Frank had frequent correspondence. This list was forgotten until the present writer 'found' it in a box-file in the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities (its title at the time). Henry Hunter Calvert's Collection of Amphora Stamps and that of Sidney Smith Saunders publicly presents that material.
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Henry Hunter Calvert's Collection of Amphora Stamps and that of Sidney Smith Saunders
Henry Hunter Calvert died at his family house at Cannakale in 1880 a few months after escaping from the rioting in Alexandria where he was British consul. The consulate was sacked and his collections destroyed. He had however sent an annotated list of his Greek amphora stamps to the British Museum, presumably to Charles Newton, with whom he and his brother Frank had frequent correspondence. This list was forgotten until the present writer 'found' it in a box-file in the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities (its title at the time). Henry Hunter Calvert's Collection of Amphora Stamps and that of Sidney Smith Saunders publicly presents that material.
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Henry Hunter Calvert's Collection of Amphora Stamps and that of Sidney Smith Saunders

Henry Hunter Calvert's Collection of Amphora Stamps and that of Sidney Smith Saunders

by Alan Johnston
Henry Hunter Calvert's Collection of Amphora Stamps and that of Sidney Smith Saunders

Henry Hunter Calvert's Collection of Amphora Stamps and that of Sidney Smith Saunders

by Alan Johnston

Overview

Henry Hunter Calvert died at his family house at Cannakale in 1880 a few months after escaping from the rioting in Alexandria where he was British consul. The consulate was sacked and his collections destroyed. He had however sent an annotated list of his Greek amphora stamps to the British Museum, presumably to Charles Newton, with whom he and his brother Frank had frequent correspondence. This list was forgotten until the present writer 'found' it in a box-file in the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities (its title at the time). Henry Hunter Calvert's Collection of Amphora Stamps and that of Sidney Smith Saunders publicly presents that material.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781789696431
Publisher: Archaeopress Publishing
Publication date: 06/04/2020
Pages: 118
Product dimensions: 6.89(w) x 9.65(h) x (d)

About the Author

Alan Johnston is Emeritus Reader in Classical Archaeology at University College London. He has published widely on Greek archaeology, notably ceramics and epigraphy, having contributed to excavation reports from Aigina, Antikythera, Gravisca, Kition, Kommos and Kythera. Recently he has been working at the British Museum with the Naukratis Project team and on a catalogue of amphora stamps in the collection, and this publication is an offshoot of that work.

Table of Contents

Introduction 1

Catalogue 3

Baetica 4

Brindisi 5

Thasos 6

Chios 7

Kos 7

Knidos 9

Group III 10

Group IVa (180-167 BC) 10

Group IVb (167-146 BC) 11

Group V (146-108 BC) 12

Group VI (108 - 50 BC) 12

Knidian residue 13

Rhodes 15

Eponyms 15

Rhodian fabricants 46

Fragmentary or lost fabricant names 69

Only secondary stamps preserved 70

Eponym or fabricant stamps 71

Pamphylia 75

Egypt 75

Comment 82

Kos and Knidos 83

Rhodes 84

Chronological spread 85

Unprovenanced 85

Index of names 86

Rhodian seconday stamps 96

Symbols (Rhodian unless otherwise stated) 97

Plates 99

Bibliography 104

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