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Cyprus Exploration Fund

Also known as: Cyprus Exploration Fund; primary name: Cyprus Exploration Fund
Details: organisation; institution/organisation; British
Biography: Goring E. 1988, A mischievous pastime. Digging on Cyprus in the 19th century (Edinburgh).. Gill D. 2011, Sifting the soil of Greece. The early years of the British School at Athens (1886-1919). BICS Supplement 111 (London). Gill D. 2008, Cyprus Exploration Fund [with bibliography of major publications of discoveries], http://bsahistory.blogspot.com/2008/03/cyprus-exploration-fund.html
Bibliography: British scholarly body established in 1887 to carry out scientific excavation on Cyprus under the control of subscribing academic institutions, such as the Society for the Promotion of Hellenic Studies in London, the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford, the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, and a number of leading British public schools. The CEF explored at Kouklia (Old Paphos), Polis-tis-Khrysokhou (ancient Marion), Limniti, and Salamis between 1888 and 1890. John Myres continued the work at a number of sites around including Kalopsidha, Lapithos, and Larnaka in 1894. The majority of the finds went to the British Museum as the national collection, but the subscribing museums and colleges also received a share of the artefacts recovered. For details of the CEF and its operation, see Goring 1988, esp. 22-4, 27-9; Gill 2011, 157-64 for a longer (though in places inaccurate) account; also Gill 2008.

572 related objects

alabastron

Museum number: 1967,1102.32 |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Marion-Arsinoe

alabastron

Museum number: 1890,0731.18 |
Cultures/periods: x101854 Classical Greek |
Production date: 550BC-375BC |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Marion-Arsinoe

altar

Museum number: 1888,1115.17 |
Cultures/periods: x108451 Cypro-Classical II |
Production date: 320BC |
Production place: Made in:Paphos (district) |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Sanctuary of Aphrodite (Kouklia)

altar

Museum number: 1890,0731.5 |
Cultures/periods: x14450 Roman |
Production date: 18-23 |
Production place: Made in:Cyprus |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Soli

amphora

Museum number: 1890,0731.34 |
Cultures/periods: IonianArchaic Greek |
Production date: 525 BC-500 BC |
Production place: Made in:Ionia (Greece) |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Marion-Arsinoe

amphora

Museum number: 1890,0731.48 |
Cultures/periods: x107550 Cypro-Archaic II |
Production date: 600BC-450BC |
Production place: Made in:Cyprus |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Marion-Arsinoe

amphoriskos

Museum number: 1888,1112.5.+ |
Cultures/periods: x14450 Roman

amphoriskos

Museum number: 1967,1101.27 |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Marion-Arsinoe

amphoriskos

Museum number: 1888,1112.3.+ |
Cultures/periods: x14450 Roman |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Cyprus

amphoriskos

Museum number: 1967,1101.28 |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Marion-Arsinoe

amphoriskos

Museum number: 1967,1102.21 |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:KoukliaExcavated/Findspot:Polis-tis-Khrysokhou

amphoriskos

Museum number: 1967,1102.20 |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Marion-Arsinoe

amulet-case

Museum number: 1890,0731.8 |
Cultures/periods: GreekClassical Greek |
Production date: 5thC BC-2ndC BC |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Marion-Arsinoe

animal remains

Museum number: 1967,1104.12 |
Cultures/periods: Iron AgeHellenistic |
Production date: 1050 BC-300 AD |
Production place: Made in:Cyprus |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Salamis (Cyprus)

artefact

Museum number: 1969,1231.64 |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Cyprus

artefact

Museum number: 1909,0310.118 |
Cultures/periods: x105372 Cypro-Archaic |
Production date: 650 BC-550 BC |
Production place: Made in:Cyprus |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Salamis (Cyprus)

aryballos

Museum number: 1967,1104.9 |
Cultures/periods: x13918 Greek |
Production date: 6000 BC-500 BC |
Production place: Made in:Corinth |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Salamis (Cyprus)Excavated/Findspot:Marion-Arsinoe

askos

Museum number: 1967,1102.23 |
Cultures/periods: x13677 Attic |
Production date: 4thC BC(early) |
Production place: Made in:Attica (Greece) |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Cyprus

askos

Museum number: 1890,0731.28 |
Cultures/periods: x13677 Attic |
Production date: 470BC-400BC |
Production place: Made in:Attica (Greece) |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Marion-Arsinoe

askos

Museum number: 1967,1101.53 |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Marion-Arsinoe

askos

Museum number: 1967,1101.60 |
Cultures/periods: x13677 Attic |
Production place: Made in:Attica (Greece) |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Marion-Arsinoe

askos; flask

Museum number: 1967,1101.61 |
Cultures/periods: x13677 Attic |
Production date: 475 BC-400 BC |
Production place: Made in:Attica (Greece) |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Marion-Arsinoe

askos

Museum number: 1967,1101.59 |
Cultures/periods: x13677 Attic |
Production date: 450 BC-400 BC |
Production place: Made in:Attica (Greece) |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Marion-Arsinoe

askos

Museum number: 1967,1101.58 |
Cultures/periods: x13677 Attic |
Production place: Made in:Attica (Greece) |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Marion-Arsinoe

band-cup

Museum number: 1891,0806.84.+ |
Producer name: BIOG57733 Attributed to:The Centaur Painter |
Cultures/periods: x13613 Archaic Greek |
Production date: 540BC-520BC |
Production place: Made in:Attica (Greece) |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Marion-Arsinoe

base

Museum number: 1891,0806.5 |
Cultures/periods: x14450 Roman |
Production date: 14-37 |
Production place: Made in:Cyprus |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Salamis (Cyprus)

beaker

Museum number: 1890,0808.1 |
Cultures/periods: x14450 Roman |
Production date: 1 -100 |
Production place: Made in:Syria |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Marion-Arsinoe

block

Museum number: 1891,0806.17 |
Cultures/periods: x14450 Roman |
Production date: 100 AD-200 AD |
Production place: Made in:Cyprus |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Salamis (Cyprus)

block

Museum number: 1891,0806.26 |
Cultures/periods: x14450 Roman |
Production date: 100 AD-300 AD |
Production place: Made in:Cyprus |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Salamis (Cyprus)

block

Museum number: 1891,0806.6 |
Cultures/periods: x14450 Roman |
Production date: 212-217 |
Production place: Made in:Cyprus |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Salamis (Cyprus)

block

Museum number: 1891,0806.25 |
Cultures/periods: x14450 Roman |
Production date: 100 AD-200 AD |
Production place: Made in:Cyprus |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Salamis (Cyprus)

block

Museum number: 1890,0731.3 |
Cultures/periods: GreekCypro-Archaic II |
Production date: 500 BC-400 BC |
Production place: Made in:Cyprus |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Marion-Arsinoe

block

Museum number: 1891,0806.13 |
Cultures/periods: x13945 Hellenistic |
Production date: 150 BC-100 BC |
Production place: Made in:Cyprus |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Salamis (Cyprus)

block

Museum number: 1891,0806.23 |
Cultures/periods: x14450 Roman |
Production date: 50 BC-300 AD |
Production place: Made in:Cyprus |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Salamis (Cyprus)

block

Museum number: 1891,0806.7 |
Cultures/periods: x14451 Roman Imperial |
Production date: 1 -50 |
Production place: Made in:Cyprus |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Salamis (Cyprus)

block

Museum number: 1891,0806.27 |
Cultures/periods: x14450 Roman |
Production date: 200 -300 late 3C3-early C4th |
Production place: Made in:Cyprus |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Salamis (Cyprus)

block

Museum number: 1891,0806.22 |
Cultures/periods: x14450 Roman |
Production date: 1 AD-100 AD |
Production place: Made in:Cyprus |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Salamis (Cyprus)

block

Museum number: 1891,0806.24 |
Cultures/periods: x14450 Roman |
Production date: 100 AD-200 AD |
Production place: Made in:Cyprus |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Salamis (Cyprus)

block

Museum number: 1888,1115.16 |
Cultures/periods: x13945 Hellenistic |
Production date: 109BC |
Production place: Made in:Kouklia |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Sanctuary of Aphrodite (Kouklia)

block; stela

Museum number: 1890,0731.2.a-b |
Cultures/periods: Cypro-Archaic IICypro-Classical |
Production date: 600BC-300BC |
Production place: Made in:Marion-Arsinoe |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Marion-Arsinoe

block

Museum number: 1891,0806.19 |
Cultures/periods: x13945 Hellenistic |
Production date: 300 BC-200 BC |
Production place: Made in:Cyprus |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Salamis (Cyprus)

block

Museum number: 1891,0806.16 |
Cultures/periods: x14450 Roman |
Production date: 100 AD-300 AD |
Production place: Made in:Cyprus |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Salamis (Cyprus)

block

Museum number: 1891,0806.14 |
Cultures/periods: x14450 Roman |
Production date: 1 AD-100 AD |
Production place: Made in:Cyprus |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Salamis (Cyprus)

block

Museum number: 1891,0806.8 |
Cultures/periods: x14450 Roman |
Production date: 117-138 |
Production place: Made in:Cyprus |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Salamis (Cyprus)

block; tombstone

Museum number: 1958,0423.1 |
Cultures/periods: Cypro-Archaic IICypro-Classical |
Production date: 600 BC-300 BC |
Production place: Made in:Cyprus |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Marion-Arsinoe

block

Museum number: 1891,0806.11 |
Cultures/periods: x14450 Roman |
Production date: 50 BC-300 AD |
Production place: Made in:Cyprus |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Salamis (Cyprus)

block

Museum number: 1891,0806.15 |
Cultures/periods: x14450 Roman |
Production date: late 2nd-3rd |
Production place: Made in:Cyprus |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Salamis (Cyprus)

block

Museum number: 1891,0806.12.a-c |
Cultures/periods: HellenisticRoman |
Production date: 100 BC-100 AD |
Production place: Made in:Cyprus |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Salamis (Cyprus)

block

Museum number: 1891,0806.30 |
Cultures/periods: HellenisticRoman |
Production date: 300 BC-300 AD |
Production place: Made in:Cyprus |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Salamis (Cyprus)

block

Museum number: 1891,0806.18 |
Cultures/periods: HellenisticRoman |
Production date: 300 BC-AD 300 |
Production place: Made in:Cyprus |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Salamis (Cyprus)

block

Museum number: 1891,0806.10 |
Cultures/periods: x14450 Roman |
Production date: 50 BC-300 AD |
Production place: Made in:Cyprus |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Salamis (Cyprus)

block

Museum number: 1891,0806.29 |
Cultures/periods: x14450 Roman |
Production date: 50 BC-300 AD |
Production place: Made in:Cyprus |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Salamis (Cyprus)

block; tombstone

Museum number: 1890,0731.1 |
Production place: Made in:Cyprus |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Marion-Arsinoe

block

Museum number: 1891,0806.4 |
Cultures/periods: x14451 Roman Imperial |
Production date: 50 -100 |
Production place: Made in:Cyprus |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Salamis (Cyprus)

bolsal

Museum number: 1890,0731.31 |
Cultures/periods: Classical GreekAttic |
Production date: 450 BC-300 BC |
Production place: Made in:Attica (Greece) |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Marion-Arsinoe

bottle

Museum number: 1967,1101.47 |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Marion-Arsinoe

bottle

Museum number: 1967,1101.55 |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Marion-Arsinoe

bottle

Museum number: 1967,1101.56 |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Marion-Arsinoe

bowl

Museum number: 1967,1101.46 |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Marion-Arsinoe

bowl

Museum number: 1892,0420.1 |
Cultures/periods: x14450 Roman |
Production date: 1 -200 |
Production place: Made in:CyprusMade in:Syria (historic) |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Salamis (Cyprus)

bowl

Museum number: 1914,0307.2 |
Cultures/periods: AtticHellenistic |
Production date: 310 BC-280 BC |
Production place: Made in:Attica (Greece) |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Salamis (Cyprus)

bowl

Museum number: 1914,0307.1 |
Cultures/periods: x13677 Attic |
Production date: 400BC-300BC |
Production place: Made in:Attica (Greece) |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Salamis (Cyprus)

bowl

Museum number: 1891,0806.77 |
Cultures/periods: AtticClassical Greek |
Production date: 430 BC-400 BC |
Production place: Made in:Attica (Greece) |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Salamis (Cyprus)Excavated/Findspot:Marion-Arsinoe

bowl

Museum number: 1888,1112.2.+ |
Production date: 50BC - 25AD

bowl

Museum number: 1914,0307.6 |
Cultures/periods: x13677 Attic |
Production date: 400BC-300BC |
Production place: Made in:Attica (Greece) |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Salamis (Cyprus)

bowl

Museum number: 1967,1103.12 |
Cultures/periods: x13992 Iron Age |
Production date: 1050 BC-50 BC |
Production place: Made in:Cyprus |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Cyprus

bowl

Museum number: 1969,0908.1 |
Cultures/periods: x13918 Greek |
Production place: Made in:Greece |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Marion-Arsinoe

bowl

Museum number: 1890,0808.2 |
Cultures/periods: x14450 Roman |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Marion-Arsinoe

bowl

Museum number: 1914,0307.5 |
Cultures/periods: x13677 Attic |
Production date: 400BC-300BC |
Production place: Made in:Attica (Greece) |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Salamis (Cyprus)

bowl

Museum number: 1967,1101.12 |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Marion-Arsinoe

bowl

Museum number: 1890,0808.3 |
Cultures/periods: x14450 Roman |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Marion-Arsinoe

bowl

Museum number: 1914,0307.7 |
Cultures/periods: x13677 Attic |
Production date: 400BC-300BC |
Production place: Made in:Attica (Greece) |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Salamis (Cyprus)

bowl; skyphos

Museum number: 1891,0806.71 |
Cultures/periods: x107549 Cypro-Archaic I |
Production date: 750 BC-600 BC |
Production place: Made in:Cyprus |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Salamis (Cyprus)

bowl

Museum number: 1888,1112.1.+ |
Cultures/periods: x14450 Roman |
Production date: 100-200 100 - 200 |
Production place: Made in:Cyprus |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Kouklia

bowl

Museum number: 1914,0307.8 |
Cultures/periods: x13677 Attic |
Production date: 310 BC-280 BC |
Production place: Made in:Attica (Greece) |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Salamis (Cyprus)

bowl

Museum number: 1891,0806.93 |
Cultures/periods: x13817 East Greek |
Production date: 600BC - 570BC |
Production place: Made in:Teos |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Salamis (Cyprus)

bowl

Museum number: 1914,0307.3 |
Cultures/periods: x13677 Attic |
Production date: 400BC-300BC |
Production place: Made in:Attica (Greece) |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Salamis (Cyprus)

bowl

Museum number: 1967,1102.12 |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Cyprus

bracelet; armlet

Museum number: 1890,0731.6 |
Cultures/periods: x13773 Cypriot |
Production date: 475BC-400BC |
Production place: Made in:Cyprus |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Marion-Arsinoe

bracelet; armlet

Museum number: 1890,0731.7 |
Cultures/periods: x13773 Cypriot |
Production date: 475BC-400BC |
Production place: Made in:Cyprus |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Marion-Arsinoe

brazier; stove

Museum number: 1891,0806.62 |
Cultures/periods: x13945 Hellenistic |
Production date: 3rdC BC(late)-1stC BC(mid) |
Production place: Made in:CyprusMade in:Greece |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Salamis (Cyprus)

capital

Museum number: 1891,0806.1 |
Cultures/periods: x13945 Hellenistic |
Production date: 300 BC-250 BC |
Production place: Made in:Cyprus |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Salamis (Cyprus)

capital; stela

Museum number: 1890,0731.4 |
Cultures/periods: Cypro-ArchaicCypro-Classical I |
Production date: 750 BC-400 BC |
Production place: Made in:Cyprus |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Marion-Arsinoe

column krater

Museum number: 1891,0806.72 |
Cultures/periods: x13817 East Greek |
Production date: 600BC-550BC |
Production place: Made in:Ionia (Greece) |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Salamis (Cyprus)

container

Museum number: 1888,1115.12 |
Cultures/periods: HellenisticRoman |
Production date: 300 BC-300 AD |
Production place: Made in:Cyprus |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Kouklia

cup

Museum number: 1890,0731.25 |
Producer name: BIOG57733 Attributed to:The Centaur Painter |
Cultures/periods: AtticArchaic Greek |
Production date: 550BC-530BC |
Production place: Made in:Attica (Greece) |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Marion-Arsinoe

cup; skyphos

Museum number: 1914,0307.11 |
Cultures/periods: AtticClassical Greek |
Production date: 400 BC-300 BC |
Production place: Made in:Attica (Greece) |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Salamis (Cyprus)

cup

Museum number: 1890,0731.24 |
Cultures/periods: x13677 Attic |
Production date: 500BC |
Production place: Made in:Attica (Greece) |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Marion-Arsinoe

cup

Museum number: 1967,1101.23 |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Marion-Arsinoe

cup

Museum number: 1890,0731.58 |
Cultures/periods: x13677 Attic |
Production date: 530BC-500BC |
Production place: Made in:Attica (Greece) |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Marion-Arsinoe

disc

Museum number: 1891,0806.68 |
Cultures/periods: Iron AgeHellenistic |
Production date: 1050 BC-300 AD |
Production place: Made in:Cyprus |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Salamis (Cyprus)

dish

Museum number: 1914,0307.12 |
Cultures/periods: x13677 Attic |
Production date: 400BC-370BC |
Production place: Made in:Attica (Greece) |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Salamis (Cyprus)

dish

Museum number: 1914,0307.14 |
Cultures/periods: x13677 Attic |
Production date: 400BC-370BC |
Production place: Made in:Attica (Greece) |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Salamis (Cyprus)

dish

Museum number: 1914,0307.13 |
Cultures/periods: x13677 Attic |
Production date: 400BC-370BC |
Production place: Made in:Attica (Greece) |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Salamis (Cyprus)

dish

Museum number: 1891,0806.78 |
Cultures/periods: x101854 Classical Greek |
Production date: 475 BC-300 BC |
Production place: Made in:Attica (Greece) |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Salamis (Cyprus)Excavated/Findspot:Marion-Arsinoe

dish

Museum number: 1890,0731.45 |
Cultures/periods: x107547 Cypro-Classical |
Production date: 350BC |
Production place: Made in:Cyprus |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Marion-Arsinoe

drinking-cup

Museum number: 1888,1115.8 |
Cultures/periods: x14450 Roman |
Production date: 1-100 |
Production place: Made in:Tarsus |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Kouklia

ear-ring

Museum number: 1888,1115.13 |
Cultures/periods: x14450 Roman |
Production date: 1 AD-200 AD |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Kouklia

figure

Museum number: 1890,0731.51 |
Cultures/periods: x108451 Cypro-Classical II |
Production date: 400 BC-300 BC |
Production place: Made in:Marion-Arsinoe |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Marion-Arsinoe

figure

Museum number: 1890,0731.50 |
Cultures/periods: x108451 Cypro-Classical II |
Production date: 400 BC-300 BC |
Production place: Made in:Marion-Arsinoe |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Marion-Arsinoe

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