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Description: | The Antiquities Department of the Fitzwilliam Museum looks after a collection of several hundred items relating to ancient Cyprus, including ceramics, glass, stone, jewellery, figurines and inscriptions - with ceramic and glass especially well represented.
The collection represents Cyprus from the beginning of the Early Bronze Age (2500BC) to the Late Roman period (400AD), providing a selection of the artifacts across a 3,000 year period. The collection is recognized by the A. G. Leventis Foundation as one of the most important collections of ancient Cypriot archaeology in the United Kingdom, Cypriot objects are displayed in the A.G. Leventis Gallery of Cypriot Antiquities and 253 objects are recorded in detail in the published catalogue available through the Foundation. The Cypriot objects have been acquired through a combination of excavation, gift, bequest and purchase from 1864 onwards. | Format: | physical | Subjects: | Ceramics Archaeology Glass | Source: | Cornucopia - Discovering UK Collections | FAX: | 01223 332 923 | Telephone: | 01223 332 900 | Identifier: | oai:www.cornucopia.org.uk:8363 | Format: | physical | Go to resource |
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