Henry Hunter Calverts Collection of Amphora Stamps and That of - Sidney Smith Saunder

Henry Hunter Calvert was a British consul in Alexandria from 1857 to 1882, at which date he and many others fled from the riots in the city. The consulate was sacked, destroying Calvert's collections, but an annotated list of the Greek amphora stamps had been sent to the British Museum, published here for the first time.

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.

Product details

• Authors: Alan Johnston
• Publisher: Archaeopress bar
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.06.2020
• EAN: 9781789696431
• ISBN: 978-1-78969-643-1
• No. of pages: 114
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Antiquity; Non-fiction book > History > Pre and early history, antiquity