Archaeological collection of the University of Rostock

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The Archaeological Collection of the University of Rostock is the archaeological teaching collection of the Heinrich Schliemann Institute for Classical Studies at the University of Rostock .

Collection history and description

The archaeological collection of the University of Rostock is primarily a teaching collection and to a limited extent also publicly accessible. It is housed in two rooms in the institute's building. The director of the collection is also the holder of the Chair of Classical Archeology, currently Detlev Wannagat . The curator position has been occupied by Christian Russenberger since May 2018 .

The collection consists of three parts. First there is the original collection of ancient Egyptian, Greek and Roman artifacts , most of which can be assigned to cabaret. There are also several large-format marble works, including the Rostock Adonis sarcophagus and an anthropomorphic coffin from Abu Sir al-Malaq . The second part of the collection consists of plaster casts based on ancient works of art, especially sculptures and reliefs . They come from the earlier Grand Ducal Mecklenburg Collection, which comprised 500 pieces . The remains of this collection are currently being viewed in the Rostock collection. This part of the collection is constantly being expanded through new acquisitions. The third part of the collection is the Münzkabinett , with extensive holdings of ancient Greek and Roman, as well as oriental and modern coins. There is also a lower number of medals . The basis for the last part of the collection was laid by the orientalist Oluf Gerhard Tychsen with his private collection.

In 2009, the Rostock collection was expanded by the permanent loan of the holdings of the antique collection of the Ernst Moritz Arndt University , which had completely discontinued this area at its university.

Since January 2019, parts of the plaster cast collection have been exhibited in the Jakobi-Passage in downtown Rostock.

Curators

Special exhibitions

  • 2009: Cupid and Psyche. A story in twelve pictures
  • 2011: The trail follows the aura. Wolfgang Friedrich : Sculpture Graphics
  • 1016/17: Really antique! Terracottas for salons and museums from the Fritz Gurlitt art dealer Berlin 1881–1886

literature

  • Konrad Zimmermann : Antique art possession of the University of Rostock. Presentation of the archaeological teaching collections , In: Traditio et innovatio. The research magazine of the University of Rostock 1 (1996), Issue 1, pp. 35-40
  • Jutta Fischer (Ed.): Collected Antiques in Mecklenburg and Western Pomerania , catalog for the special exhibition of the Institute for Classical Studies at the Ernst Moritz Arndt University of Greifswald and the Heinrich Schliemann Institute for Classical Studies at the University of Rostock, September 2 to November 23, 2007, German Amber Museum in the Ribnitz Monastery, Ribnitz Monastery and City History Collection, Greifswald 2007.

Catalogs of the Archaeological Collection and the Münzkabinett of the University of Rostock

  1. Silke Burmeister: Roman and Byzantine coins from the University of Rostock. Inventory catalog. Institute for Classical Studies, Rostock 1999, ISBN 3-86009-162-X .
  2. Regina Attula: Greco-Roman terracottas from Egypt. Inventory catalog of figural terracottas. Institute for Classical Studies, Rostock 2001, ISBN 3-86009-219-7 .
  3. Katharina Stövesand: Anthropomorphic coffin from Abusir el-Meleq (Inv. 148.I.1). Institute for Classical Studies, Rostock 2012, ISBN 978-3-86009-128-9 .

Web links

Remarks

  1. ^ WORLD: Collection of casts of ancient sculptures exhibited . In: THE WORLD . January 23, 2019 ( welt.de [accessed April 17, 2020]).

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