Federico Halbherr
Federico Halbherr (* 15. February 1857 in Rovereto , at that time one to Austria-Hungary associated location in Tyrol ; † 17th July 1930 in Rome ) was an Italian classical archaeologist and epigraphist .
life and work
Halbherr carried out numerous excavations on Crete . In 1884 he and Ernst Fabricius discovered the town charter of Gortys in Gortyn ( Gortys in modern Greek ) , inscription panels from around 500 BC. BC to 450 BC BC, which are composed of 42 stone blocks and comprise a total of 17,000 characters. In 1885 he began with excavations in the "Cave of the Shepherd Girl " ( Spiliara tis Voskopoulas ) in the Nida plateau, which were systematically continued after 1983 by the archaeologists Jannis and Efi Sakellarakis . The Inscriptiones Creticae were published by Margherita Guarducci on the basis of the materials he had collected .
Around 1900, around the same time Arthur Evans was working in Knossos , the excavations of the Italian archaeological mission began in Phaistos under Halbherr's direction . Halbherr worked completely differently from Evans, so much less was reconstructed in Phaistós than in Knossós. In Agia Triada , where he also dug, there is now a bust in his honor.
At the end of the 19th century, Halbherr became increasingly interested in Libya , the ancient Cyrenaica , because he wanted to investigate their historical relationships with Italy. However, his attempt to establish an Italian excavation in Cyrene failed when an American team received excavation permission in 1909:
- “Our expedition thus becomes completely useless from an archaeological point of view [...]. Scientifically speaking, the only point of interest for studying and researching antiquity is Cyrene: the rest is not worth the effort ” ( il resto non vale la pena ).
In 1899 Halbherr became a corresponding member of the Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei , and in 1912 a socio nazionale . His correspondence with Gaetano De Sanctis , a sponsor of his excavation plans, was published in 1986. Since 1903 he was a full member of the German Archaeological Institute . He was also a member of the Accademia degli Agiati in his hometown of Rovereto and an honorary member of the Society for the Promotion of Hellenic Studies .
Publications
- Federico Halbherr: Researches in Crete. III. - The Præsian Peninsula . In: The Antiquary 25, 1892, pp. 153 ff.
literature
- G. Schingo: Halbherr, Federico. In: Mario Caravale (ed.): Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani (DBI). Volume 61: Guglielmo Gonzaga-Jacobini. Istituto della Enciclopedia Italiana, Rome 2003.
- Mario Negri: Scrivono palazzi e labirinti . Edizioni dell'Orso, Alessandria 2005. ISBN 88-7694-853-8
- Silvio Accame (ed.): F. Halbherr e G. de Sanctis: Pionieri delle missioni archeologiche italiane a Creta e in Cirenaica. Rome 1984 (Studi pubblicati dall'Istituto italiano per la storia antica 34)
See also
Web links
- Writings from and about Halbherr in the SBBPK
- Scuola Archeologica Italiana di Atene Italian website with images of excavations in which Halbherr was involved.
Individual evidence
- ↑ History of the Academy ( Memento of the original from March 20, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Italian
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Half man, Federico |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian archaeologist and epigraphist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 15, 1857 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Rovereto |
| DATE OF DEATH | 17th July 1930 |
| Place of death | Rome |