Natan Valmin

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Mattias Natanael Valmin (born May 30, 1898 in Asarum, Blekinge , † December 17, 1967 in Lund ) was a Swedish classical archaeologist .

Life

Natan Valmin was born to the shoemaker Sven Mattson and Amalia Olsson in Asarum in southern Sweden, where he grew up. After studying with Martin P. Nilsson at Lund University , he was a scholarship holder at the École française d'Athènes in 1925/26 and secretary of the Swedish Institute in Rome in 1926/27 . In the spring of 1926 he traveled to Messenia, which was hardly archaeologically researched at the time, and there began excavations at the Malthi hill , which lasted until 1936. In addition, he also explored other archaeological sites in Messenia, including the sanctuary of the river god Pamisos near Agios Floros and in the southern Messinian town of Koroni . In 1930 he published his doctoral thesis on the ancient topography of Messenia and received his doctorate in 1931. In May 1935 he married his wife Lita Wallin, with whom he had three children. He taught classical archeology and ancient history as a lecturer and professor at Lund University from 1930, 1932 and 1936 to 1940, and also in Gothenburg from 1932 to 1934 . He died on December 17, 1967 and was buried in Lund on August 18, 1968.

In 2008 a bronze bust was erected in Malthi in his honor.

Publications (selection)

He published in German, English, French, Modern Greek and Swedish.

  • Inscription de la Messenie. Lund 1929.
  • Etudes topographiques sur la Messenie antique. Lund 1930.
  • The Swedish Messenia Expedition. Lund 1938.
  • The Zeus Stoa in the Agora of Athens. Lund 1934 ( archive.org ).
  • Poids préhistoriques grecs de Malthi en Messénie. Lund 1937.
  • Fouilles de Delphes. Volume III: Epigraphy. Fascicule 6 Les inscriptions du théâtre , Paris 1939.

literature

personal data
SURNAME Valmin, Natan
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Valmin, Mattias Natanael (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swedish Classical Archaeologist
DATE OF BIRTH May 30, 1898
PLACE OF BIRTH Asarum, Blekinge
DATE OF DEATH 17th December 1967
Place of death Lund