Catalogue of Artefacts from Malta in the British Museum

Contents

Introduction: Antiquarian and Archaeological Pursuits in Malta; The Archaeological Sequence of Malta; Catalogues: Collection 1. Joseph Becket Collings (1836); Collection 2. Sir Charles Thomas Newton (1852); Collection 3. Reverend Greville John Chester (1864–1886); Collection 4. Charles Townley (1869); Collection 5. Sir Augustus Wollaston Franks (1877); Collection 6. John Scott Tucker (1879); Collection 7. T. W. N. Robinson (1886); Collection 8. Professor Sir Themistocles Zammit (1919–1923); Collection 9. Leonard Halford Dudley Buxton (1921); Collection 10. Basil Browne (1921); Collection 11. Sir William Martin Conway, Baron Conway of Allington (1923); Collection 12. Margaret Murray (1923); Collection 13. Dr Gordon Ward (1927–1933); Collection 14. George Fabian Lawrence (1936); Collection 15. Arthur John Matthews (1937); Collection 16. Mrs Barchard (1947); Collection 17. Mrs Frank Baxter (1948); Collection 18. H. E. Coulson (1959); Collection 19. G. S. Bagley (1961); Collection 20. F.W. Robins (1963); Collection 21. Charles Taylor Trechmann (1964); Collection 22. Dr A. W. J. Houghton (1971–1974); Collection 23. Harris Dunscombe Colt (1973); Collection 24. Captain Macleod (1980); Collection 25. Mr E. de C. Tillet (1984); Collection 26. Helen Douglas Finlay (1987); Collection 27. A. H. L. F Pitt-Rivers (1991); Collection 28. John Pierpont Morgan; Collection 29. Henry Christy; Collection 30. Unknown Donors; Collection 1. Joseph Becket Collings; Collection 2. Sir Charles Thomas Newton; Collection 3. Reverend Greville John Chester; Collection 4. Charles Townley; Collection 5. Sir Augustus Wollaston Franks; Collection 6. John Scott Tucker; Collection 7. T. W. N. Robinson; Collection 8. Professor Sir Themistocles Zammit; POA 198 Series, Possibly from Zammit’s Collection; Collection 9. Leonard Halford Dudley Buxton; Collection 10. Basil Browne; Collection 12. Margaret Murray; Collection 13. Dr Gordon Ward; Collection 14. George Fabian Lawrence; Collection 15. Arthur John Matthews; Collection 16. Mrs Barchard; Collection 17. Mrs Frank Baxter; Collection 18. H. E. Coulson; Collection 19. G. S. Bagley; Collection 20. F. W. Robins; Collection 21. Charles Taylor Trechmann; Collection 22. Dr A. W. J. Houghton; Collection 23. Harris Dunscombe Colt; Collection 24. Captain Macleod; Collection 25. Mr E. de C. Tillet; Collection 26. Helen Douglas Finlay; Collection 27. Pitt-Rivers Museum; Collection 28. John Piermont Morgan; Collection 29. Henry Christy; Collection 30. Unknown Donors; Catalogue Figures; Bibliography; Appendix: 1. Correspondence between E. Magri SJ and E.A. Wallis Budge on the Bighi Inscriptions; 2. Correspondence between M.A.Murray and Mr Smith

About the Author

Josef Mario Briffa SJ is Lecturer at the Pontifical Biblical Institute in Rome, and a Roman Catholic priest. He has recently completed his PhD at the Institute of Archaeology, University College London on The Figural World of the Southern Levant during the Late Iron Age. He also holds a Licentiate in Sacred Scripture from the Pontifical Biblical Institute in Rome. His research has included the history of Maltese archaeology, with a focus on the work of Fr Emmanuel Magri SJ (1851-1907), pioneer in Maltese archaeology and folklore studies. He has excavated in Malta and Israel, and is currently a staff member of The Lautenschläger Azekah Expedition. Claudia Sagona is Honorary Principal Fellow in the Centre for Classics and Archaeology at The University of Melbourne. Her research has taken her from the islands of the Maltese Archipelago, to the highlands of north-eastern Anatolia and the Caucasus. She has written a number of books concerning Malta’s ancient past, including a comprehensive volume for Cambridge University Press, The Archaeology of Malta: From the Neolithic through the Roman Period (2015), another on the Phoenician-Punic evidence, The Archaeology of Punic Malta (2002), and has delved into the Mithraic mystery cult, Looking for Mithra in Malta (2009). In 2007, she was made an honorary member of the National Order of Merit of Malta (M.O.M.).