Robert Zahn (9 January 1870, in

Bruchsal Bruchsal (; orig. Bruohselle, Bruaselle, historically known in English as Bruxhall; South Franconian: ''Brusel'') is a city at the western edge of the Kraichgau, approximately 20 km northeast of Karlsruhe in the state of Baden-Württemberg, ...

– 27 November 1945, in

Berlin Berlin ( , ) is the capital and largest city of Germany by both area and population. Its 3.7 million inhabitants make it the European Union's most populous city, according to population within city limits. One of Germany's sixteen constitue ...

) was a German

classical archaeologist Classical archaeology is the archaeological investigation of the Mediterranean civilizations of Ancient Greece and Ancient Rome. Nineteenth-century archaeologists such as Heinrich Schliemann were drawn to study the societies they had read about i ...

, specializing in ceramics and other small objects of Greek antiquity. He studied

classical philology Classics or classical studies is the study of classical antiquity. In the Western world, classics traditionally refers to the study of Classical Greek and Roman literature and their related original languages, Ancient Greek and Latin. Classics ...

and

ancient history Ancient history is a time period from the beginning of writing and recorded human history to as far as late antiquity. The span of recorded history is roughly 5,000 years, beginning with the Sumerian cuneiform script. Ancient history cove ...

at the

University of Heidelberg } Heidelberg University, officially the Ruprecht Karl University of Heidelberg, (german: Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg; la, Universitas Ruperto Carola Heidelbergensis) is a public research university in Heidelberg, Baden-Württemberg, ...

and worked as an assistant in the archaeological institute at the university. In 1896 he received his doctorate at Heidelberg as a student of

Friedrich von Duhn Friedrich von Duhn (17 April 1851 in Lübeck – 5 February 1930 in Heidelberg) was a German Classical archaeologist who taught at the University of Heidelberg, where he headed the Institut für Klassische Archäologie (1879–1920); his most memo ...

, and afterwards participated in excavations at the

Acropolis An acropolis was the settlement of an upper part of an ancient Greek city, especially a citadel, and frequently a hill with precipitous sides, mainly chosen for purposes of defense. The term is typically used to refer to the Acropolis of Athens, ...

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. In 1901 he became a directorial assistant at the Department of Antiquities in Berlin, where in 1931 he succeeded Theodor Wiegand as director. In 1928 he received an honorary professorship from the

University of Berlin Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (german: Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, abbreviated HU Berlin) is a German public research university in the central borough of Mitte in Berlin. It was established by Frederick William III on the initiative o ...

Selected works

* ''Die Darstellung der Barbaren in griechischer Litteratur und Kunst der vorhellenistischen Zeit'' (doctoral thesis, 1896) – Representation of barbarians in Greek literature and art of the pre-Hellenistic period. * ''Vasenscherben aus Klazomenai'', 1898 – Vase shards from Klazomenai. * ''Zur Midasvase aus Eleusis'', 1899 – On the Midas vase of

Eleusis Elefsina ( el, Ελευσίνα ''Elefsina''), or Eleusis (; Ancient Greek: ''Eleusis'') is a suburban city and Communities and Municipalities of Greece, municipality in the West Attica regional unit of Greece. It is situated about northwest ...

. * ''Hellenistische Reliefgefässe aus Südrussland'', 1908 – Hellenistic relief vessels from southern Russia. * ''Ktō Chrō : glasierter Tonbecher im Berliner Antiquarium'', 1923 – Ktō Chrō: glazed clay cup in the Berlin Antiquarium. * ''Die antiken Vasen von der Akropolis zu Athen'' (with

Botho Graef Franz Botho Graef (12 October 1857, Berlin – 9 April 1917, Königstein im Taunus) was a German classical archaeologist and art historian. His father was painter Gustav Graef, and his sister, Sabine Lepsius, was also an artist of some note. ...

Ernst Langlotz Ernst Langlotz (6 July 1895, in Ronneburg – 4 June 1978, in Bonn) was a German classical archaeologist and art historian, who specialized in Greek sculpture of the 6th and 5th centuries BCE. He studied classical archaeology, philology and ar ...

, Paul Hartwig and

Paul Wolters Paul Heinrich August Wolters (1 September 1858 in Bonn – 21 October 1936 in Munich) was a German classical archaeologist who specialized in ancient Greek and Roman art. He was the son of theologian Albrecht Wolters (1822–1878). He stu ...

) – The ancient vases from the Acropolis. * ''Zur hellenistischen Schmuckkunst'', 1930 – On Hellenistic jewelry.Most widely held works about Robert Zahn
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Zahn, Robert 1870 births 1945 deaths People from Bruchsal Heidelberg University alumni Academic staff of the Humboldt University of Berlin Archaeologists from Baden-Württemberg People of the Antikensammlung Berlin Directors of museums in Germany