The British archaeologist Charles Newton, visited Nisyros in 1856 and carried out excavations. Findings of these excavations are in the British Museum and are listed next.
The photos of the two oinochoes and the sword were kindly distributed by the British Museum. The photographs of the two rings were kindly granted by the archaeologist Melina Filimonos-Tsopotou, from her photographic archive that was given to the Archaeological Authority of the Dodecanese. We express our warm thanks.
Pottery: red-figure oinochoe.Design red on black ground; above, tongue-pattern; below, egg-moulding. An ephebos to right, with bordered himation over left shoulder, holding out a ball; before him, a ball; and a nude ephebos to right, with hands extended to a third wrapped in a bordered himation. Height 17.78 cm Production place, Attica. Date, 370-350 B.C. Find spot, Nisyros. Acquisition Source:Donated by Viscount Statford de Redcliffe. Excavator field collector, Sir Charles Thomas Newton, 1856. PRN GAA8081.
. Pottery: red-figure oinochoe. Above, tongue-pattern; below, egg-moulding.
Head of an Arimasp* (on horseback) to right, with long hair and embroidered Phrygian cap, the horse's head visible; behind, the head and neck of a Gryphon** with crest and mane. Height 16.51 cm. Production place, Attica. Date, 370-350 B..C. Find spot, Nisyros. Acquisition Source, Sir Charles Thomas Newton, 1859, purchased through. PRN GAA8086.
*Arimasps. mythical people, Scythian origin.
**Gryphon. A legendary creature, usually portrayed with the head, talons, and wings of an eagle, the body of a lion. Common in Greek mythology
Bronze double-edged knife. Length 17.10 cm. Production dat: 1600BC-1060B.C. Period: Mycenaean. Findspot. Place: Nisyros. Without reference to Newton’s excavation. Association: A (Purchased through). Acquisition Date 1859. PRN: GAA13102
Gold finger-ring; flat hoop; large circular bezel with a Gorgoneion (mythical people) in low relief; of late type with two heads of serpents above the forehead, their tails tied beneath the chin; the mask is separately modelled, and attached to the bezel. Dimension: D (Diameter): 2.60 centimetres. Material: gold. Production date: 4thC BC-3rdC BC [399 BC - 200 BC]. Findspot and Field Collection.Place: Nisyros. Acquisition Source: Sir Charles Thomas Newton, purchased through 1859. Previous owner: Campbell, G. PRN: GAA29399.
ΧGold finger-ring; flat hoop; large circular bezel with a Gorgoneion (mythical people) in low relief; of late type with two heads of serpents above the forehead, their tails tied beneath the chin; the mask is separately modelled, and attached to the bezel. Dimension: D (Diameter): 2.60 centimetres. Material: gold. Production date: 4thC BC-3rdC BC [399 BC - 200 BC]. Findspot and Field Collection.Place: Nisyros. Acquisition Source: Sir Charles Thomas Newton, purchased through 1859. Previous owner: Campbell, G. PRN: GAA29399.
Silver finger-ring; oval bezel; soldered to the centre of the bezel is the upper part of the figure of Demeter(?) in gold. Diameter: 2.30 cm. Production date: 4thC BC-3rdC BC[399 BC - 200 BC]. Findspot.Place: Nisyros. Acquisition Source. Sir Augustus Wollaston Franks, 1897. PRN: GAA30984.
Silver finger-ring; oval bezel; soldered to the centre of the bezel is the upper part of the figure of Demeter(?) in gold. Diameter: 2.30 cm. Production date: 4thC BC-3rdC BC[399 BC - 200 BC]. Findspot.Place: Nisyros. Acquisition Source. Sir Augustus Wollaston Franks, 1897. PRN: GAA30984.
