Basic Biographical Information
Kenan Tevfik Erim was born in 1929 in İstanbul. He started his education in Sweden, and in 1948 continued in the USA at New York University. After graduating from the Classical Archaeology Department of New York University, he received his M.A. and Ph.D. at Princeton University. He served as assistant to Professor Karl Erik Sjoquist during the excavations of Morgantina, Sicily.
Major Accomplishments
Kenan Tevfik Erim’s name is associated with excavation of the ancient Aphrodisias settlement, located in Geyre, Aydın. The ancient city of Aphrodisias was a magnificent city which displays evidence of ancient Greek and Roman occupation in Turkey. The city has seen continuous habitation which has contributed to its importance of establishing the developmental sequence of the period. Besides the nearby marble quarries, the settlement was noted for a local sculptural tradition which eventually spread all over the Mediterranean.
Erim, who visited the site in 1959...
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Further Reading
Erim, K. 1958. Morgantina. American Journal of Archaeology 62: 79-90.
- 1969. Two inscriptions from Aphrodisias. Papers of the British School at Rome 37: 92-5.
- 1972. Aphrodisias, awakened city of ancient art. National Geographic Magazine, June.
- 1973. A portrait sculpture of Domitian from Aphrodisias. Opuscula Romana 9: 135-42.
Erim, K. & J. Reynolds. 1969. A letter of Gordian III from Aphrodisias in Caria. Journal of Roman Studies 59: 56-58.
- 1970. The copy of Diocletian's edict on maximum prices from Aphrodisias in Caria. Journal of Roman Studies 60: 120-40.
- 1973. The Aphrodisias copy of Diocletian’s price edict Journal of Roman Studies 63: 99-110.
Erim, K., J. Reynolds & M. Crawford. 1971. Diocletian's currency reform, a new inscription from Aphrodisias. Journal of Roman Studies 61: 171-77.
- 1979. Aphrodisias, in J. Alföldi, J. Reynolds et al. (ed.) Römische und frühbyzantinische Porträtplastik aus der Türkei: 173-209. Mainz: Von Zabern.
- 1982a. A relief showing Claudius and Britannia from Aphrodisias. Britannia 13: 277-81.
- 1982b. Sculptors from Aphrodisias: some new inscriptions (C. Rouechéilebirlikte). Papers of the British School at Rome 50: 102-15.
- 1986. Aphrodisias, city of Venus Aphrodite. London: Muller, Blond and White.
- 1991. Sculptors of Aphrodisias in the inscriptions of the city, in N. Basgelen & M. Luga (ed.) Festschrift für Jale Inan: 517-38. Istanbul.
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Birçek, E. (2014). Erim, Kenan. In: Smith, C. (eds) Encyclopedia of Global Archaeology. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-0465-2_2378
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