Kenan Tevfik Erim (13 February 1929 in

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– 3 November 1990 in

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) was a Turkish archaeologist who excavated from 1961 until his death at the site of

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Life

His father, Tevfik Erim, was a diplomat who was a member of the Political Section of the Secretariat of the

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in the 1930s (attending as such the

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) and of the Turkish delegation to the

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in the 1950s. So, although of Turkish birth, Kenan Erim was raised and educated in

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, Switzerland, and undertook university studies in the United States. He took his first degree in Classical archaeology at

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(NYU) in 1953, and his Ph.D. at

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in 1958. In 1957 he lectured at

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, and from 1958 on he was employed by NYU, where he became full professor in 1971. NYU still supervises the excavations at Aphrodisias to this day. There is a charming memorial to Professor Erim near the magnificently restored main gate.

Honours

*1961: Guggenheim Fellowship *1986: Liberty Medal of New York City *1987: Commendatore of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Italy *1988: National Geographic Society Centennial Medal

Bibliography

* 'Morgantina', ''American Journal of Archaeology'' 62 (1958), pp. 79–90 (reprinted in ''Morgantina Studies'' II, Princeton University Press, 1989) * 'Two inscriptions from Aphrodisias', ''Papers of the British School at Rome'' 37 (1969), 92-5 * 'A letter of Gordian III from Aphrodisias in Caria' (with J. Reynolds), ''Journal of Roman Studies'' 59 (1969), 56-58 * 'The copy of Diocletian's Edict on Maximum Prices from Aphrodisias in Caria' (with J. Reynolds), ''Journal of Roman Studies'' 60 (1970), 120-140 * 'Diocletian's Currency Reform, a new inscription from Aphrodisias' (with J. Reynolds & M. Crawford), ''Journal of Roman Studies'' 61 (1971), 171-77 * 'Aphrodisias, Awakened City of Ancient Art', 'National Geographic Magazine' Vol. 141, No. 6 (1972), 766-791 * 'A portrait sculpture of Domitian from Aphrodisias, Opuscula Romana 9 (1973), 135-42 * 'The Aphrodisias copy of Diocletian's Price Edict' (with J. Reynolds), ''Journal of Roman Studies'' 63 (1973), 99-110 * 'Aphrodisias' (with J. Reynolds) in (edd. Inan, Alföldi), ''Römische und frühbyzantinische Porträtplastik aus der Turkei'' (Mainz, 1979), nos. 173-209 * 'A relief showing Claudius and Britannia from Aphrodisias', ''Britannia'' 13 (1982), 277-81 * 'Sculptors from Aphrodisias: some new inscriptions' (with C. Roueché), ''Papers of the British School at Rome'' 50 (1982), 102-15 * ''Aphrodisias, City of Venus Aphrodite'', 1986 * Aphrodisias Bibliography (with J. de la Genière) in ''Aphrodisias de Carie: Colloque Lille 1985'', Paris, 1987, 159-165 * 'Sculptors of Aphrodisias in the inscriptions of the city', ''Festschrift J. Inan'' (Istanbul, 1989, appeared 1991), 517-538.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Erim, Kenan 1929 births 1990 deaths Archaeologists from Istanbul Classical archaeologists Classical scholars of New York University 20th-century archaeologists