Robert Zahn (9 January 1870, in

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– 27 November 1945, in

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) was a German classical archaeologist, specializing in ceramics and other small objects of Greek antiquity. He studied

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and

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at the

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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, and afterwards participated in excavations at the

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. In 1901 he became a directorial assistant at the Department of Antiquities in Berlin, where in 1931 he succeeded

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as director. In 1928 he received an honorary professorship from the

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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

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vase of

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. * ''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, Ernst Langlotz, Paul Hartwig and Paul Wolters) – 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