Elisabeth Ettlinger, FSA (née Lachmann; 14 July 1915 – 21 March 2012) was a German-born archaeologist and academic, who specialised in archaeology of the Roman provinces and Roman Switzerland.
Elisabeth Ettlinger | |
|---|---|
| Born | 14 July 1915 |
| Died | 21 March 2012 (aged 96) |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | University of Basel |
| Thesis | Die Keramik aus den Frauenthermen von Augst (1942) |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Archaeology; Architecture |
| Institutions | University of Bern |
Career
editEttlinger completed her doctorate in 1942 at the University of Basel,[1] having immigrated to Switzerland in the 1930s to escape Nazi Germany:[2] her thesis was published in 1949 as Die Keramik der Augster Thermen (Insula XVII). Ausgrabung 1937-38.[3] From September 1963 to June 1964, she was a member of the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, New Jersey.[4] From 1964 to 1980, Ettlinger taught at the University of Bern.[2][5] Her research centred on Roman ceramics such as Terra Sigillata, and she co-founded Rei Cretariae Romanae Fautores, a learned society dedicated to Roman pottery: she was its secretary, vice-president and then served as its president from 1971 to 1980.[6] In 1972 she published Die römischen Fibeln in der Schweiz, which "still acts as an essential reference book for the study of Roman brooches."[7] Ettlinger also worked prolifically on Vindonissa, the site of a Roman military camp, and served as president of the Gesellschaft Pro Vindonissa.[8][3] Her archives are held at the University of Basel.[9]
Honours
editEttlinger was elected to the German Archaeological Institute in 1968, and as a corresponding member of the Austrian Archaeological Institute in 1975.[4] On 27 November 1975, she was elected a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London (FSA).[10]
Personal life
editEttlinger was born in 1915 in Breslau into a Jewish academic family: her parents were Richard Lachmann (geologist) (1885–1916) and Hedwig Hopf (1893–1953); her maternal uncle was the mathematician Heinz Hopf (1894–1971). After her father's death, she and her mother moved to Berlin, and then in 1935 to Switzerland to escape Nazi Germany.[3][2] In 1940, she married the Swiss microbiologist Leopold Ettlinger (microbiologist), with whom she had two sons.[2][9]
Selected works
edit- Ettlinger, Elisabeth (1951). Legionary Pottery from Vindonissa. The Journal of Roman Studies, 41, 105–111. https://doi.org/10.2307/298103
- Ettlinger, E., & Fellmann, R. (1955). Ein Sigillata-Depotfund aus dem Legionslager Vindonissa. Germania: Anzeiger der Römisch-Germanischen Kommission des Deutschen Archäologischen Instituts, 33(4), 364-373.
- Ettlinger, Elisabeth (1972). Die römischen Fibeln in der Schweiz. Bern: Francke
- Ettlinger, Elisabeth (1977). Aspects of amphora-typology,-seen from the North. Publications de l'École Française de Rome, 32(1), 9-16.
- Ettlinger, Elisabeth (1979). Helvetische Reliefsigillaten und die Rolle der Werkstatt Bern-Enge (in German). Bern: Stämpfli. ISBN 3-7272-0512-1.
- Ettlinger, Elisabeth (1983). Die Italische Sigillata von Novaesium (in German). Bonn: Rheinisches Landesmuseum. ISBN 3-7861-1369-6.
- Ettlinger, Elisabeth (1990). "Conspectus formarum terrae sigillatae Italico modo confectae". Journal of Roman Archaeology (in German). 6. Bonn: R. Habelt: 411–414. doi:10.1017/S1047759400011776. S2CID 250350622.
References
edit- ^ "Ettlinger, Elisabeth (1915-2012) | Propylaeum-VITAE". sempub.ub.uni-heidelberg.de. Retrieved 2024-09-20.
- ^ a b c d "Obituaries - Elisabeth Ettlinger (14.7.1915 - 21.3.2012)". www.fautores.org. Retrieved 7 September 2019.
- ^ a b c Zuerich, ETH-Bibliothek. "Jahresbericht / Gesellschaft Pro Vindonissa". E-Periodica (in German). Retrieved 2024-09-20.
- ^ a b "Elisabeth Ettlinger". Institute for Advanced Study. Retrieved 7 September 2019.
- ^ "History of the department". Institute of Archaeological Sciences. 2022-08-31. Retrieved 2024-09-20.
- ^ Zabehlicky-Scheffenegger, Susanne. "HISTORIA FAVTORVM: A (partly personal) illustrated history of the RCRF". Rei Cretariae Romanae Fautores. Retrieved 7 September 2019.
- ^ Breeze, David J. (2022). A History of the Congress of Roman Frontier Studies 1949-2022: A Retrospective to mark the 25th Congress in Nijmegen. Archaeopress. p. 17. ISBN 978-1-80327-302-0.
- ^ "Elisabeth Ettlinger". Jahrbuch Archäologie Schweiz = Annuaire d'Archéologie Suisse = Annuario d'Archeologia Svizzera = Annual review of Swiss Archaeology. 95. 2012.
- ^ a b Ettlinger, Elisabeth; Roth-Rubi, Katrin (1918–2004). Nachlass Elisabeth Ettlinger (1915-2012). Signatur NL: Nachlässe.
- ^ "Professor Dr Elisabeth Ettlinger". Society of Antiquaries of London. Retrieved 2024-09-20.