Kenneth Painter

Kenneth Scott Painter (28 March 1935 – 14 May 2016)[1] was deputy keeper of Greek and Roman antiquities at the British Museum and an authority on Roman and late antique silver. He was vice-president of the British Archaeological Association in 1997[2] and a trustee of Oxford Archaeology.[3] He received a DLitt from Oxford University in 2004.[4]

Selected publications
  • The Mildenhall Treasure: Roman Silver from East Anglia. British Museum Publications, London, 1977. ISBN 9780714113654
  • The Water Newton early Christian silver. British Museum Publications, London, 1977. ISBN 9780714113647
  • Painter, Kenneth & Whitehouse, David (1990). "The History of the Portland Vase". Journal of Glass Studies. Corning Museum of Glass. 32: 24–84. JSTOR 24188030.
  • The Insula of the Menander at Pompeii: Volume IV: The Silver Treasure. Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2001. ISBN 978-0199242368
  • Late Roman Silver. The Traprain Treasure in Context. Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, 2013. ISBN 978-1908332028

References
  1. "Kenneth Painter".
  2. "Kenneth Painter | British Archaeological Association". Archived from the original on 13 August 2016. Retrieved 20 June 2016.
  3. "Oxford Archaeology - Latest news".
  4. "Obituary: Kenneth Painter, Abingdon archaeologist who worked at the British Museum for nearly 30 years".


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