Kenneth Painter Explained

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.
• The Water Newton early Christian silver. British Museum Publications, London, 1977.
• Painter . Kenneth . Whitehouse . David . David Whitehouse . 1990 . The History of the Portland Vase . Journal of Glass Studies . Corning Museum of Glass . 32 . 24–84 . 24188030 . amp .
• The Insula of the Menander at Pompeii: Volume IV: The Silver Treasure. Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2001.
• Late Roman Silver. The Traprain Treasure in Context. Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, 2013.

Notes and References

1. News: Kenneth Painter.
2. Web site: Kenneth Painter | British Archaeological Association . 2016-06-20 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160813204637/http://thebaa.org/person/kenneth-painter/ . 2016-08-13 .
3. Web site: Oxford Archaeology - Latest news.
4. Web site: Obituary: Kenneth Painter, Abingdon archaeologist who worked at the British Museum for nearly 30 years.