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Informations about work

The National Museum in Warsaw (Poland, UE)

Ancient and Eastern Christian Art Collection

Chief Curator

Head of the Polish-Ukrainian Project of Inter-Museum Research Cooperation „Antiquities of the Black Sea”

Director of the Polish Archaeological Mission “Tyritake” of the National Museum in Warsaw (2008-2013)

Director of the Polish Archaeological Mission “Olbia” of the National Museum in Warsaw (2016-)

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Contact: E-mail: atwardecki@mnw.art.pl; phone number: (48) (22) 621-10-31 ext. 222, 295

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Projects in work

1. New Exposition of the Ancient Art Gallery, general scientific supervision

2. Head of the Antiquities of the Black Sea project

3. Greek inscriptions from the Kerch Museum (Crimea), publication of the catalogue of Greek inscriptions preserved in the lapidary of the Kerch Museum; a publication implemented as part of the “Antiquities of the Black Sea” project

4. Final archaeological report from excavations at Tyritake

5. Director of the National Museum in Warsaw Archaeological Expedition in Olbia

Awards and Decorations

·              2015 Special award of the Director of the National Museum in Warsaw

·              Sibylla 2014 award, Grand Prix for the best “Museum Event of the year 2014 in Poland” (Faras Gallery)

·              Sibylla 2014 award, for the best exhibition in the category “Historical and archaeological exhibition in year 2014 in Poland”

·              Finalist in the “Event” category in the competition for “Historical Event in year 2014” (opening of the Faras Gallery)

·              2013 Silver Cross of Merit

·              2010 Special award of the Director of the National Museum in Warsaw

·              2010  Grand Prix Award 2010 of the Minister of Culture of Autonomous Republic of Crimea (Ukraine) for 1st part of the catalogue "Bosporan Funerary Stelae".

·              2009 Special award of the Director of the National Museum in Warsaw

 

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Selected Bibliography

Scientific publications

Papers

  1. Grecja a Wschód w świetle liryki archaicznej, Meander, 7-8 (1987), pp. 375 ff [Greece and East in the light of the archaic lyric]
  2. Król Midas - antyczna tradycja literacka a badania archeologiczne, Studia i Materiały Archeologiczne, 8 (1991), pp. 65 -121 [King Midas - ancient literary tradition and archaeological researches]
  3. Marina - nowe polskie stanowisko archeologiczne w Egipcie. Próba lokalizacji na mapie Egiptu grecko-rzymskiego, Studia i Materiały Archeologiczne, 9 (1992), pp. 107-118 [Marina - new polish archaeological site in Egypt. Localisation in the chart of Graeco-roman Egypt. An Attempt.]
  4. A new Funerary Stela in the Collection of the National Museum in Warsaw, Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik, 95 (1993), pp. 156-158
  5. Weihinschrift für Hermes oder Souchos?, Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik, 99 (1993), 197-202
  6. Eine unpublizierte Inschrift aus Warschau, Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik, 102 (1994), 307- 309
  7. Kolekcja inskrypcji cyprosylabicznych z Gołuchowa, Materiały z sesji poświęconej trzydziestoleciu działalności Polskiej Misji Archeologicznej w Nea Pafos na Cyprze (27-28 III 1995), Warszawa (1998), pp. 169-179 [Collection of the Cypriote, syllabic inscriptions in Goluchow]
  8. Inscriptions grecques acquises par le Musée Nationale de Varsovie lors des fuilles franco - polonaises a Edfou, in: Tell Edfou soixante ans après. Actes du colloque franco-polonais, Le Caire - 15 octobre 1996 [= Fouilles -polonaises 4], Le Caire (1999), pp. 83-93
  9. Die Sammlung der griechischen Inschriften im Nationalmuseum zu Warschau, w: Atti, XI Congresso Internazionale di Epigrafia Greca e Latina, Roma, 18-24 settembre 1997, Roma (1999), pp. 739-746.
  10. Inscription of the Phoderago (KL 1839) in: The Cimmerian Bosporus, Pontos, and Barbarian World in the Period of Antiquity and Middle Ages, The Materials of the Third Bosporan Readings, Kerch (2002), s. 292-294. 
  11. Produkcja wina w starożytności w: Dionizos w życiu i kulcie. Wystawa ze zbiorów Muzeum Narodowego w Warszawie (katalog wystawy), Sosnowiec (2002), pp. 29-35. [Production of wine in Antiquity in: Dionysos in the Life and Cult (Catalogue of the exhibition in the Muzeum Śląskie in Sosnowiec)]
  12. Greek Christian Inscriptions in the Collections of the National Museum in Warsaw, Bulletin du Musée National de Varsovie, XLI (2000), No 1-4, pp. 3-10
  13. Inskrypcje greckie, folder Muzeum Narodowego w Warszawie, Warszawa (2003) [Greek inscriptions, folder of the National Museum in Warsaw, Warsaw (2003)]
  14. Kariery zawodowych sportowców w starożytności w świetle źródeł epigraficznych [Careers of Professional Sportsmen in Antiquity, in the Light of Epigraphic Sources] in: Sport i igrzyska olimpijskie w starożytności, [Sport and Olympic Games in the Antiquity] [The Catalogue of the Exhibition: Olimpiada. Sport w sztuce greckiej od VI w. p.n.e. do V w. n.e.; Muzeum Narodowe w Warszawie 15.05.2004-15.07.2004 [Olympiad. The Sport in the Greek Art since 6th century BC to the 5th AD, National Museum in Warsaw 15.05.2004-15.07.2004]] Warszawa (2004), pp. 44-49; catalogue notes of the Greek inscriptions: No 2 (Epitaph of Apollonius), No 152 (Epitaph of Philo), No 153 (Epitaph of the sportsmen Rufus), No 154 (inscription according the aqueduct of the Saint  Socrates), No 155 (Epitaph of Theodotus).
  15. Inscription of the Phoderago reconsidered, in: Bosporan Readings V, The Cimmerian Bosporus and Barbarian World in the Period of Antiquity and Middle Ages, Kerch (2004), pp.
  16. Four unpublished funerary stele from Pantikapaion, in: Bosporan Readings VI, The Cimmerian Bosporus and Barbarian World in the Period of Antiquity and Middle Ages, Period of destabilizations, catastrophes, Kerch (2005), pp. 300-305.
  17. Greek Inscriptions Acquired for the National Museum in Warsaw by Professor Kazimierz Michałowski, Bulletin du Musée National de Varsovie [Volume dédié a la mémoire du professeur Kazimierz Michałowski], XLII (2001) [2006], No 1-4, ss. 129-142
  18. Wheter Orphic nor philosopher, Bosporan Readings VIII, The Cimmerian Bosporus and Barbarian World in the Period of Antiquity and Middle Ages. Sanctuaries and Sacred Objects, Kerch (2007), pp. 361-368
  19. Tłumaczenie Narodzin Grecji Oswyna Murraya [Translating of Early Greece of Oswyn Murray], Przekładaniec, Półrocznik Katedry UNESCO do Badań nad Przekładem i Komunikacją Międzykulturową UJ, 1-2 (2007), nr 18-19, pp. 256-260
  20. Hieromastor- an inquisitor or adviser?, Bosporan Readings IX, The Cimmerian Bosporus and Barbarian world in the Period of Antiquity and Middle Ages. Militaria., Kerch (2008), pp. 326-331.
  21. Проблемы эпиграфики Боспорского царства на примере надписи KL 705 (Керченский музей) [Problems of the Bosporan Kingdom epigraphy by inscription KL 705 from the Kerch Museum, in Russian with English summary], Novensia 18-19, 2008, p. 351-363
  22. Poetic epitaph for Glykarion, son of Glykarion, son of Glykarion (KL 439), Bosporan readings X, Kerch (2009), p. 540-547.
  23. Priest and Poet? (CIRB 118), Bosporan readings XI, Kerch (2010), p. 519-525
  24. Wieża Babel. Rzecz o językach i formach ich zapisu. [The tower of Babel. About languages and forms of writing] ed. Zamek Książąt Pomorskich w Szczecinie 2010 [catalogue of exhibition]: Greek: pp.29-32, catalogue notes: pp. 33, 35; Latin, pp. 48-51, catalogue notes: pp. 52, 53, 55; Palaeography pp. 56-59
  25. V.N. Zin’ko, A.V. Zin’nko, A. Twardecki, Yu.L. Belik, Issledovaniya Bosporskoi OAE, Arkheologichni Doslizhennya v Ukraini 2010, Institut Arkheologii NAN Ukrainy, Kiev (2011), pp. 117-118
  26. Greek Poetry in Bosporan Kingdom, Bosporan readings XII, Kerch (2011), pp. 458-463
  27. A Collegium of Hieroi in the Bosporan Kingdom? w: Pontika 2008, Recent Research on the Northern and Eastern Black Sea in Ancient Times. Proceedings of the National Conference, 21st-26th April, 2008, Kraków, BAR International Series 2240, 2011, Chapter 46, pp. 371-376
  28. Greek metric inscription about fountain construction (KL 1279=CIRB 913), Bosporan readings XIII, Kerch (2012), p. 501-507.
  29. New Greek Inscription and Graffito from Tyritake, [in:] Bosporan Readings XIV, The Cimmerian Bosporus and barbarian  world in the period of Antiquity and the Middle Ages, Kerch 2013, pp. 545-551
  30. Poezja Królestwa Bosporańskiego a proces akulturacji jego elit [Poetry of the Bosporan Kingdom and acculturation process of its elites], [in:] Świat starożytny. Państwo i społeczeństwo [Ancient World. State and society], red. Ryszard Kulesza, Marek Stępień, Elżbieta Szabat, Maciej Daszuta, Warszawa 2013, pp. 131-145
  31. Monika Dolińska, Tomasz Górecki, Andrzej Reiche, Alfred Twardecki, Zbiory Sztuki Starożytnej i Wschodniochrześcijańskiej a wykopaliska archeologiczne Muzeum Narodowego w Warszawie [Collection of the Ancient and Eastchristian Art and archaeologic excavations of the National Museum in Warsaw], „Rocznik Muzeum Narodowego w Warszawie. Nowa Seria”, 2 (38), pp. 30–55
  32. The Ancient site of Tyritake in the Cimmerian Bosporus, Polish excavations 2008-2013 in: A. Twardecki (ed.), Tyritake, Antique Site at Cimmerian Bosporus; Proceedings of the international conference, Warsaw, 27–28 November 2013, Warsaw 2014, pp. 15–46.
  33. An early Christian pendant amulet (?) in the collection of the National Museum in Warsaw – a philological approach in: Studies in Ancient Art and Civilization 17, Kraków 2013, pp. 365–369
  34. V. N. Zin’ko, A. V. Zin’ko, A. Twardecki, M. A. Kotin, Issledovaniya na gorodishche Tiritaka i khore Nimfeya [Research at the city Tiritake and the chora of Nymphaeum], in: Arkheologichni Doslidzhennya v Ukraini 2013 (Archeological Researches in Ukraine, 2013), Kiiv 2014, pps. 39-40
  35. Alfred Twardecki, Hoplici. O sztuce wojennej starożytnej Grecji. Hoplites. On the art of war of ancient Greece [small guide for the exhibition], Warszawa, 2015
  36. Alfred Twardecki, Evidence of Foreign Citizens in the Bosporan Inscriptions. A second approach, Bosporan Elite and its Culture, Papers of the International Round Table, November 22-25, 2016, Saint Petersburg, 2016, pp. 30-40
  37. Alfred Twardecki, Polish excavations at Tyritake 2008-2014. A small revolution in archaic architecture w: The Black Sea in the Light of New Archaeological Data and Theoretical Approaches, Proceedings of the 2nd International Workshop on the Black Sea in Antiquity held in Thessaloniki, 18-20 September 2015, ed. Manolis Manoledakis, Oxford, 2016, pp. 29-39

Books

 

Plutarch, Czy stary człowiek powinien zajmować się polityką ? (tłumaczenie i przypisy) w: Cyceron, Plutarch: Pochwała starości, Unia Wydawnicza "Verum", Warszawa 1996 [Plutarch, Whether an Old Man Should Engage in Public Affairs - translation and commentary in: Cicero, Plutarch: a praise of the old-age ]

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Mały słownik sztuki starożytnej Grecji i Rzymu, Unia wydawnicza "Verum", Warszawa 1998 [Small Dictionary of the Ancient Greek and Roman Art.] Version on-line (Prószyński  i S-ka

 

Adam Łajtar, Alfred Twardecki, Catalogue des inscriptions Grecques du Musée National de Varsovie, Supplement II, The Journal of Juristic Papyrology, Varsovie 2003 [Catalogue of the Greek inscriptions in the National Museum in Warsaw] Version on-line

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Oswyn Murray, Narodziny Grecji [Early Greece], translation into polish: Alfred Twardecki, Prószyński i S-ka, Warszawa 2004

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Wielki encyklopedyczny atlas. Historia świata, [World History Atlas], Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN, Warszawa, 2006 (translation of pp. 1-113)

Galeria Sztuki Starożytnej. Egipt, Bliski Wschód. Przewodnik [Gallery of the Ancient Art. Egypt, Near East. Guidebook], Muzeum Narodowe w Warszawie, Warszawa 2007 (description of Greek inscriptions, ostraka and papyri)

 

T. Matkovskaya, A. Twardecki, S. Tokhtasev, A. Bekhter, Bosporan Funerary Stelae 2nd century BC - 3rd century AD, From the Collection of the Kerch History and Culture Reserve, Lapidary Collection, vol. III, book 2, part 1=Supplement I Bulletin of the National Museum in Warsaw, Kiev-Warsaw 2009 / Т. Матковская, А. Твардецки, С. Тохтасьев, А. Бехтер, Боспорские надгробия II в. до н.э. — III в.н.э. Из собрания керченского историко-культурного заповедника. Лапидарная коллекция. Книга 2. Часть I=Супплемент I Bulletin of the National Museum in Warsaw, Киев-Варшава 2009 (Russian-English bilingual edition). (reading and commentary for over half of Greek inscriptions presented in the book), bilingual (Russian and English) publication.

Grand Prix award 2010 of the Ministry of Culture of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea (Ukraine).

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Skarby sztuki. Muzeum Narodowe w Warszawie, [Treasures of Art. National Museum in Warsaw] Warszawa, 2013, joint publication, pp. 16-19 (introduction for the ancient and east-Christian art) and pp. 28-36.

 

 

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