LUSCHEY, Heinz. Berlin 3.12.1910 — Tübingen 1.1.1992. German Archaeologist of Iran. Son of gymnasium teacher Gustav Luschey (1880–1954), matriculated from his father’s school in Stettin. Studied clasical archaeology at Munich, Ph.D. 1938 (diss. on Greek phiales). Military service in WW II. After war Assistant at Tübingen, PD 1956. In 1956-61 Director of German Aechaeological Institute in Istanbul, from 1961 the first Director of its new Teheran Branch (with Professor’s title 1963), retired on health reasons in 1971. Then taught as Honorarprofessor at Tübingen. Married art historian Ingeborg Schmeisser (1918–2009).
Publications: “Achämenidisch-persische Toreutik”, Archäologischer Anzeiger 1938, 759-772.
– “Iran und der Westen von Kyros bis Khosrow”, AMI N.F. 1, 1968, 15-37 pl. 3-22.
– “Zur Datierung der sasanidischen Kapitelle aus Bisutun und des Monuments von Taq-i-Bostan”, AMI N.F. 1, 1968, 129-142, pl. 51-54.
– Other articles, also on classical archaeology.
Sources: *W. Fuchs, Gnomon 65, 1993, 475-478; W. Kleiss, Encyclop. Iranica 2003 with photo (online 2014); German Wikipedia.
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