Bluma L. Trell

Bluma L. Trell
Born	Bluma Lee Popkin (1903-03-10)March 10, 1903 New York, NY
Died	June 10, 1997(1997-06-10) (aged 94) Englewood, NJ
Nationality	American
Occupation(s)	Classicist, archaeologist, numismatist, professor, attorney
Notable work	Temple of Artemis replica on permanent display at the British Museum
Spouse	Max Trell

Bluma Lee Popkin Trell was an American classicist, archaeologist, and numismatist. She earned a law degree from New York University at age 21 and had a private law practice for several years before becoming bored and returning to her studies. She was later a professor of Classics at New York University, and a recognized expert on the Temple of Artemis at Ephesus. Her reconstruction of the temple was on display at the British Museum and was used as a model in a painting by Salvador Dali. At NYU the Bluma L. Trell Prize is awarded each year to a graduating senior who has made notable contributions in the field of Classics.

In 1973 Trell participated in a protest against the Metropolitan Museum's attempt to sell 6,000 ancient coins that it had lent the American Numismatic Society. A photograph of Trell playing the cello with the NYU Student Orchestra at the Society during the protest appeared in the New York Times and the New York Post which generated a lot of publicity and likely contributed to the success of the protest.

In 1977, Trell published Coins and Their Cities: Architecture on the Ancient Coins of Greece, Rome and Palestine, along with renowned British Museum authority Martin Price.

Personal life

Bluma Lee Popkin was born in 1903 to Max Popkin, a portrait painter who helped establish the Grand Central Art Galleries, and Mary Samuels Popkin.

In 1924 she married screenwriter Max Trell and they had one son named Max Trell Jr.

Awards

• American Council of Learned Societies grants, 1964, 1968, 1972, 1973, 1977
• National Science Foundation grant, 1973
• New York University, teaching award, 1975

Education

Trell earned her degrees from New York University: LL.B. in 1924, B.A. in 1935, and Ph.D. in 1942. Trell completed her dissertation, "Architectura Numismatica Part II, Temples in Asia Minor" in 1942, with Karl Lehmann-Hartleben as her advisor.

Publications

• Trell, Bluma L (1942). Architectura Numismatica. Part II : Temples in Asia Minor (Thesis). OCLC 58669277. ProQuest 301834913.
• Trell, Bluma L. (1945). "The Temple of Artemis at Ephesos". Numismatic Notes and Monographs (107): ii–71. JSTOR 45278013.
• Trell, Bluma L. (1964). "A Numismatic Solution of Two Problems in Euripides". The Numismatic Chronicle and Journal of the Royal Numismatic Society. 4: 93–101. JSTOR 42662585.
• Trell, Bluma L. (1964). "The Cult-Image on Temple-Type Coins". The Numismatic Chronicle and Journal of the Royal Numismatic Society. 4: 241–246. JSTOR 42662598.
• Trell, Bluma L. (1970). "Architectura Numismatica Orientalis: A Short Guide to the Numismatic Formulae of Roman Syrian Die-Makers". The Numismatic Chronicle. 10: 29–50. JSTOR 42681898.
• Trell, Bluma L. (1972). "Architectura Numismatica: Early Types: Greek, Roman, Oriental: An extended review of G. Fuchs, 'Architekturdarstellungen auf römischen Münzen'". The Numismatic Chronicle. 12: 45–59. JSTOR 42666335.
• Trell, Bluma L. (1976). "Architecture on Ancient Coins". Archaeology. 29 (1): 6–13. JSTOR 41706006.
• Price, Martin; Trell, Bluma L. (1977). Coins and their cities: architecture on the ancient coins of Greece, Rome, and Palestine. London: Vecchi. ISBN 978-0-8143-1586-6.
• Trell, Bluma L. (1978). "Epigraphica Numismatica Monumental Nymphaea on Ancient Coins". The Bulletin of the American Society of Papyrologists. 15 (1/2): 147–161. JSTOR 24518770.
• Trell, Bluma L. (1988). "Ancient Coins as Evidence for the History of Art". Bulletin of the Asia Institute. 2: 53–65. JSTOR 24048210.
• Clayton, Peter A.; Price, Martin (2013). "The Temple of Artemis At Ephesos". The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. doi:10.4324/9780203820131. ISBN 978-1-136-74810-3.

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