Donors to the Storehouse Project

In the Spring of 2010, when the Turkish authorities finally gave permission for the erection of a storehouse had been granted, the archaeologists launched an international appeal for funds. The appeal quickly received an extremely generous response. The new structure was placed on the "Esplanade". 

By far the largest contribution was made by The Gilbert de Botton Memorial Foundation, a cultural fund established under the will of Gilbert de Botton (1935–2000). One of those who administer the fund is his son, the writer and philosopher Alain de Botton. Immense gratitude is owed to him for making possible an extraordinary gift. 

Other principal donors were: 

• MFS 
• Gustav Kranck 
• Steelteam 
• Kulturerhaltprogramm des Auswärtigen Amtes der Bundesrepublik Deutschland 
• Klaus Fischer/ Fischer Befestigungssysteme 
• John Fraser (Versoix) 
• Il Centro Internazionale per lo Studio dei Papiri Ercolanesi
• Deutsches Archäologisches Institut, Abteilung İstanbul 
• The Seven Pillars of Wisdom Trust 
• Societat Catalana d’Estudis Clàssics

Gratitude is due to all these institutions and individuals, as well as to numerous friends of Jurgen Hammerstaedt, academic and non-academic, who made gifts to the Oinoanda project on the occasion of his fiftieth birthday.