TY - BOOK AU - Tappy,Ron E. TI - The archaeology of the Ostraca House at Israelite Samaria: epigraphic discoveries in complicated contexts T2 - The annual of the American Schools of Oriental Research SN - 9780897570954 (acidfree paper) AV - DS110.S3 T37 2016 U1 - 933/.53 23 PY - 2016/// CY - Boston. MA PB - American Schools of Oriental Research KW - Ostraka KW - West Bank KW - Samaria (Region) KW - Inscriptions KW - Samaria (West Bank : Region) KW - Antiquities N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages 201-210) and indexes; Introduction and background -- Horizontal axis : the building's original footprint and surrounding area -- Vertical axis : the building's complex depositional history -- Ceramic considerations -- The Samaria ostraca and modern scholarship -- Back to the backstory : the characters and concerns behind the Harvard expedition to Samaria -- Appendix A: Ostraca : provenance data and vessel descriptions -- Appendix B: Ostraca : sequence of discovery -- Appendix C: Non-epigraphic pottery with provenance data matching those of the ostraca -- Appendix D: D.G. Lyon's report to the president of Harvard University for the academic year 1898-1899, showing the financial generosity of Jakob Heinrich Schiff -- Appendix E: Reisner's field drawings of selected ostraca ER -