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The archaeology of the Ostraca House at Israelite Samaria : epigraphic discoveries in complicated contexts / by Ron E. Tappy.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: The annual of the American Schools of Oriental Research ; volume 70Publication details: Boston. MA : American Schools of Oriental Research, c2016.Description: xx, 220 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 29 cmISBN:
  • 9780897570954 (acidfree paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 933/.53 23
LOC classification:
  • DS110.S3 T37 2016
Contents:
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.
Item type: Reference Book
Holdings
Current library Collection Call number Vol info Status Date due Barcode
Judith Thomas Library Reference Books Reference Shelves DS 110 .S3 T37 2016 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) AUA24658 Not for loan AUA24658

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.