The adventure of the illustrious scholar : papers presented to Oscar White Muscarella /

The Adventure of the Illustrious Scholar: Papers Presented to Oscar White Muscarella , edited by Elizabeth Simpson, is a Festschrift celebrating the career of one of the foremost archaeologists of the ancient Near East. Oscar Muscarella is a former curator at the Metropolitan Museum of Art and a for...

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Other Authors: Simpson, Elizabeth, 1947-, Muscarella, Oscar White.

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2018.

Series: Culture and History of the Ancient Near East 94.
Biblical Studies, Ancient Near East and Early Christianity E-Books Online, Collection 2018, ISBN: 9789004353275.

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Call Number: CC165

Table of Contents:
  • Front Matter
  • Copyright Page
  • Dedication
  • Preface
  • Oscar White Muscarella: Excavations and Publications
  • Introduction /
  • Elizabeth Simpson
  • "There is Nothing like First-hand Evidence"
  • Oscar White Muscarella and Sherlock Holmes /
  • Laurie Adams
  • Arts and Archaeology: Anatolia
  • The King Has Ass's Ears! The Myth of Midas's Ears /
  • Susanne Berndt
  • The Project to Reconstruct the Early Bronze Age Hattıan Royal Tombs of Alaca Höyük /
  • Aykut Çınaroğlu
  • The Lydian Hoard and Its Progeny: Repatriation and the Statute of Limitations /
  • Lawrence M. Kaye
  • Labors Lost and Found in Tumulus MM at Gordion /
  • Richard F. Liebhart
  • A Pithos Burial at Sardis /
  • David Gordon Mitten
  • Attitudes toward the Past in Roman Phrygia: Survivals and Revivals /
  • Lynn E. Roller
  • The City Mound at Gordion: The Discovery, Study, and Conservation of the Wooden Fragments from Megaron 3 /
  • Krysia Spirydowicz
  • Monumental Entrances, Sculpture, and Idols at Kerkenes: Aspects of Phrygian Cult East of the Kızılırmak /
  • Geoffrey Summers and Françoise Summers
  • Of Fibulae, Of Course! /
  • Maya Vassileva
  • Arts and Archaeology: Urartu
  • Artifacts Belonging to Queen Qaquli and Mr. Tigursagga from an Elaborately Decorated Quarter of the Ayanis Fortress /
  • Altan Çilingiroğlu
  • A Fragment of a Ram's Head Rhyton Found at Qalatgah, Iran /
  • Stephan Kroll
  • Toul-E Gilan and the Urartian Empire /
  • D.T. Potts
  • Some Considerations on Urartian Burial Rites /
  • Veli Sevin
  • Architectural and Other Observations Related to Erebuni in the Late Seventh/Early Sixth Centuries B.C. /
  • David Stronach
  • Arts and Archaeology: The Near East
  • Neo-Assyrian Views of Foreign Cities: A Brief Survey /
  • Pauline Albenda
  • The Role of the Petra Great Temple in the Context of Nabataean Archaeology /
  • Martha Sharp Joukowsky
  • Fibulae in Neo-Assyrian Burials /
  • Friedhelm Pedde
  • Fibulae, Chronology, and Related Considerations: Marlik Reloaded /
  • Christian Konrad Piller
  • A Middle Bronze Stele from Hama and Old Syrian Cylinder Seals /
  • Barbara A. Porter
  • A Unique Human Head-Cup from the Environs of Tel Qashish in the Jezreel Valley, Israel /
  • Irit Ziffer , Edwin C.M. van den Brink , Orit Segal and Uzi Ad
  • Arts and Archaeology: The Mediterranean World
  • Back to the Future: Memory, Nostalgia, and Identity in the 12th Century B.C.E. on Paros /
  • Robert B. Koehl
  • Liturgy /
  • Günter Kopcke
  • What Did the Fisherman Catch? /
  • Mark J. Rose
  • The Weight of Good Measure: A Reassessment of the Balance Weights from the Late Bronze Age Shipwreck at Uluburun /
  • Rachael Dealy Salisbury
  • Arts-Craft-Materials-Techniques
  • Kyme: An Ancient Center of Jewelry Production in Asia Minor /
  • Özgen Acar
  • Voicing the Past: The Implications of Craft-referential Pottery in Ancient Greece /
  • Einav Zamir Dembin
  • The Neoclassical Klismos Chair: Early Sources and Avenues of Diffusion /
  • Ana Gutierrez-Folch
  • The Furniture of the Ramesside Pharaohs /
  • Geoffrey Killen
  • Excavated Roman Jewelry: The Case of the Gold Body Chains /
  • Meredith Nelson
  • Ivory Identification /
  • Anibal Rodriguez
  • Luxury Arts of the Ancient Near East /
  • Elizabeth Simpson
  • Issues and Methods.