The epigraphic discoveries in complicated contexts Tappy, Ron E. creator author. text bibliography mau Boston. MA American Schools of Oriental Research c2016 2016 monographic eng

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xx, 220 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 29 cm. 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. by Ron E. Tappy. Includes bibliographical references (pages 201-210) and indexes. awba--- Ostraka West Bank Samaria (Region) Inscriptions West Bank Samaria (Region) Samaria (West Bank : Region) Antiquities DS110.S3 T37 2016 933/.53 9780897570954 (acidfree paper) 2016036508 DLC 160906 20190306140035.0 19262723 eng