The Adventure of the Illustrious Scholar
Papers Presented to Oscar White Muscarella
Series: - Culture and History of the Ancient Near East, Volume: 94
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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 formidable scholar who has excavated at sites in Turkey, Iran, and the United States. He has published eight books and nearly 200 articles, excavation reports, and reviews on topics ranging from the arts of antiquity and the importance of connoisseurship, to the difficulties of dating and the problems of forgeries, the looting of ancient sites, and the antiquities trade. The forty-seven contributors are experts in the areas of Muscarella’s interests and are major scholars in their fields. This volume constitutes an unusual, important, and timely addition to the archaeological and art historical literature.
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Elizabeth Simpson, PHD (1985), is Professor of Ancient Art and Archaeology at the Bard Graduate Center, New York, NY. She is Director of the Gordion Furniture Project and Consulting Scholar in the Mediterranean Section, University of Pennsylvania Museum, Philadelphia, PA.
Preface Oscar White Muscarella Introduction Elizabeth Simpson
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at Gordion Richard F. Liebhart 6 A Pithos Burial at Sardis David Gordon Mitten 7 Attitudes toward the Past in Roman Phrygia: Survivals and Revivals Lynn E. Roller 8 The City Mound at Gordion: The Discovery, Study, and Conservation of the Wooden Fragments from Megaron 3 Krysia Spirydowicz 9 Monumental Entrances, Sculpture, and Idols at Kerkenes: Aspects of Phrygian Cult East of the Kizilirmak Geoffrey Summers and Françoise Summers 10 Of Fibulae, Of Course! Maya Vassileva
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on Paros Robert B. Koehl 23 Liturgy Günter Kopcke 24 What Did the Fisherman Catch? Mark J. Rose 25 The Weight of Good Measure: A Reassessment of the Balance Weights from the Late Bronze Age Shipwreck at Uluburun Rachael Dealy Salisbury
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) Emily Field 38 Connoisseurship Conundrums and a Visit to Hans Hofmann’s Studio Carroll Janis 39 Blue from Babylon: Notes from the Curatorial Trenches Margaret Cool Root and Helen Dixon 40 “Outing” the Old Teaching Collections Karen D. Vitelli 41 Figure and Ground: Reading Ancient Near Eastern Sources Eva von Dassow
Part 1: “There is Nothing like First-hand Evidence”
1 Oscar White Muscarella and Sherlock Holmes Laurie AdamsPart 2: Arts and Archaeology: Anatolia
2 The King Has Ass’s Ears! The Myth of Midas’s Ears Susanne Berndt 3 The Project to Reconstruct the Early Bronze Age Hattıan Royal Tombs of Alaca Höyük Aykut Çınaroğlu 4 The Lydian Hoard and Its Progeny: Repatriation and the Statute of Limitations Lawrence M. Kaye 5 Labors Lost and Found in TumulusPart 3: Arts and Archaeology: Urartu
11 Artifacts Belonging to Queen Qaquli and Mr. Tigursagga from an Elaborately Decorated Quarter of the Ayanis Fortress Altan Çilingiroğlu 12 A Fragment of a Ram’s Head Rhyton Found at Qalatgah, Iran Stephan Kroll 13 Toul-E Gilan and the Urartian Empire D.T. Potts 14 Some Considerations on Urartian Burial Rites Veli Sevin 15 Architectural and Other Observations Related to Erebuni in the Late Seventh/Early Sixth CenturiesPart 4: Arts and Archaeology: The Near East
16 Neo-Assyrian Views of Foreign Cities: A Brief Survey Pauline Albenda 17 The Role of the Petra Great Temple in the Context of Nabataean Archaeology Martha Sharp Joukowsky 18 Fibulae in Neo-Assyrian Burials Friedhelm Pedde 19 Fibulae, Chronology, and Related Considerations: Marlik Reloaded Christian Konrad Piller 20 A Middle Bronze Stele from Hama and Old Syrian Cylinder Seals Barbara A. Porter 21 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 AdPart 5: Arts and Archaeology: The Mediterranean World
22 Back to the Future: Memory, Nostalgia, and Identity in the 12th CenturyPart 6: Arts—Craft—Materials—Techniques
26 Kyme: An Ancient Center of Jewelry Production in Asia Minor Özgen Acar 27 Voicing the Past: The Implications of Craft-referential Pottery in Ancient Greece Einav Zamir Dembin 28 The Neoclassical Klismos Chair: Early Sources and Avenues of Diffusion Ana Gutierrez-Folch 29 The Furniture of the Ramesside Pharaohs Geoffrey Killen 30 Excavated Roman Jewelry: The Case of the Gold Body Chains Meredith Nelson 31 Ivory Identification Anibal Rodriguez 32 Luxury Arts of the Ancient Near East Elizabeth SimpsonPart 7: Issues and Methods
33 The Literature of Loot: Notes on The Lie Became Great and Its Heirs Roger Atwood 34 Oscar the Oracle: On the Publication of Unprovenienced Objects Larissa Bonfante 35 The Illicit Antiquities Research Centre: Afterthoughts and Aftermaths Neil Brodie 36 Illicit Traffic of Pre-Columbian Antiquities Clemency Chase Coggins 37 The History and Continuing Impact of the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (Part 8: “Leave No Stone Unturned”
42 “Elementary” Jeanette Greenfield Master Bibliography Index of Terms Authors’ Biographies
For students, scholars, and those interested in the art and archaeology of the ancient Mediterranean, Egypt, and the Near East, the protection of cultural property, museums, and current arts-related issues.