Description
Book SynopsisKhirbet et-Tannur is a Nabataean site dating from the second century B.C. to the fourth to sixth centuries A.D. In 1937, Nelson Glueck excavated the site on behalf of the American Schools of Oriental Research but died before completing a report. Now, in two extensively illustrated volumes, the results of Glueck's excavations are finally published.
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'Rarely has this reviewer seen so useful and attractive an excavation report. This is all the more impressive because of the viscissitudes of attempting to integrate the evidence for an excavation of 80 years ago, performed under the strictures of that era and whose records and material cultuire are widely dispersed, with teh present state of the site - an immense task admirably performed by the principla investigator and her colleagues. The hundreds of plans and illustrations, both contemporary and historic and many in color, enhance the report. The nbarrative is clear, concise and informative, and the cataloges are useuful but not intrusive. This is a model publication about a little-known yet essential part of teh ancinet world, revealing a aite whose interpretation has languished for half a century.'
Duane W. Roller, American Journal of Archaeology, Vol 120 No 3 (July 2016)
'All these studies are extremely useful because they make an enormous amount of old and often unknown material available to scholars, not only those interested in the Nabataeans but also those interested in the ancient Middle East in general, in religion and rituals, in technology and in various sorts of archaeological material.
'The enormous number of documents studied by the authors, their nature (an archive), and the fact that the excavation took place more than seventy years ago added to the complexity of the project and made this publication a real tour de force.' (Laila Nehme, Bryn Mawr Classical Review, June 2015)
Table of Contents
Preface
PART 2: EXCAVATION RECORDS
6 Re-establishment of Loci from Glueck’s Excavation Records Judith S. McKenzie
Locations of Stone Architectural Fragments, Sculpture, Cult Statues, Altars, and Inscriptions
Locations of Other Finds (Pottery, Lamps, Glass, Metals, Animal Bones, Plants, and Gypsum)
Records in the Glueck Archive
Photographs in the Glueck Archive
Records in Jerusalem, Amman, and Cincinnati
Numbering System for Glueck Archive Units
Loci and Standardization of Names of Find-Locations
7 Glueck’s Excavation Journal
8 Glueck’s Registration Book
PART 3: SPECIALIST REPORTS
9 The Nabataean Inscriptions John F. Healey
10 The Altars Andres T. Reyes and Judith S. McKenzie
11 The Animal Bones Sarah Whitcher Kansa
12 The Plant Remains Wilma Wetterstrom
13 The Metals Judith S. McKenzie, Elias Khamis, and Andres T. Reyes
14 Ultra-high Carbon Steel Door Hinge: Microstructural Analysis Brian Gilmour
15 The Glassware: Typological Analysis Margaret O’Hea
16 The Glassware: Chemical Analysis Nadine Schibille and Patrick Degryse
17 The Lamps Deirdre G. Barrett
18 The Pottery Stephan G. Schmid, Catherine S. Alexander, and Judith S. McKenzie
Sources of Illustrations
Index
