The adventure of the illustrious scholar : papers presented to Oscar White Muscarella / edited by Elizabeth Simpson.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Simpson, Elizabeth, 1947- editor.

Muscarella, Oscar White, honouree.

Series:

Culture and history of the ancient Near East ; v. 94.

Culture and history of the ancient Near East ; volume 94

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Archaeology.

Middle East--Antiquities.

Middle East.

Antiquities.

Mediterranean Region--Antiquities.

Mediterranean Region.

Genre:

Festschriften.

Physical Description:

xxviii, 1019 pages : illustrations, maps, plans ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2018]

Summary:

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.

Contents:

Part 1. "There is Nothing like First-hand Evidence"

Oscar White Muscarella and Sherlock Holmes / Laurie Adams

Part 2. Arts and Archaeology : Anatolia

The King Has Ass's Ears! : The Myth of Midas's Ear / Susanne Berndt

The Project to Reconstruct the Early Bronze Age Hattian Royal Tombs of Alaca Hoyuk / Aykut Cinaroglu

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 Kizilirmak / Geoffrey Summers and Francoise Summers

Of Fibulae, Of Course! / Maya Vassileva

Part 3. Arts and Archaeology : Urartu

Artifacts Belonging to Queen Qaquli and Mr. Tigursagga from an Elaborately Decorated Quarter of the Ayanis Fortress / Altan Cilingiroglu

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

Part 4. 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

Part 5. 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 / Gunter 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

Part 6. Arts-Craft-Materials-Techniques

Kyme : An Ancient Center of Jewelry Production in Asia Minor / Ozgen 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-Berry

Ivory Identification / Anibal Rodriguez

Luxury Arts of the Ancient Near East / Elizabeth Simpson

Part 7. Issues and Methods

The Literature of Loot : Notes on The Lie Became Great and Its Heirs / Roger Atwood

Oscar the Oracle : On the Publication of Unprovenienced Objects / Larissa Bonfante

The Illicit Antiquities Research Centre : Afterthoughts and Aftermaths / Neil Brodie

Illicit Traffic of Pre-Columbian Antiquities / Clemency Chase Coggins

The History and Continuing Impact of the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA) / Emily Field

Connoisseurship Conundrums and a Visit to Hans Hofmann's Studio / Carroll Janis

Blue from Babylon : Notes from the Curatorial Trenches / Margaret Cool Root and Helen Dixon

"Outing" the Old Teaching Collections / Karen D. Vitelli

Figure and Ground : Reading Ancient Near Eastern Sources / Eva von Dassow

Part 8. "Leave No Stone Unturned"

"Elementary" / Jeanette Greenfield.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Adventure of the illustrious scholar.

ISBN:

9789004361706

9004361707

OCLC:

1021056031