The Adventure of the Illustrious Scholar: Papers Presented to Oscar White Muscarella (2018)

The Adventure of the Illustrious Scholar: Papers Presented to Oscar W hite Muscarella Series: Culture and History of the Ancient Near East, Volume 94 Editor: Elizabeth Simpson The Adventure of the Illustrious Scholar: Papers Presented to Oscar W hite Muscarella, edited by Elizabeth Sim pson, is a Festschrift celebrating the career of one of the forem ost archaeologists of the ancient Near East. Oscar Muscarella is a form er curator at the Metropolitan Museum of Art and a form idable scholar who has excavated at sites in Turkey, Iran, and the United States. He has published eight books and nearly 20 0 articles, excavation reports, and reviews on topics ranging from the arts of antiquity and the im portance of connoisseurship, to the difficulties of dating and the problem s 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 m ajor scholars in their fields. This volum e constitutes an unusual, im portant, and tim ely addition to the archaeological and art historical literature. Publication Date: 28 June 2018 ISBN: 978-90-04-36171-3 E-Book: EUR €210.00 USD $242.00; Hardback: EUR €231.00 USD $266.00 Biographical Note Eliza be th Sim ps o n , PHD (198 5), 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. Table of Contents Pre face Os ca r W hite Mu s ca re lla : Excava tio n s an d Pu blica tio n s In tro ductio n Elizabeth Sim pson Part 1: “There is Nothing like First-hand Evidence” 1 Os ca r W h ite Mus ca re lla a n d Sh e rlo ck H o lm e s Laurie Adam s Part 2: Arts and Archaeology: Anatolia 2 Th e Kin g H a s As s ’s Ea rs ! Th e Myth o f Midas ’s Ears Susanne Berndt 3 Th e Pro je ct to Re co n s truct th e Ea rly Bro n ze Age H a ttian Ro ya l To m bs o f Ala ca H ö yü k Aykut Çınaroğlu 4 Th e Lydian H o a rd a n d Its Pro ge n y: Re pa tria tio n a n d th e Sta tu te o f Lim ita tio n s Law rence M. Kay e 5 La bo rs Lo s t an d Fo u n d in Tu m ulu s MM a t Go rdio n 6 A Pith o s Bu rial a t Sa rdis Richard F. Liebhart David Gordon Mitten 7 Attitu de s to w a rd th e Pa s t in Ro m an Ph rygia : Su rviva ls a n d Re viva ls Ly nn E. Roller 8 Th e City Mo u n d a t Go rdio n : Th e D is co ve ry, Stu dy, a n d Co n s e rva tio n o f th e W o o de n Fra gm e n ts fro m Me ga ro n 3 Kry sia Spiry dow icz 9 Mo n u m e n ta l En tra n ce s , Sculpture , a n d Ido ls a t Ke rke n e s : As pe cts o f Ph rygia n Cu lt Ea s t o f th e Kızılırm ak Geoffrey Sum m ers and Françoise Sum m ers 10 Of Fibu la e , Of Co u rs e ! May a Vassileva Part 3: Arts and Archaeology: Urartu 11 Artifacts Be lo n gin g to Que e n Qaqu li a n d Mr. Tigu rs a gga fro m an Ela bo ra te ly D e co ra te d Qua rte r o f th e Ayan is Fo rtre s s Altan Çilingiroğlu 12 A Fra gm e n t o f a Ram ’s H e a d Rh yto n Fo u n d a t Qala tga h , Ira n 13 To u l-E Gila n a n d th e U ra rtia n Em pire Stephan Kroll D.T. Potts 14 So m e Co n s ide ra tio n s o n U ra rtia n Bu ria l Rite s Veli Sevin 15 Archite ctu ra l a n d Othe r Obs e rva tio n s Re late d to Ere bu n i in th e La te Se ve n th / Ea rly Sixth Ce n tu rie s B.C. David Stronach Part 4: Arts and Archaeology: The Near East 16 N e o -As s yrian Vie w s o f Fo re ign Citie s : A Brie f Su rve y Pauline Albenda 17 Th e Ro le o f the Pe tra Gre a t Te m ple in th e Co n te xt o f N a ba tae an Archa e o lo gy Sharp Joukow sky 18 Fibula e in N e o -As s yrian Bu ria ls Martha Friedhelm Pedde 19 Fibu la e , Ch ro n o lo gy, an d Re la te d Co n s ide ra tio n s : Ma rlik Re lo a de d Piller Christian Konrad 20 A Middle Bro n ze Ste le fro m H am a an d Old Syrian Cylin de r Se a ls Barbara A. Porter 21 A Un iqu e H um a n H e a d-Cu p fro m th e En viro n s o f Te l Qa s his h in th e J e zre e l Va lle y, Is ra e l Irit Ziffer, Edw in C.M. van den Brink, Orit Segal, and Uzi Ad Part 5: Arts and Archaeology: The Mediterranean World 22 Back to th e Fu tu re : Me m o ry, N o s ta lgia , a n d Ide n tity in the 12 th Ce n tu ry B.C.E. o n Paro s Robert B. Koehl 23 Litu rgy Günter Kopcke 24 W ha t Did th e Fis h e rm a n Ca tch? Mark J. Rose 25 Th e W e igh t o f Go o d Me as u re : A Re a s s e s s m e n t o f th e Ba la n ce W e igh ts fro m th e Late Bro n ze Age Shipw re ck a t Ulu bu run Rachael Dealy Salisbury Part 6: Arts—Craft—Materials—Techniques 26 Kym e : An An cie n t Ce n te r o f Je w e lry Pro ductio n in As ia Min o r Özgen Acar 27 Vo icin g th e Pas t: Th e Im plica tio n s o f Cra ft-re fe re n tia l Po tte ry in An cie n t Gre e ce Zam ir Dem bin 28 Th e N e o cla s s ica l K lis m o s Ch air: Ea rly So u rce s a n d Ave n ue s o f D iffu s io n Folch 29 Th e Fu rn itu re o f th e Ra m e s s ide Pha ra o hs Ana Gutierrez- Geoffrey Killen 30 Exca va te d Ro m a n J e w e lry: Th e Ca s e o f th e Go ld Bo dy Ch ain s 31 Ivo ry Ide n tifica tio n Einav Meredith Nelson Anibal Rodriguez 32 Lu xu ry Arts o f th e An cie n t N e ar Ea s t Elizabeth Sim pson Part 7: Issues and Methods 33 The Lite ra tu re o f Lo o t: N o te s o n Th e Lie Be ca m e Gr e a t an d Its H e irs 34 Os ca r th e Oracle : On th e Pu blica tio n o f U n pro ve n ie n ce d Obje cts Larissa Bonfante 35 Th e Illicit An tiqu itie s Re s e a rch Ce n tre : Afte rtho u gh ts an d Afte rm a th s 36 Illicit Tra ffic o f Pre -Co lum bia n An tiquitie s Roger Atw ood Neil Brodie Clem ency Chase Coggins 37 Th e H is to ry a n d Co n tin uin g Im pa ct o f th e N a tive Am e rica n Grave s Pro te ctio n a n d Re pa tria tio n Act ( N AGPRA ) Em ily Field 38 Co n n o is s e u rs hip Co n u n drum s a n d a Vis it to H an s H o fm an n ’s Studio 39 Blu e fro m Ba bylo n : N o te s fro m th e Cu ra to ria l Tre n ch e s Dixon 40 “Ou tin g” th e Old Te a chin g Co lle ctio n s Margaret Cool Root and Helen Karen D. Vitelli 41 Figu re an d Gro un d: Re a din g An cie n t N e a r Ea s te rn So u rce s Part 8: “Leave No Stone Unturned” 42 “Ele m e n ta ry” Carroll Janis Jeanette Greenfield Biblio gra phy, In de x o f Te rm s , a n d Au th o rs ’ Bio gra phie s Eva von Dassow