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

Copyright

Dedication

Contents

Preface

Oscar White Muscarella: Excavations and Publicatons

Introduction

Part 1: “There is Nothing like First-hand Evidence”

1 Oscar White Muscarella and Sherlock Holmes

Part 2: Arts and Archaeology: Anatolia

2 The King Has Ass’s Ears! The Myth of Midas’s Ears

3 The Project to Reconstruct the Early Bronze Age Hattıan Royal Tombs of Alaca Höyük

4 The Lydian Hoard and Its Progeny: Repatriation and the Statute of Limitations

5 Labors Lost and Found in Tumulus MM at Gordion

6 A Pithos Burial at Sardis

7 Attitudes toward the Past in Roman Phrygia: Survivals and Revivals

8 The City Mound at Gordion: The Discovery, Study, and Conservation of the Wooden Fragments from Megaron 3

9 Monumental Entrances, Sculpture, and Idols at Kerkenes: Aspects of Phrygian Cult East of the Kızılırmak

10 Of Fibulae, Of Course!

Part 3: Arts and Archaeology: Urartu

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

12 A Fragment of a Ram’s Head Rhyton Found at Qalatgah, Iran

13 Toul-E Gilan and the Urartian Empire

14 Some Considerations on Urartian Burial Rites

15 Architectural and Other Observations Related to Erebuni in the Late Seventh/Early Sixth Centuries B.C.

Part 4: Arts and Archaeology: The Near East

16 Neo-Assyrian Views of Foreign Cities: A Brief Survey

17 The Role of the Petra Great Temple in the Context of Nabataean Archaeology

18 Fibulae in Neo-Assyrian Burials

19 Fibulae, Chronology, and Related Considerations: Marlik Reloaded

20 A Middle Bronze Stele from Hama and Old Syrian Cylinder Seals

21 A Unique Human Head-Cup from the Environs of Tel Qashish in the Jezreel Valley, Israel

Part 5: Arts and Archaeology: The Mediterranean World

22 Back to the Future: Memory, Nostalgia, and Identity in the 12th Century B.C.E. on Paros

23 Liturgy

24 What Did the Fisherman Catch?

25 The Weight of Good Measure: A Reassessment of the Balance Weights from the Late Bronze Age Shipwreck at Uluburun

Part 6: Arts—Craft—Materials—Techniques

26 Kyme: An Ancient Center of Jewelry Production in Asia Minor

27 Voicing the Past: The Implications of Craft-referential Pottery in Ancient Greece

28 The Neoclassical Klismos Chair: Early Sources and Avenues of Diffusion

29 The Furniture of the Ramesside Pharaohs

30 Excavated Roman Jewelry: The Case of the Gold Body Chains

31 Ivory Identification

32 Luxury Arts of the Ancient Near East

Part 7: Issues and Methods

33 The Literature of Loot: Notes on The Lie Became Great and Its Heirs

34 Oscar the Oracle: On the Publication of Unprovenienced Objects

35 The Illicit Antiquities Research Centre: Afterthoughts and Aftermaths

36 Illicit Traffic of Pre-Columbian Antiquities

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

38 Connoisseurship Conundrums and a Visit to Hans Hofmann’s Studio

39 Blue from Babylon: Notes from the Curatorial Trenches

40 “Outing” the Old Teaching Collections

41 Figure and Ground: Reading Ancient Near Eastern Sources

Part 8: “Leave No Stone Unturned”

42 “Elementary”

Bibliography

Index of Terms

Authors’ Biographies