Near East Section

Vol. XXIV / No. 1

By: Charles Bache

The First Assyrian Level at Tell Billa

Plan of Stratum I-ASS It must be emphasized that this plan should be regarded only as a factual recording of […]

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Vol. XXIV / No. 1

By: Gerald M. FitzGerald

The Earliest Pottery of Beth-Shan

IN the latter part of 1933 the tenth season of the excavations by the University Museum, Philadelphia, at Beth-shan was […]

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Vol. Supplement / No. 1934

Catalogue

Bronze ornament, mascot—or idol—strongly stylized. A mythological hero stands between two dragons rampant which try to bite his long bull’s […]

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Object 30-38-16

Vol. Supplement / No. 1934

By: Leon Legrain

Luristan Bronzes in the University Museum

A small but choice collection of Persian bronzes from Luristan was acquired in 1930 by the University Museum through Mr. […]

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Vol. XXIII / No. 4

By: Erich F. Schmidt

Appendix: Tepe Hissar: Excavations of 1931

Season’s End, Interlude in Teheran Icy winds and occasional flurries of rain were already sweeping across the Damghan plain when, […]

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Vol. XXIII / No. 4

By: Erich F. Schmidt

Summary and Results: Tepe Hissar: Excavations of 1931

Time had erased the memory of the dead towns of Tepe Hissar. About three and a half millennia after the […]

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Vol. XXIII / No. 4

By: Erich F. Schmidt

The Sasanian Palace: Tepe Hissar: Excavations of 1931

[Plates CLVI-CLXIX] We are convinced that the Damghan plain was settled rather continuously by towns or villages of varying importance; […]

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Vol. XXIII / No. 4

By: Erich F. Schmidt

Hissar III: Tepe Hissar: Excavations of 1931

The Stratum of the Late Gray Ware The Iron Age began in Persia, according to our belief, during the second […]

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Vol. XXIII / No. 4

By: Erich F. Schmidt

Hissar II: Tepe Hissar: Excavations of 1931

The Stratum of the Early Gray Ware Again we are simply estimating in attributing the arrival of the Hissar II […]

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Vol. XXIII / No. 4

By: Erich F. Schmidt

Hissar I: Tepe Hissar: Excavations of 1931

The Stratum of the Painted Pottery About 3000 B.C., let us estimate, the present plain of Damghan already was settled […]

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