INSCRIPTION · JERUSALEM
Names and sums on a stone in Jerusalem
A short inscription opens a larger question about everyday life: how do we distinguish the surviving text from its proposed function?
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Articles and guides
Selected case studies and useful reading questions: what was found, how was it studied and what follows from the evidence?
Eleven articles and guides connect case studies with methods: layers and dating, critical reading, pottery, coins, inscriptions and raw materials. Choose a question, then follow the sources and related reading. Checking an abstract is never presented as reviewing an entire paper.
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METHOD GUIDE · CONNECTIONS
Materials and exchange: reading connections between places
Similar objects do not make a trade map. Distinguish raw materials, manufacture, style and movement through examples and research questions.
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RESEARCH & METHOD
Reading an ancient inscription: from mark to claim
Photograph, transcription, reconstruction and translation are different steps. A guide to reading names, numbers and meaning on objects.
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