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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.

2 articles and guides

Ivory plaque from Nimrud with two sphinxes facing a central cartouche — Ivory furniture plaque from Nimrud, Mesopotamia, ca. 9th-8th century BCE, in Phoenician style. Shown for comparison; this is not one of the Jerusalem ivories. The Met, 62.269.4.The Metropolitan Museum of Art · 62.269.4 · Rogers Fund, 1962 · CC0 · Source · CC0 1.0

CRAFT & MATERIAL CULTURE · IRON AGE

Jerusalem ivories: craft, decoration and connections

Decorated ivory panels raise questions about choices, resources and shared traditions. Read the argument without inventing a name for the owner.

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Roman terracotta oil lamp seen from above, with relief decoration and a wick opening — Roman terracotta lamp, ca. 90-200 CE; probably made in Syria-Palestine according to The Met catalogue. A collection object for comparison, not a find from the Nazareth excavations. Accession 74.51.2256.The Metropolitan Museum of Art · 74.51.2256 · The Cesnola Collection, Purchased by subscription, 1874-76 · CC0 · Source · CC0 1.0

READING A FIND · NAZARETH

Nazareth: reading a settlement through its layers

What can a small excavation tell us about settlement, and why do successive layers not necessarily mean uninterrupted occupation?

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