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| August 17, 2021 |
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Member Type: Staff Membership
Expiration Date: 8/27/21
Member ID: 9736440
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| AM21 Student Travel Support: Friday Deadline |
This year ASOR is offering two types of financial support for students who would like to travel to the 2021 Annual Meeting in Chicago. Student Travel Grants provide funding for students from ASOR's Institutional Member schools. Made possible by a generous gift from The Foundation for Biblical Archaeology, TFBA Scholarships offer travel assistance in exchange for service at the Annual Meeting. The deadline for both is this Friday, August 20, 2021. Read more . . .
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| Reserve an ASOR Room at the Hilton Chicago |
Rooms in ASOR’s discounted block at the Hilton Chicago are filling fast. Don’t miss your chance to stay at this iconic downtown hotel, overlooking Grant Park and Lake Michigan. It is steps away from great restaurants, shopping, and entertainment, and just a short walk to Chicago’s Museum Campus and Millennium Park. For more information about the hotel and to make your reservation online, click here.
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| JCS 73 Table of Contents is Online |
This issue of JCS includes articles such as: A Sargonic Learner’s Tablet with an Invocation of the Goddess Nisaba; In Search of Dugurasu; By Order of the King: Ammi-Ditana’s Letter on the Provision of Fodder Barley for the Sheep and Oxen of the Nakkamtum; HS 200B: A Bridal Gift (Tuppu Bibli) from the First Sealand Dynasty; and more. Read more . . .
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| Libyan Update: Protecting Cultural Heritage Around Cyrene Week 3 |
During Week 3 of the survey to document and assess threats to the cultural heritage of Cyrene, the team recorded 17 major sites from fortified agricultural settlements to rock-cut chamber tombs, as well as instances of destruction and threats to these sites. The local communities have been extremely helpful in assisting the survey team with their research. This report is part of an ongoing series following the work of ASOR's colleagues in Libya at the World Heritage Site of Cyrene, and made possible through the US State Department’s Ambassadors Fund for Cultural Preservation. Read more . . .
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| FOA Webinar: Textual & Visual Portrayals of Israel’s God on August 29 |
The next webinar in our monthly series is on August 29, at 7:30 pm EDT, featuring Prof. Theodore Lewis and "From Standing Stones to Sacred Emptiness: Textual and Visual Portrayals of Israel's God." Portrayals of divinity are incredibly complex as they are culturally, sociologically, politically and theologically contingent. Asking the simple question about how ancient Israelites and Judeans portrayed God (i.e. El and Yahweh) turns into a historical puzzle, interacting with a wide variety of ancient writers and artisans on how they conceptualized divinity. This webinar will sift through both visual (archaeological) and textual narratives as they have diverse functions and/or audiences and reflect different kinds of literacies. Register and pay here. Price is $5 for ASOR members and $10 for non-members. All proceeds will support membership scholarships and online resources.
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| Seger Grant Report: Tell Umm el-Marra, Syria |
A 2020 Joe D. Seger Grant awarded to Glenn Schwartz of Johns Hopkins University funded illustrations for the final publication of Early Bronze Age Tell Umm el-Marra, Syria. Excavations at Tell Umm el-Marra exposed a complex of monumental Early Bronze Age tombs, which contained skeletons of equids and other animals. The illustrations produced include plans of the tombs and other architectural features, as well as drawing of ceramics and other artifacts. Read the full report here.
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| FOA Webinar: David, Solomon, and Rehoboam’s Kingdom on Sept. 19 |
The next webinar in our monthly series is on September 19, at 4:30 pm EDT, featuring Prof. Yosef Garfinkel and "David, Solomon, and Rehoboam’s Kingdom—The Archaeological Evidence." Since 2007, four sites in the Judean Shephelah were investigated: Khirbet Qeiyafa, Khirbet el-Ra‘i, Socoh, and Lachish. The data collected from Khirbet Qeiyafa and Khirbet el-Ra‘i provided sweeping and cutting-edge data on the early part of the 10th century BCE, the time of King David. New evidence from Lachish forces us to reconsider theories about the date of its fortification by King Rehoboam. Join us for this deep dive into some of the most exciting new finds at sites across the biblical kingdom of Judah. Register and pay here. Price is $5 for ASOR members and $10 for non-members. All proceeds will support membership scholarships and online resources.
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| 2021 Call for Trustee Nominations |
The Trustee Nominations Committee seeks nominations (or self-nominations) for two Membership-Elected Trustees. Trustees serve three-year terms, and any Academic ASOR member can be considered for nomination as a Membership-Elected Trustee. The deadline for nominations is noon EDT on September 15, 2021. Please send nominations to Marta Ostovich. Trustee elections will take place by electronic ballot in October. Read more about serving as an ASOR trustee . . .
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| ARS 28: All Things Cypriot |
This volume is dedicated to Stuart Swiny who served as longtime Director of CAARI, professor in Classics and Anthropology at the University at Albany, and archaeologist whose work on Cyprus now spans six decades. His research, mentorship as professor, and leadership as CAARI Director has had a profound effect on the development of the discipline on the island and benefited many archaeologists working there. ASOR members with a US mailing address can purchase a copy at the discounted price of $45.00 (50% discount + $5.00 US shipping) through 12/31/21, while supplies last. Read more . . .
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