Copyright Date: 2023Published by: Council for British Research in the Levant (CBRL)https://www.jstor.org/stable/jj.4876479Bulletins and Supplementary Papers of the British School of Archaeology in Jerusalem, 1922–1931 has been republished by the Council for British Research in the Levant (CBRL) in 2023, with a newly commissioned introductory text. CBRL was formed as a merger from the British School of Archaeology in Jerusalem, and the British Institute at Amman for Archaeology and History in 1998. 100 years after their original publication, the republication of these bulletins and newsletters from the founding years of the British School of Archaeology in Jerusalem offers important insights into the history of the institution, and also into the discipline of archaeology in the period of the British Mandate in Palestine.
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In 1922, only a few years after the turmoil of World War One died down in Bilad al-Sham, and despite meagre resources, the British School of Archaeology in Jerusalem (hereafter BSAJ) launched a scholarly bulletin. The publication ran for just three years, until 1925 (with supplementary papers to 1931), perhaps finding it hard to carve out a distinctive space in competition both with existing international periodicals¹ and with local publications such as the Journal of the Palestine Oriental Society (published 1920–1948), the Revue Biblique (official organ of the École biblique et archéologique française de Jérusalem, published from 1890 until...
Part 1: BSAJ Bulletins (1922-1925)
It is three years since the British School of Archaeology in Jerusalem was founded and two years since we began active work in Palestine. We now commence the publication of an occasional Bulletin, in which there will appear, from time to time, studies by members and students, a summary of work done in the school or in connexion with it, a brief account of current research in Palestine and Syria, and any other information of general interest touching on the history and archaeology of the Holy Land.
These first years have been spent in preparation. Palestine as a field of...
During the Summer and early Autumn of this year the British School has been enabled to devote itself to field work. In the first place a preliminary visit was paid to the sites of Amman, Jerash (Gerasa) and Umm Keis (Gadara) in Trans-Jordania. Successful photographs were obtained of the standing monuments and of interesting architectural details. Measurements were taken of some classical buildings at Amman and at Jerash which seem, hitherto, to have received inadequate attention. We particularly admired the proportions and detail of the hexastyle temple which faces the rising sun from a knoll overlooking the southern entrance to...
Our third Bulletin is devoted chiefly to the results of studies carried out during the Winter months. Mr. Phythian-Adams, Assistant-Director, by comparing pre-existing data with the new evidence derived from the excavations conducted by him for the Palestine Exploration Fund at Ascalon (the reports of which have been duly published in the Quarterly Statements), has developed his views as to the origins and relations of the Philistines, following up the line of thought indicated in his first paper ‘Hittite and Trojan Allies’ to which this contribution forms a natural sequel. He now indicates a series of successive migrations of Indo-European...
The Issue of this Bulletin has been delayed by the loss of some manuscript in the post. It contains as its chief feature an account of the history and a preliminary sectional examination of the ancient site of Dora, which lies just north of the village of Tanturah. A new survey of the area has been completed, and a general description of the visible ruins will accompany its publication. Of the various sites now examined by the School in Palestine, this one seems to afford the best prospects as a training ground for the School’s students, alike from its healthy...
This Bulletin contains an account of certain notable discoveries made during 1923 which have resulted in valuable accessions to the Palestine Museum in Jerusalem. A few personal details as to this branch of the Administration may be deemed appropriate. Mr. P. L. O. Guy, who describes the tombs of the Early Iron Age opened by himself on Carmel, is chief Inspector of Antiquities, responsible primarily for the protection of the ancient sites and monuments of Palestine. Dr. Mayer, who describes the discovery of inscribed ossuaries in the Kedron valley, ranks as Assistant Inspector of Antiquities. Being an Arab scholar,...
In the Spring of the year excavations on a restricted scale were begun at Tanturah, the main object being to give instruction in field methods. Mr. Fitzgerald, Mr. Horsfield, Mr. Phythian Adams, and the Director all took a part in the work, of which a preliminary description is given in this Bulletin. This practical course was preceded, in accordance with the Council’s announcement in the Annual Report, by a discussion class, which was attended also by members of the American and French Schools, and by the Inspector’s Staff of the Department of Antiquities. Dr. Albright, Director of the American School,...
Excavations at Tanturah proving to be impossible this Spring, certain caves of Galilee were selected for the practical work of the School. Mr. F. Turville-Petre was placed in charge, with the collaboration of Mr. FitzGerald. When the latter left (to visit sites of excavation in Tripoli), Mrs. Baynes, who joined the School this Spring, assisted zealously in the daily routine, and the party was joined towards the end by Mr. Crouther-Gordon, from the University of Glasgow. The hole cost of the work was is borne by the Hon. Treasurer, Mr. Robert Mond. Two caves were excavated systematically, and they proved...
Part 2: BSAJ Supplementary Papers (1923-1931)
The historical circumstances which led to the Rock at Jerusalem becoming a place of pilgrimage are as follows: Mu‘âwiya, during his Khalifate, had succeeded, with some difficulty, in getting the principle of nomination, instead of election, recognized; and accordingly nominated his son Yazid as his successor. After a long and able reign he died Rajah 60 (April 680) at the age of seventy-five. Before dying he warned his son against Husayn, the brother of Hasan, and ‘Abdallah ibn Zubayr, a warning that turned out to be fully justified, for a few months later, the former having received promises of support,...
Professor Bacon of Yale is the real father of the expeditions which have been working for the last three years on the churches at Jerash under the joint auspices of Yale University and the British School of Archaeology in Jerusalem. To his constant encouragement, not less than to the financial support for the work which he has been able to secure in America, our first acknowledgments are due. Secondly, we have to thank the Schweich Fund of the British Academy, the Byzantine Research Fund, the Craven Fund, All Souls College, and Mr. Henry J. Patten, for generous supplementary grants. The...
1. This Section of the Index comprises the geographical names in the Hittite texts found at Boghaz-Keui by the late Dr. Winckler in 1906-7. A few Hittite names or forms derived from other sources (e.g., The Egypto-Hittite Treaty of Ḫattušil III) are included for the sake of completeness or comparison.
In this part the names are chiefly derived from texts which have been transcribed; occasionally forms of names or new names are introduced for special reasons from texts that have not been transcribed. Three important documents not yet transcribed are IV. KBo No. 10, V. KBo No. 8, and VI....
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