Biography Through Tomb-Goods: Revisiting Pella’s Byzantine Tomb 39A
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2022
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O'Hea, M.
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Mediterranean Archaeology, 2022; 34/35 (2021/2022):117-130
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Margaret O’Hea
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The unrobbed Early Byzantine Tomb 39A at Pella in the North Jordan Valley was published twice in exemplary detail in 1982, a year after excavation. Since then, those published conclusions have been accepted without much further comment or review. A biography through tomb-goods by A. W. McNicoll described a pagan army veteran who had collected a piece of very early pilgrimage art in the mid-late fourth century. The significance of that Christian artefact has not since been analysed further and a detailed re-examination of the tomb is long overdue. As a result, almost every aspect of what has been previously claimed for this tomb – its date, occupants and its most significant objects – has been revised.
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