Biography Through Tomb-Goods: Revisiting Pella’s Byzantine Tomb 39A

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dc.contributor.authorO'Hea, M.
dc.date.issued2022
dc.description.abstractThe 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.
dc.description.statementofresponsibilityMargaret O’Hea
dc.identifier.citationMediterranean Archaeology, 2022; 34/35 (2021/2022):117-130
dc.identifier.issn1030-8482
dc.identifier.orcidO'Hea, M. [0000-0002-4331-9965]
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/2440/146152
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherMeditarch Publishing
dc.relation.granthttp://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/Pella
dc.rights© 2021 Meditarch
dc.source.urihttps://www.sydney.edu.au/arts/our-research/centres-institutes-and-groups/australian-archaeological-institute-at-athens/mediterranean-archaeology.html
dc.subjectarchaeology; Byzantine; Levant
dc.titleBiography Through Tomb-Goods: Revisiting Pella’s Byzantine Tomb 39A
dc.typeJournal article
pubs.publication-statusPublished

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