O'Hea, M.2025-07-212025-07-212022Mediterranean Archaeology, 2022; 34/35 (2021/2022):117-1301030-8482https://hdl.handle.net/2440/146152The 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.en© 2021 Meditarcharchaeology; Byzantine; LevantJournal article2024-10-23586783O'Hea, M. [0000-0002-4331-9965]