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Revelations from Megiddo 4. Nov. 1999 REVELATIONS E6IDDO The Newsletter of The Megiddo Expedition [111i~ ~=~= i= ~= ~= ~eaa ~==~==""!===="=='=====~=='=1 backgrounds. Apart from H. Thiersch ~,i=" there was only one classical Ernst Sellin and archaeologist who was competent and willing to join Sellin: Carl Watzinger, Carl Watzinger: the future publisher of the finds from Schumacher' s excavations at Megiddo. Rostock - Megiddo Carl Watzinger had studied then he abandoned this encounter. In classical archaeology and philology, Connection 1906, Sellin planned to do and had achieved major results in different fields: Hellenistic art, The excavation of Palace 6000 in archaeological research at Tell ed­ Duweir (Lachish) but later the Hellenistic vase paintings and Area L is part of a project backed by monuments of Palestine, Syria and the German Israeli Foundation for authorities withdrew permission. So in 1907 he began excavation in Jericho Cyprus. He wrote a doctoral thesis on Research and Development with southern Italian vase paintings (1899). Michael Niemann from Rostock under the auspices of the German University as head of the German Oriental Society. contingency - see Revelations No. 3.) here are 1000 good reasons to take part in archae­ [I] ological excavations in Israel. For students and professors from Ros tock there are l 002 reasons. No. 1001 is Ernst Sellin; No. 1002 is Carl Watzinger. Ernst Sellin was born in 1867 a few miles away from Rostock. He studied theology, but soon archaeology began to gain his interest. While he was on his first chair for Old Testament in Vienna (since 1897) he already was planning excavations in Palestine. Sellin managed to interest the German Oriental Society in Berlin in td•h(j~ his project. After strenuous journeys and negotiations with the Turkish '-._i t -t ,r// i { ( Carl W atzinger authorities over a license for archaeological work, he was finally Ernst Sellin permitted to begin the first excavation In 1903 he worked as an assistant for by a German Theologian (1902-1904) Sellin was not an archaeologist. Berlin's museums. On behalf of the at Taanach near Megiddo. Sellin's only Critics tried to accuse him of German Oriental Society he published scientific assistant at Taanach in 1902 nonprofessional work. It was G.E. the wooden sarcophagi from the was Gottlieb Schumacher who started Wright who brought his work - under excavations in Abusir, Egypt. His to dig at Megiddo on his own in 1903. the circumstances of Sellin's times - second doctoral thesis dealt with Greek After finishing his archaeological into more positive regard. Sellin's wooden sarcophagi from the times of work in Taanach, Sellin received strength was a flexible and innovative Alexander the Great (1905). perm1ss10n to dig at Tell Dotan, but intellect coupled with the effort to Watzinger came from Berlin to connect biblical scholarship Rostock in 1905 as a Professor for and archaeology, which was Classical Archaeology. From Sep­ a completely new endeavor tember 1907 to January 1908, for Germany. Sellin had Watzinger worked in the Galilee. In a difficulty finding competent letter of January 6, 1908 the partners for excavations in government of Mecklenburg's grand Palestine who had both duke allowed Watzinger a special biblical and archaeological REV See Rostock-Meglddo, Page 2 rates under the auspices of Tel Megiddo Expedition Directors: Israel Finkelstein, nerican partner: Pennsylvania Baruch Halpern and David Ussishkin. Excavation 1436242 m institutions: Universities of Directors: Israel Finkelstein and David Ussishkin. 4 n California, and Vanderbilt Head of Academic Program and Consortium y). Coordinator: Baruch Halpern. 1999 c. 3 Rostock - Megiddo, from Page 1 1926-1927. Then in 1928, because of archaeological and methodological Megiddo Ill vacation to participate in Sellin's problems, the German Archaeological excavation at Jericho. Institute assigned Gabriel Welter Progress Report It was not until October 1908 that instead of Sellin as director for the Sellin was appointed to the chair of Shechem excavation . Welter was a Old Testament at Rostock University. good classical archaeologist but he had he final report of the fust Some scholars assume that Ernst Sellin less talent for thorough publication of four years of the renewed and Carl Watzinger met for the first [I] excavations at Tel Megiddo, his finds. The cooperation with Sellin time in Rostock. This is not true. Their proved to be problematic because of Megiddo III: The 1992-1996 Seasons, cooperation is bound to have started Welter's poor commitment to the is steadily nearing publication. prior to this date, due to their common archaeological work at Shechem. He All 24 chapters have received final connection with the German Oriental was occupied at various other sites in approval of Expedition Directors Israel Society. Rostock constituted just a Greece at the same time. Finkelstein, Baruch Halpern and David short common period of activity for In the opinion of W.F. Albright, Ussishkin and have arrived on the table Ernst Sellin and Carl Watzinger. Both true excavational work m Palestine of the Manuscript and Production taught together from 1908 until 1909 in began with Sellin '. s excavation m Editor. The text is being edited for Rostock and excavated m Jericho. Jericho and G. A. Reisner's work in language usage and adherence to the Afterwards their ways separated. Samaria. Ernst Sellin's achievement for format of the Tel Aviv University Watzinger was appointed in 1909 German biblical scholarship can be Monograph Series, while plates, plans to the chair of Classical Archaeology at seen most of all in his pioneering of the and photographs are undergoing final Giessen and in 1916 at Tubingen. integration of archaeology into biblical checks and modifications. We Watzinger worked successfully for 32 scholarship. He had started this anticipate that the volume will be years in Tobingen. It was in 1929 that important approach m Vienna. But published by the beginning of 2000. Watzinger published the Schumacher Rostock brought him into constructive An enormous amount of work has finds from Megiddo. Unfortunately, he association with Carl Watzinger and been invested in the preparation of the was so involved in his own projects, created a common peak of their careers multifarious aspects of such a volume. that he didn't have time to work with with the excavation at Jericho. Judith Dekel has been drawing the anyone else. The tradition of Ernst Sellin will be plans; Rachel Paletta, Yafit Wiener The collaboration of Sellin and honored in Rostock by the publication and Miri Cook restored the pottery, Watzinger was harmonious and of his biography by Ulrich Palmer in while Ada Peri, Rodika Pinhas, Yosef constructive in their few years together the year 2000. Sellin and his Kapelian and Joelle Finkelstein have at Rostock and Jericho. Sellin took a cooperation with Watzinger in Rostock drawn it and prepared the plates; teaching position in 1913 at Kiel and formed one of the impulses for the Old Rodika · Pinhas has drawn the small then in 1921 at Berlin. He headed the Testament Institute at Rostock fmds ; Pavel Shrago and Nikolai Adani excavations at Tel Balatah, the site of University to restart archaeological prepared the photographs; and Jared biblical Shechem, in 1913-1914 and research after decades of delay. In 1995 Miller 1s acting as the manuscript it began in the region of Zorah and editor of the volume. Once all the Megiddo 2000: June 11 to July Eshtaol. Later (1 996), it continued in elements have received approval of the 28. For the first session of 3 weeks, you the Galilee, and since 1998 at Megiddo Directors and are placed on the editor's should arrive on Saturday, June 10 and m cooperation with the Institute of desk, they will be integrated camera­ leave on Friday June 30. For the second Archaeology of Tel Aviv University. ready into the text, and fmally, sent to session of 4 weeks, you should arrive The main interest of the participants Graphit Press Ltd. in Jerusalem for on Saturday, July I and leave on Friday, from Rostock 1s in the analysis of printing. July 28. Megiddo's role as both a royal and a Some of the most exciting results Major Changes: (1). The work have already been briefly forecasted in week will be Sun. - Thurs. instead of regional center during the times of Mon. - Fri. (2). We will not be staying Israel's emergence as a state. preceding issues of Revelations from Megiddo: the bullae bearing a griffin at Kibbutz Megiddo, but at Kibbutz H. Michael Niemann Mizra. The accommodations are who wears the Egyptian double crown, (in cooperation with Ulf Harder) superior and can support a larger and the massive Early Bronze temenos operation. Both the Salvage dig team walls of Area J (both in Revelations and the Survey team stayed there on a Megiddo III: the 1992-1996 Seasons. No. l); the local Egyptianized pottery trial basis and enjoyed it immensely. This two-volume report (some 650 assemblage discovered m the Early If you have questions or just want pages!) can be ordered from the Bronze temple compound, and the rich more infommtion, contact Nomm Friends of the Institute of hoard of sacrificial animal remams Franklin at [email protected] .ac.il or Archaeology, Publications Section, from the same EB compound Lynne Koppeser at: Jewish Studies Sonia and Marco Nadler Inshtute (Revelations No. 2); and a summary of Program, Pennsyl-lania State Univ., 103 of Archaeology, Tel Aviv the 1998 season (Revelations No. 3). Weaver Building, University Park, PA 16802, USA You can see the Megiddo University, P.O. Box 39040, Tel excavation on PSU's web site: Aviv 69978, Israel. Of course, Jared Miller www3.la .psu.edu/jst/welcome.htm the computer literate can order On-line registration will soon be through the web site at: Update: Megiddo Ill was sent to the available at: www.digmegiddo.com www.tau.ac.il/~archpubs/index/html printer in October.
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