Jerash in the Spring of 1934

Autor: W. F. Stinespring
Rok vydání: 1935
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Zdroj: Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research. 57:3-9
ISSN: 2161-8062
0003-097X
DOI: 10.2307/1355186
Popis: The campaign was scheduled to begin on Easter Monday, April 2nd. On Sunday, April 1st, his physician announced that Dr. C. S. Fisher, who was to have directed the expedition, was in a run-down condition and must soon take a vacation outside of the country. In the meantime, he must not work for at least two weeks. Accordingly, the writer, at that time acting director of the School in Jerusalem, had to take charge of the Jerash campaign. Our staff consisted of Mr. A. Henry Detweiler and Mr. William D. Merrill, architects; Miss Theresa Goell, architectural assistant, and Mrs. Joshua Starr, secretary and photographic assistant. Mr. Starr, Nies Scholar, although he had other plans in view, assisted us for a short time. On Tuesday, April 3rd, Mr. Crowfoot, Director of the British School of Archaeology in Jerusalem, and Mrs. Crowfoot joined us. Mr. Crowfoot had been invited to join our expedition in order to clarify certain points about the churches, concerning which he is preparing a manuscript for the forthcoming publication. He agreed to come and work on the Propylaea Church for about a week. It was a great privilege to have him and Mrs. Crowfoot with us, and the only regret is that they could not stay longer. Mr. Crowfoot's report on this work is given at the end of the present article. Our original plan had been to have Mr. Merrill continue his previous work on the South Tetrapylon (see BULLETIN, NO. 53, pp. 11-13 and No. 54, pp. 10-12), while Mr. Detweiler should work on the Northwest Gate, as the only feature of the city wall not yet investigated. Mr. Merrill set to work as planned, and worked throughout the campaign on the South Tetrapylon. A labor strike during the first few days of the campaign, however, made it impossible to procure more than enough laborers for the work of Mr. Merrill and Mr. Crowfoot. Accordingly, Mr. Detweiler temporarily assisted Mr. Crowfoot, who was in need of an architect to help with the plans of the Propylaea Church. In the meantime, on April 6th, Professor and Mrs. Rostovtzeff arrived for a two-day visit. Professor Rostovtzeff was particularly interested in the Triumphal Arch, and the failure to find an inscription there in the campaign of a year before (BULLETIN, No. 53, p. 4). He declared that there must have been an inscription, and pointed out how much the finding of one would help in the interpretation of the monument. Soon afterward, Dr. Fisher, somewhat improved in health, rejoined us and for several weeks lent his valuable help in all departments of the work. On May 8th he left us for a much needed rest in America. On May 20th we were fortunate in securing the services of Dr. and Mrs. Immanuel BenDor to take charge of the recording and pottery where Dr. Fisher had left off. Miss Goell and Mrs. Starr most kindly assisted with these matters until the arrival of the Ben-Dors.
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