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Elihu Grant

1873–1942 · United States

Methodist minister. Collected at Soli. Worked for Haverford College; worked with George Ernest Wright and Clarence Fisher.

Life and work

  1. 1928–1933
    Directed four campaigns at Ain Shems (Beth Shemesh), Palestine; Mycenaean and Cypriot imported ware found in the strata.

    Beth ShemeshElihu Grant (English Wikipedia); J. Garrow Duncan (1931). Digging up Biblical History, vol. 1

  2. Undated
    author of Beth Shemesh excavation report; author of Beth Shemesh publication cited in Claude Schaeffer's papers (Collège de France), 1 document.

    Collège de France, Paris, Fonds Claude Schaeffer (34 CDF), 34 CDF art. 242, «[Cahier de notes concernant Chypre, Gaza, Jéricho, l'Egypte, la Syrie (chronologies)]», undatedof 107

Connections

3 people
George Ernest WrightDuncan MackenzieClarence FisherElihu Grant
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7 mentions

Institutions · 1

Sources

  1. 1.“Elihu Grant (English Wikipedia)”. Online
  2. 2. (1939). “Syria: revue d'art oriental et d'archéologie, tome 20 (note on a Cypriot red matt bowl from Soli, Haverford College)”. Syria.
  3. 3.J. Garrow Duncan (1931). Digging up Biblical History, vol. 1.
  4. 4. (1955). “When Did Base-Ring Ware First Occur in Palestine?”. p. 48.
  5. 5.Patty Gerstenblith (1983). The Levant at the Beginning of the Middle Bronze Age. p. 33.
  6. 6.Collège de France, Paris, Fonds Claude Schaeffer (34 CDF), 34 CDF art. 242, «[Cahier de notes concernant Chypre, Gaza, Jéricho, l'Egypte, la Syrie (chronologies)]», undatedof 107. Online
  7. 7.1955, When Did Base-Ring Ware First Occur in Palestine?.
  8. 8.Gershon Galil; Ayelet Gilboa; Aren M. Maeir; Dan'el Kahn, The Ancient Near East in the 12th-10th Centuries BCE: Culture and History (2012).
  9. 9.When Did Base-Ring Ware First Occur in Palestine? (1955).
  10. 10.Mccown, Chester Charlton, Ladder Of Progress In Palstine: Story Of Archaeological Adventure (1943).

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