Excavator · Antiquities official
J. Ory
fl. 1928–1950
Excavator and antiquities official, active 1928–1950.
Life and work
- 1928–1937Official of the Palestine Department of Antiquities who uncovered a synagogue at Chorazin (1928) and reported a Late Bronze II tomb with Cypriot bowls found in 1937 at Tel Jerishe near Jaffa.
- 1936Excavated at Tel Aphek in 1936–37, cleared graves near Khedera and a Late Bronze Age burial cave at Qatra.
Patty Gerstenblith, The Levant at the Beginning of the Middle Bronze Age (1983), p. 28
- UndatedCleared two graves found during construction of the new Tel Aviv-Khedera railway south of Khedera station, dated to the Hebrew Monarchy.
- UndatedExcavated Saucer lamp #823 from Qatra, 50-66, Late Bronze II, from Burial Cave
- UndatedUnearthed a ruined Jewish synagogue at ancient Chorasin, identified as Palestine Antiquities Department official; not Cypriot.
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3 mentionsSources
- 1.Patty Gerstenblith, The Levant at the Beginning of the Middle Bronze Age (1983).
- 2.Some Archæological News from Israel (1950).
- 3.Varda Sussman, Oil-Lamps in the Holy Land: Saucer Lamps From the beginning to the Hellenistic period Collections of the Israel Antiquities Authority (2007).
- 4.American Journal of Archaeology 1941: Vol 45 Supplement.
- 5.Pittsburgh Sun-Telegraph - 1928-08-19 (1928).
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