Excavator · Archaeologist
E. Sellin
fl. 1894–1909
Excavator and archaeologist, active 1894–1909. Excavated with Watzinger; worked with F. J. Bliss.
Life and work
- 1904–1905author of Tell Ta'annek publications (1904, 1905) in Claude Schaeffer's papers (Collège de France), 1 document.
- UndatedExcavator of Taanach and, with Watzinger, of Jericho; his Taanach incense altar and clay figures were discussed with Cypriot material published by Ohnefalsch-Richter cited for comparison.
The Journal of the Palestine Oriental Society 1922-1923: 2-3 (1922)
- UndatedProfessor Sellin, excavator of Taanach, dated the incense altar found there to about 700 B.C. and published on the Taanach finds (Tell Ta'annek, Nachlese).
S. R. Driver, The British Academy: Modern Research as Illustrating the Bible (1909)
- UndatedFound nineteen clay Astarte figures at Taanach and a peculiar Astarte figure in an Israelite house there.
Driver, S. R. (Samuel Rolles), 1846-1914, Modern research as illustrating the Bible (1909)
- UndatedUncovered one of two tall open models at Ta'anach and termed it an 'incense altar' (räucheraltar), presuming coals burned in its base.
Hava Katz, Portable Shrine Models: Ancient Architectural Clay Models from the Levant (2016), p. 124
- UndatedExcavated and recorded discoveries at Taanach, publishing letterpress and illustrations of the mound's sections, including the tower and stone objects.
- UndatedScholar who, with Bliss, interpreted the idols found at the Palestinian excavation as possibly teraphim and described religious syncretism in the finds.
- Undatedexcavator of Taanach, whose cylinder is compared in Claude Schaeffer's papers (Collège de France), 1 document.
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4 peopleFieldwork & employment
- Excavated with WatzingerJericho The Journal of the Palestine Oriental Society 1922-1923: 2-3 (1922)
Disputes & the law
- Rival of Gottlieb SchumacherGezer and Taanach (1906), p. 1161906
Colleagues & contacts
- Worked with F. J. Blissالارض المقدسة 51894–1907
- Connected with Max Ohnefalsch-RichterCyprus material cited for comparison S. R. Driver, The British Academy: Modern Research as Illustrating the Bible (1909)1904–1909
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Sources
- 1.The Journal of the Palestine Oriental Society 1922-1923: 2-3 (1922).
- 2.S. R. Driver, The British Academy: Modern Research as Illustrating the Bible (1909).
- 3.Driver, S. R. (Samuel Rolles), 1846-1914, Modern research as illustrating the Bible (1909).
- 4.Hava Katz, Portable Shrine Models: Ancient Architectural Clay Models from the Levant (2016).
- 5.Gezer and Taanach (1906).
- 6.الارض المقدسة 5.
- 7.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
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