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Scholar · Excavator

Watzinger

fl. 1897–1933

Scholar and excavator, active 1897–1933. Excavated with E. Sellin.

Life and work

  1. 1933
    In Denkmäler Palästinas I (1933) claimed priority of Palestinian toggle-pins over Cypriot ones; the passage disputes this.

    مجلة دائرة الآثار في فلسطين الفصلية 3

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    Scholar who excavated Jericho with Sellin, first recognised the Hellenistic character of the Botti vase fragment from Cyprus (1897), noted that a type of lamp was used for cult in Cyprus until the fourth century, and argued (1933) for the priority of Palestinian toggle-pins over Cypriot ones.

    The Journal of the Palestine Oriental Society 1922-1923: 2-3 (1922)

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    Was the first to recognize the Hellenistic character of the Botti vase fragment from Cyprus.

    American journal of archaeology : the journal of the Archaeological Institute of America (1897)

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    Cited for a study (Holzsarkophage) noting that such lamps were used for cult in Cyprus until the fourth century.

    Breccia, Evaristo, La necropoli di Sciatbi (1912)

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    Author whose dating of the Jericho and Palestinian pottery and Israelite culture is criticised; the passage compares his views with Cypriot finds.

    Schweitzer, Bernhard, 1892-1966, Untersuchungen zur Chronologie der geometrischen Stile in Griechenland I . (1918)

  6. Undated
    Cited for the Magdola sarcophagus dating and for a description of a Hadra vase's decoration; no Cypriot tie beyond citation.

    American Journal of Archaeology 1909: Vol 13 Iss 4 (1909)

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Sources

  1. 1.The Journal of the Palestine Oriental Society 1922-1923: 2-3 (1922).
  2. 2.American journal of archaeology : the journal of the Archaeological Institute of America (1897).
  3. 3.Breccia, Evaristo, La necropoli di Sciatbi (1912).
  4. 4.Schweitzer, Bernhard, 1892-1966, Untersuchungen zur Chronologie der geometrischen Stile in Griechenland I . (1918).
  5. 5.مجلة دائرة الآثار في فلسطين الفصلية 3.
  6. 6.American Journal of Archaeology 1909: Vol 13 Iss 4 (1909).

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