Elizabeth Simpson, PHD (1985), is Professor of Ancient Art and Archaeology at the Bard Graduate Center, New York, NY. She is Director of the Gordion Furniture Project and Consulting Scholar in the Mediterranean Section, University of Pennsylvania Museum, Philadelphia, PA.

• PrefaceOscar White MuscarellaIntroductionElizabeth Simpson Part 1: “There is Nothing like First-hand Evidence”1 Oscar White Muscarella and Sherlock HolmesLaurie AdamsPart 2: Arts and Archaeology: Anatolia2 The King Has Ass’s Ears! The Myth of Midas’s EarsSusanne Berndt3 The Project to Reconstruct the Early Bronze Age Hattıan Royal Tombs of Alaca Höyük Aykut Çınaroğlu4 The Lydian Hoard and Its Progeny: Repatriation and the Statute of Limitations Lawrence M. Kaye5 Labors Lost and Found in Tumulus mm at GordionRichard F. Liebhart6 A Pithos Burial at SardisDavid Gordon Mitten7 Attitudes toward the Past in Roman Phrygia: Survivals and Revivals Lynn E. Roller8 The City Mound at Gordion: The Discovery, Study, and Conservation of the Wooden Fragments from Megaron 3 Krysia Spirydowicz9 Monumental Entrances, Sculpture, and Idols at Kerkenes: Aspects of Phrygian Cult East of the Kizilirmak Geoffrey Summers and Françoise Summers10 Of Fibulae, Of Course! Maya VassilevaPart 3: Arts and Archaeology: Urartu11 Artifacts Belonging to Queen Qaquli and Mr. Tigursagga from an Elaborately Decorated Quarter of the Ayanis Fortress Altan Çilingiroğlu12 A Fragment of a Ram’s Head Rhyton Found at Qalatgah, Iran Stephan Kroll13 Toul-E Gilan and the Urartian Empire D.T. Potts14 Some Considerations on Urartian Burial RitesVeli Sevin15 Architectural and Other Observations Related to Erebuni in the Late Seventh/Early Sixth Centuries b.c. David StronachPart 4: Arts and Archaeology: The Near East16 Neo-Assyrian Views of Foreign Cities: A Brief Survey Pauline Albenda17 The Role of the Petra Great Temple in the Context of Nabataean Archaeology Martha Sharp Joukowsky18 Fibulae in Neo-Assyrian Burials Friedhelm Pedde19 Fibulae, Chronology, and Related Considerations: Marlik Reloaded Christian Konrad Piller20 A Middle Bronze Stele from Hama and Old Syrian Cylinder Seals Barbara A. Porter21 A Unique Human Head-Cup from the Environs of Tel Qashish in the Jezreel Valley, Israel Irit Ziffer, Edwin C.M. van den Brink, Orit Segal and Uzi AdPart 5: Arts and Archaeology: The Mediterranean World22 Back to the Future: Memory, Nostalgia, and Identity in the 12th Century b.c.e. on Paros Robert B. Koehl23 Liturgy Günter Kopcke24 What Did the Fisherman Catch? Mark J. Rose25 The Weight of Good Measure: A Reassessment of the Balance Weights from the Late Bronze Age Shipwreck at Uluburun Rachael Dealy SalisburyPart 6: Arts—Craft—Materials—Techniques26 Kyme: An Ancient Center of Jewelry Production in Asia Minor Özgen Acar27 Voicing the Past: The Implications of Craft-referential Pottery in Ancient Greece Einav Zamir Dembin28 The Neoclassical Klismos Chair: Early Sources and Avenues of Diffusion Ana Gutierrez-Folch29 The Furniture of the Ramesside Pharaohs Geoffrey Killen30 Excavated Roman Jewelry: The Case of the Gold Body Chains Meredith Nelson31 Ivory Identification Anibal Rodriguez32 Luxury Arts of the Ancient Near East Elizabeth SimpsonPart 7: Issues and Methods33 The Literature of Loot: Notes on The Lie Became Great and Its Heirs Roger Atwood34 Oscar the Oracle: On the Publication of Unprovenienced Objects Larissa Bonfante35 The Illicit Antiquities Research Centre: Afterthoughts and Aftermaths Neil Brodie36 Illicit Traffic of Pre-Columbian Antiquities Clemency Chase Coggins37 The History and Continuing Impact of the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (nagpra) Emily Field38 Connoisseurship Conundrums and a Visit to Hans Hofmann’s Studio Carroll Janis39 Blue from Babylon: Notes from the Curatorial Trenches Margaret Cool Root and Helen Dixon40 “Outing” the Old Teaching Collections Karen D. Vitelli41 Figure and Ground: Reading Ancient Near Eastern Sources Eva von DassowPart 8: “Leave No Stone Unturned”42 “Elementary” Jeanette GreenfieldMaster Bibliography Index of Terms Authors’ Biographies