| Description | Report to the Wilson Trustees by Rev. Ninian Wright, Wilson Travelling Fellow 1931 - 1932, on work in Palestine. Typescript report in binder with original photographs of antiquities and local activities. Covers excavations in Samaria and general report on the country.
The report describes the excavations in Samaria and the various finds made. In particular, coins from the Hellenic, Roman, Crusader and Arab periods are described. A large number of seals from wine jars imported from Rhodes were also discovered, and an account is given of their dating and the inscriptions and symbols found on them.
Wright also discusses the employment conditions and general lifestyle of the local Palestinians who carried out the excavation work, describes his travels through Aleppo, Smyrna and other parts of the Eastern Mediterranean, and examines theories on the sites of Bethsaida and Gadara.
The report includes a 9-page photographic appendix with 10 to 12 original photographs on each page, illustrating the contents of the report and including a plan of Samaria. |