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Both objects were found in a cistern on the tel, just south of a Roman temple, probably dumped there in the fifth or early sixth century CE. Though the Penn Museum's Beth Shean excavations were a model of rigorous methodology for their time, the focus of the excavators--and of the museum and its donors--was on the very important Bronze Age-Early Iron Age levels of the tel and the site's biblical connections, and not especially on its Hellenistic, Roman, Byzantine, or Islamic periods.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e In \u003ci\u003eBeth Shean Studies\u003c\/i\u003e, Irene Bald Romano and Kyle W. Mahoney focus their analysis on these two artifacts--until now, neither had received the attention it deserved as important evidence for the Hellenistic and Roman history and cult activities of the region. Mahoney's interpretation of the stele's inscription provides a detailed historical narrative of Scythopolis in the politically fraught second century BCE. 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Various audiences will appreciate the accessibility of the scholarship presented here-students may engage in further study on some of topics raised by individual pieces or groups of sculptures, and the scholarly community will welcome a work that provides an up-to-date and comprehensive examination of a significant classical sculpture collection in one of the world's great archaeology museums..","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"- \/ - \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":52425124774161,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":52425125363985,"sku":"NLS9781931707848","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/9781931707848.jpg?v=1785911844"}],"url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/collections\/author-books-by-irene-bald-romano.oembed","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}