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BARview: Dubitante No More—BAR to Accept Ads for Near Eastern Antiquities

By Hershel Shanks

During the past several months we have had an extended discussion in these pages as to whether BAR should accept ads from dealers in Near Eastern antiquities. This discussion began in “The Verdict on Advertisements for Near Eastern Antiquities—Dubitante,” BAR 10:06, which concluded “dubitante”—in doubt. There followed the expression of views from our readers and extensive discussion with many archaeologists, museum curators, scholars and dealers. As a result, we believe our thinking on the subject has now been clarified, and we are ready to announce our decision. BAR will henceforth accept advertisements for Near Eastern antiquities. We have conscientiously […]

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Footnotes

1.

“Earliest Aramaic Inscription Uncovered in Syria,” BAR 07:04.

2.

Katie Leishman, “The Future of the Past,” The Atlantic, January 1985, pp. 21–27.

3.

Paul W. Lapp, “Bedouin Find Papyri Three Centuries Older Than Dead Sea Scrolls,” BAR 04:01, and Frank Moore Cross, “The Historical Importance of the Samaria Papyri,” BAR 04:01.

4.

John Allegro, The Dead Sea Scrolls, a Reappraisal (Pelican Books, 1952), p. 45.

5.

But see the article in BARlines, “Israeli Archaeologists Support Sale of Artifacts”; see also the letter from reader James E. Warren in Queries & Comments.