Cartoon Caption Contest - The BAS Library

“Go tell the troops to expect shepherd’s pie for dinner tonight.”

— Bob Hillard, St. Louis, Missouri

Thank you to all those who submitted caption entries for our November/December cartoon. We are pleased to congratulate Bob Hillard of St. Louis, Missouri, who wrote the winning caption, and our runners-up:

“They say it don’t mean a thing if it ain’t got that swing.”

— John W. Brown, Lewisville, Arkansas

“The Israel Antiquities Authority just called— Goliath’s helmet is a forgery!”

— Gary Anderson, Fruita, Colorado

Write a caption for the cartoon and send it to us by mail or online at our Web site:

BAR Cartoon Caption Contest

Biblical Archaeology Society

4710 41st Street, NW

Washington, DC 20016

www.biblicalarchaeology.org/c­aptioncontest

Be sure to include your name and address. The deadline for entries is April 10, 2008. The author of the winning caption will receive a BAS T-shirt, a Dead Sea Scroll mug and three gift subscriptions to give BAR to friends. Runners-up will receive a BAS T-shirt and two gift subscriptions.


A Torso of a Goddess
B Turnbuckle
C Eye Idol
D Ship Anchor
E Twining Device

See “Strata Answers” for answer

MLA Citation

“Cartoon Caption Contest,” Biblical Archaeology Review 34.2 (2008): 18, 26.