Hittite
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Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
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Letter from James Stewart in Ankara re securing dig permits, assessing Hittite finds and visiting Hittite sites, 13 to 15 January 1936
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Reference Code: GBR/3437/AJBW/2/1/24/12
Scope and Contents
Addressed 'Ankara', dated 13 January 1936. Stewart writes of the difficulties of securing dig permits and the cordial welcome of Hamid Zubain Bey, who showed him finds from Hüyük which are described as 'sensational' and of which he makes some small pen sketches. He describes the pottery and his and Bittel's opinions upon it. Hamid Zubain also took Stewart to the site of AhlatLibel.
Dates:
13 to 15 January 1936
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Letter from James Stewart re a Syro-Hittite gold figurine and vexing problems of chronology in the Aegean Bronze Age, 1936-05-15
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Reference Code: GBR/3437/AJBW/2/1/24/20
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Dated 15 May 1936. Probably written in Istanbul. Stewart believes his dig in Balikesir will not happen (on account of Bittel meddling in the permit process) and his opportunity 'of doing useful original work on Jortan ware is gone'. He writes of another Syro-Hittite gold figurine, similar to that found by Chantre at Yozgad, which was bought pre war from a dealer in Aleppo. Stewart intends to write a paper on the object, positing that both figuries are forgeries. He asks AJBW's opinion on the...
Dates:
1936-05-15