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Article: Archaologische Berichte aus dem Yemen, vol. 9.(Book Review)
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- The Journal of the American Oriental Society
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- January 1, 2004
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Archaologische Berichte aus dem Yemen, vol. 9. Mainz: PHILIPP VON ZABERN, 2002. [euro]76.80.
Having appeared last in 1993, this welcome journal contains studies on the archaeology and epigraphy of Old South Arabia (OSA), which show a high degree of originality and technical excellence and should be the envy of archaeologists working in traditional areas of Near Eastern archaeology. Twelve contributions range from the second millennium B.C. into the early Islamic period. As reflected in the present publication, the Orient-Abteilung of the Deutsches Archaologisches Institut (DAI) internationalizes its array of experts, sets the accent more directly on archaeology, ...