Saller, The Memorial of Moses on Mount Nebo I (Collectio Maior 1a)

Sylvester John Saller, The Memorial of Moses on Mount Nebo, I. The Text (Collectio Maior 1a), Jerusalem 1941

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The excavations at Siyâgha (Mount Nebo) were undertaken primarily as part of the program of the Studium Biblicum Franciscanum, which aims at giving both professors and students every opportunity of becoming thoroughly acquainted with the Land of the Bible.

The present publication aims at giving a complete and accurate report of all discoveries which were made at Siyâgha (Mount Nebo); their relation to other discoveries is indicated wherever possible.

Contents

Preface
The site and its surroundings
The exploration of the site (1864-1939)
The cella Trichora
The basilica
The chapels
The monasteries
The mosaics
The inscriptions
The coins
Stone
Bone
Metal
Glass
Clay lamps
The literary sources
The significance of the monuments on Mount Nebo

The Memorial of Moses on Mount Nebo II. The Plates
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