Baylor University, TX, USA

Tomb group A 67E is an interesting case because, unlike most of the other tomb groups, it was not originally listed in Paul Lapp’s original excavation newsletters, this was most likely due to how small the tomb group was, consisting of only 10 pots^[2]Correspondence from Thomas Shaub to Nancy Lapp & co., 9 November 1977.. Excavated from cemetery A, the A 67E tomb was part of a shaft tomb. It had a bone pile and the remains of four skulls as well as 10 pots ^[3]Thomas R. Schaub and Walter E. Rast,Bâb Edh-Dhra: Excavation in the Cemetery Directed by Paul W. Lapp (Winona Lake: American School of Oriental Research, 1989) (p.91-98) .

Tomb Group A 67E was sold to Baylor University for a total sum of $190. Tomb group A 67E was not the first choice of Baylor University (Bruce Cresson, the director of the Institute of Archeology at Baylor in the 1970’s and an ASOR member, had originally inquired about purchasing A 67N), the University accepted Lapp’s offer of A 67E and bought the tomb group^[4]Correspondence from Bruce Cresson to Nancy Lapp, 11 January 1978..

A 1981 letter to Nancy Lapp from Cresson said that the pots were on public display at the Archaeological Museum of Baylor and that they were being used for educational purposes^[5]Correspondence from Bruce Cresson to Nancy Lapp, 12 February 1981., something which continues on until this day. Currently, while their location has changed, some of the pottery pieces are displayed in classrooms along with photos of the whole tomb group, being used to educate a new generation of archaeologists^[6]Correspondence from Deirdre Fulton to Erin Dillett, 8 February 2018..