Tomb A 82SW was part of shaft tomb A 82, with an enlarged top and rounded bottom. All of the tombs connected by the shaft did not have blocking stones. Looters had cut into the east side making partial entry to the east chamber. The entryway into A 82SW had been affected by erosion and the east half of the ceiling had collapsed, filling the tomb with debris. The tomb of A 82SW contained a pile of bones and a fragmentary skull that were surrounded by clusters of 15 pots.[2]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.166-168)
The pots from tomb group A 82SW were sold to Wartburg Theological Seminary in Dubuque, Iowa. Frank L Benz accepted fifteen pots for $285 on behalf of Wartburg Theological Seminary.[3]Receipts and Expenditures, 12 May 1970, Bab edh-Dhra’ Committee. Wartburg Theological Seminary was not a ASOR Corporation member, however, institutions in Iowa and Ohio were chosen because they had happened to pick tomb groups that no one had showed interest in.[4]Correspondence from Nancy L. Lapp to Ted Campbell, 14 February 1978, 1-2.
Currently, Wartburg Theological Seminary does not provide easy access to the pots from tomb group A 82SW, and the current location of the pots is unknown.[5]Correspondence from Lauren Minga to Library Services Consultant, 2018.
References
| ↑1 | Correspondence from Nancy Lapp to ASOR Corporation Representatives 1977, 058 Lapp-ASOR December 1977, ASOR Archival, Department of Anthropology, DePaul University, Chicago IL |
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| ↑2 | 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.166-168) |
| ↑3 | Receipts and Expenditures, 12 May 1970, Bab edh-Dhra’ Committee. |
| ↑4 | Correspondence from Nancy L. Lapp to Ted Campbell, 14 February 1978, 1-2. |
| ↑5 | Correspondence from Lauren Minga to Library Services Consultant, 2018. |