Other Discussions

• Should scholars publish unprovenanced inscriptions?

• Should scholars authenticate inscriptions that come from the antiquities market?

• Are the policies of ASOR and AIA sound?

• What is a scholar’s moral obligation to avoid encouraging looting?

• Do we need a protocol setting forth suggested scholarly procedures in dealing with unprovenanced artifacts?

• Should senior scholars alert the academic community to suspected forgeries?

• Are all scholars inherently biased?

• Where does the burden of proof of authenticity lie with regard to artifacts that surface on the antiquities market?