Biblical Archaeology Review

Clermont-Lanneau, “Les tombeaux de David.”

Charles Clermont-Ganneau, “Les tombeaux de David et des rois de Juda et le tunnel-aquedue de Siloe,” Comptes Rendus de l’Academie des Inscriptions et des Belles-Lettres 25 (1897), p. 383.

The fifth inkwell brought from Mr. Khalil Eskander Shahin (Kando) cannot be used in this discussion. No dealer can ever be sure to know where his goods come from, as the source is almost always illegal. As outlined above, however, four or five makes no difference.

D. Broneer, “Excavations in Corinth 1934,” American Journal of Archaeology 39 (1935), p. 72, fig. 17.

Cynthia J. Eisenman and Brunhilde S. Ridgway, The Porticello Shipwreck (College Station, TX: Texas A & M Univ. Press, 1987), pp. 61–62.

Yael Olnik, “Early Roman Period Inkwells in Erez Israel,” Israel Land and People 1 (1983–1984), pp. 55 ff. (Hebrew); and Nabil I. Khairy, “Inkwells of the Roman Period from Jordan” Levant 12 (1980), pp. 214–224. Both of these papers contain an extensive bibliography.

R.A.S. Macalister, The Excavation of Gezer (London: Palestine Exploration Fund, 1912).

It is probable that “the poor” in this context is not a technical self-designation of the community; even if it is, the hope for reversal still applies, though it would need to be considered solely in spiritual terms.