BULLETIN OF THE

AMERICAN SCHOOLS OF
ORIENTAL RESEARCH

(ISSN 0003-097X)

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(February, May, August, November)

by THE AMERICAN SCHOOLS OF ORIENTAL RESEARCH

OFFICERS

President: LAWRENCE GERATY, La Sierra University, 4700 Pierce St., Riverside, CA 92515
Chairman of the Board: P.E. MacALLISTER, P.O. Box 1941, Indianapolis, IN 46206
Chair, Committee on Publications: LARRY HERR, Canadian University College, College Heights, AB T4L 2E5 CANADA
Chair, Committee on Archaeological Policy: DAVID W. McCREERY, Department of Religious Studies, Willamette University, Salem, OR 97301
Chair, Committee on Annual Meeting and Programs: DOUG CLARK, Walla Walla College, College Place, WA 99324
Treasurer: EDWARD LUGENBEAL, P.O. Box 386, Lancaster, MA 01561
Secretary: JAMES F. STRANGE, Department of Religious Studies, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL 33620

EDITORS OF THE BULLETIN

Editor:
JAMES M. WEINSTEIN, Department of Classics, Comell University, Ithaca, NY 14853. Telefax: 607-257-0457. E-mail: jmw123@clarityconnect.com

Associate Editor:
LARRY HERR, Canadian University College, College Heights, AB T4L 2E5 Canada; E-mail: lherr@cauc.ca

Editorial Board:

Term 2000-2003
PATRICIA BIKAI, ACOR Amman
SHARON HERBERT, University of Michigan
ALAN SIMMONS, University of Nevada, Las Vegas

Term 2001-2004
SIDNIE WHITE CRAWFORD, University of Nebraska, Lincoln
PATRICK E. McGOVERN, University Museum, University of Pennsylvania
ZIONY ZEVIT, University of Judaism

Term 2002-2005
WALTER E. AUFRECHT, University of Lethbridge
MARTHA SHARP JOUKOWSKY, Brown University
CAROL MEYERS, Duke University

Term 2003-2006
GLENN SCHWARTZ, Johns Hopkins University
NANCY SERWINT, Arizona State University
ALAN WALMSLEY, University of Copenhagen

Contributing Editors:
FRANK MOORE CROSS, Harvard University
PHILIP MAYERSON, New York University

Editorial Assistant: SHARON R. STEADMAN, State University of New York College at Cortland

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