AN INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE HELD AT THE BRITISH MUSEUM, 17-19 APRIL 2001
THE WORLD OF THE HERODS AND THE NABATAEANS
Programme of Events
Tuesday 17 April - The World of the Herods
09:00 Registration of Delegates in the Clore Education Centre
09:30 Welcome by Robert Anderson, the Director of the British Museum, in the BP Theatre; Short addresses by Sam Moorhead and Nikos Kokkinos
09:45 Introduction: Overview of the Herodian World, Fergus Millar (Oxford)
Session 1 – Chair: Martin Goodman (Oxford)
10:00 Josephus as Historian of the Herods, Tessa Rajak (Reading)
10:40 The Royal Court of the Herods, Nikos Kokkinos (London)
11:20 Coffee
Session 2 – Chair: Jonathan Price (Tel Aviv)
12:00 Inscriptions and the History of the Herods, Rudolf Haensch (Cologne)
12:40 Coins of the Herodian Dynasty: The State of Research, Alla Kushnir-Stein (Tel Aviv)
13:20 Lunch - Not provided, but there are several restaurants/cafés in the museum
Session 3 – Chair: Gideon Foerster (Jerusalem)
14:20 Herodian Building Projects and the Romanisation of Judaea, Yoram Tsafrir (Jerusalem)
15:00 New Insights into the Architecture of Herod the Great, Duane Roller (Ohio)
15:40 The Jerusalem Temple of Herod the Great, David Jacobson (London)
16:20 Tea
Session 4 – Chair: Amélie Kuhrt (London) [Amélie Kuhrt could not make it on the day and the session was kindly chaired by Gideon Foerster]
17:00 Public and Private Decorative Art During the Reign of Herod the Great, Sarah Japp (Berlin)
17:40 Special Presentation: The Warren Cup, Dyfri Williams and Susan Walker (The British Museum)
18:20 Reception in the Clore Education Centre (Drinks and Canapés)
Wednesday 18 April - The World of the Nabataeans
09:00 Arrival of Delegates in the Clore Education Centre
09:45 Welcome by John Curtis, Keeper of the Department of the Ancient Near East in the BP Theatre; Short Addresses by Sam Moorhead and Konstantine Politis
Session 1 – Chair: Konstantine Politis (The British Museum)
10:00 Petra Discovered, Petra Depicted, 1812-1847, Norman Lewis (Oxford) and Bryony Llewellyn (Newmarket)
10:40 The Nabataeans in History - Before CE 106 Robert Wenning (Bonn)
11:20 Coffee
Session 2 – Chair: Konstantine Politis (The British Museum)
12:00 Nabataean Inscriptions: Language and Script, John Healey (Manchester)
12:40 Nabataean Religion, John Bartlett (Dublin)
13:20 Lunch - Not provided but there are several restaurants/cafés in the museum
Session 3 – Chair: Judith McKenzie (Oxford)
14:20 Nabataean Monumental Architecture, Laurent Tholbecq (Louvain)
15:00 Nabataean Dwellings: Domestic Architecture and Interior Decoration, Bernard Kolb (Basel) [Bernard Kolb could not make it on the day and a replacement lecture The Markets of Petra was given by Leigh-Ann Bedal (Washington DC)]
15:40 Nabataean Art Between East and West, Joseph Patrich (Haifa)
16:20 Tea
Session 4 – Chair: St. John Simpson (The British Musuem)
17:00 The Nabataeans under Roman Rule - After CE 106, David Graf (Miami)
17:40 Nabataean Cultural Continuity into the Byzantine Period, Konstantine Politis (The British Museum)
18:20 Group Photograph on the steps of The Great Court
18:30 Special viewing of Cleopatra: From History to Myth in the Hotung Exhibition Gallery for all delegates.
Thursday 19 April - The World of the Herods and the Nabataeans
09:00 Arrival of Delegates in the Clore Education Centre
The day’s proceedings are split into two runs of lectures, one for Herods and one for Nabataeans, and a series of material culture seminars. At 17:40 all delegates will reconvene in the BP Theatre for Glen Bowersock’s concluding remarks.
Herodian Lectures in the BP Theatre
Session 1 – Chair: Israel Roll (Tel Aviv)
10:00 The Agrarian Economy in the Herodian Period, Shimon Dar (Ramat-Gan)
10:40 Funerary Practices in Judaea During the Times of the Herods, Rachel Hachlili (Haifa)
11:20 Coffee
Session 2 – Chair: Sean Freyne (Dublin)
12:00 Ossuaries of the Herodian Period, Tal Ilan (Jerusalem)
12:40 Papyri of the Herodian Period, Hannah Cotton (Jerusalem) [Hannah Cotton could not make it on the day and a replacement lecture Medical Aspects of Herod's Death was given by Walter Loebl (Essex)]
13:20 Lunch - Not provided but there are restaurants/cafés in the museum
Session 3 – Chair: Joseph Sievers (Rome)
14:20 Greeks and Romans on the Herods, David Braund (Exeter)
15:00 Jewish Sources on the Herods, Daniel Schwartz (Jerusalem)
15:40 Christian Sources on the Herods, William Horbury (Cambridge)
16:20 Tea
Session 4 – Chair: Nikos Kokkinos (London)
17:00 The Formation of the Herodian Army: Hasmonaean Tradition and Roman Influence, Israel Shatzman (Jerusalem)
17:40 Conclusion: Final Remarks on Herods and Nabataeans, Glen Bowersock (Princeton)
18:00 End of Proceedings
Nabataean Lectures in the Old Lecture Theatre (Room 86)
09:45 Welcome by Jonathan Tubb, Department of the Ancient Near East, The British Museum and Chairman of the PEF
Session 4 – Chair: Jonathan Tubb (The British Museum)
10:00 Textiles of the Graeco-Roman Period from the Dead Sea Region, Hero Granger-Taylor (London)
10:40 The Nabataeans as Pastoral Nomads: An Archaeological Perspective, Steven Rosen (Beersheva)
11:20 Coffee
Session 2 – Chair: Jonathan Tubb (The British Museum)
12:00 Nabataean Water Supply, Irrigation and Agriculture, John Oleson (Victoria)
12:40 The Trade of Aromatics in Nabataea and Judaea, Fawzi Zayadine (Amman)
13:20 Lunch - Not provided but there are restaurants/cafésin the museum
Session 3 – Chair: Judith McKenzie (Oxford)
14:20 The Urban Growth of Petra, Peter Parr (London)
15:00 The Date of the al-Khasneh at Petra: A New Approach, Karl Schmitt-Korte (Frankfurt)
15:40 Cultural and Heritage Management at Petra, Zaki Aslan (Amman)
16:20 Tea
Material Culture Seminars in the Raymond and Beverly Sackler Seminar Room
Session 1 – Chair: Konstantine Politis (The British Museum)
10:00 Nabataean Pottery, Stephan Schmid (Athens)
11:20 Coffee
Session 2 – Chair: Konstantine Politis (The British Museum)
12:00 Conservation of the Textiles and Leather from Khirbet Qazone, Jordan: From Excavation to Display, Pippa Cruikshank, Anna Harrison and John Fields (The British Museum)
13:20 Lunch - Not provided, but there are restaurants/cafés in the museum
Session 3 – Chair: Sam Moorhead (The British Museum)
14:20 Demonstration of Herodian Coins, Andrew Burnett (The British Museum)
15:00 Demonstration of Nabataean Coins, Andrew Meadows (The British Museum)
15:40 Monetary Interchange in Nabataean Petra, Julian Bowsher (London)
16:20 Tea
Session 4 – Chair: Andrew Burnett (The British Museum)
17:00 A Group of 120 Clay Bullae from Petra with Titles of the City, Haim Gitler (Jerusalem)
Material Culture Seminar in the Studio Seminar Room
10:00 - 16:20 Practical Demonstration of Nabataean Pottery Making, James Mason (Isle of Wight)
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