unprovenienced

Setting aside for the moment the problem that interpretation in Syro-Palestinian archaeology is hamstrung by theological entanglements that inherently force it outside the proper bounds of scientific application I shall return to that below, the question at hand is just how useful are unprovenienced artifacts in archaeological research?

Syro-Palestinian Archaeology and Isolated Artifacts Christopher O'Brien 2007

Setting aside for the moment the problem that interpretation in Syro-Palestinian archaeology is hamstrung by theological entanglements that inherently force it outside the proper bounds of scientific application I shall return to that below, the question at hand is just how useful are unprovenienced artifacts in archaeological research?

Archive 2007-08-01 Christopher O'Brien 2007

Duane...thanks for the clarification on the Talpiot Ossuary...for some reason I thought it was also unprovenienced.

Syro-Palestinian Archaeology and Isolated Artifacts Christopher O'Brien 2007

Furthermore the policy did not prohibit the purchase of unprovenienced artifacts, nor did it require verification of an object's authenticity or legality by anyone other than the dealer.

The Trial in Rome 2006

By pursuing such an aggressive tack, Italy clearly hopes to deter museums and collectors in the future from buying unprovenienced antiquities that might have been found in Italian soil, and in so doing stem the flight of top-quality artworks from the country.

The Trial in Rome 2006

The article presents two vases, one unprovenienced and one excavated archaeologically.

What Can We Learn from a Maya Vase? 2003

Also on display are several unprovenienced items from the Met's own collection, among them a ram's headed silver rhyton and two gold appliqués in the form of lions, purportedly from Iran.

At the Museums 2001

Muscarella urges archaeologists to ask themselves why it is that excavations fail to produce objects like the unprovenienced aberrations that they publish.

Books: Scourge of the Forgery Culture 2001

At least 14 unprovenienced "Minoan" goddesses made their way into museums and private collections, and many were subsequently extolled as masterpieces of ancient art.

Snake Goddesses, Fake Goddesses 2001

Furthermore, considering the character of the parties should help in cases where unprovenienced antiquities are purchased from dealers known on other occasions to have dealt in looted antiquities.

Unidroit Ratified 1998