The Electronic Catalogue of the Samaria Ivory Artifacts and Related Material

The Electronic Catalogue of the Samaria Ivory Artifacts and Related Material

Also known as: Samaria Ivories

"The Electronic Catalogue of the Samaria Ivory Artifacts and Related Material" offers the first complete publication of the ivory carvings and related inlays and overlays that were excavated between 1908 and 1935 at Samaria, the capital of the kingdom of Israel in the 9th-8th centuries BCE. The catalogue accompanies a description, analysis, and reassessment of this material published in book form. The over 12,500 mostly very fragmentary items once decorated luxurious furniture, perhaps also other prestige goods. They constitute not only a substantial portion of the arts known from Iron Age Israel, but also the largest assemblage of elaborate Levantine ivory carvings of the Iron Age unearthed in the Levant itself rather than Assyrian cities, where the vast majority of this body of material came to light. Thus, the Samaria Ivories are significant for both the cultural history of ancient Israel and the study of Levantine ivory carvings of the Iron Age.

Claudia E. Suter
Project leader, Data Collector, Data Curator
Associate Researcher
University of Bern
University of Basel
claudia.suter@faculty.unibe.ch

Cite this Project

Citation

Suter (2026). The Electronic Catalogue of the Samaria Ivory Artifacts and Related Material (Samaria Ivories) [Database]. DaSCH. https://ark.dasch.swiss/ark:/72163/1/0863.

Data Access

Access Rights
Full Open Access
License
Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License
(2026-01-01)

Copyright

The Electronic Catalogue of the Samaria Ivory Artifacts and Related Material

Contact

Claudia E. Suter
Associate Researcher
University of Bern
University of Basel
claudia.suter@faculty.unibe.ch

Project Timeline

Period
2002-04-01 – 2025-06-30
Status
Finished

Funding

Grants
Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF)
Grant: 67219
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Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF)
Grant: 103758
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Shelby White and Leon Levy
Grant: 2005 Claudia E. Suter
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Data Management Plan
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