Roger Moorey
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Peter Roger Stuart Moorey,
Early life
Moorey was educated at
Career
His time in Cyprus (with its fine archaeological heritage) probably reinforced a childhood interest in ancient history and may well have prompted his interest in the post of Assistant Keeper of Antiquities at the Ashmolean Museum which became available at the time of his graduation in 1961. He was eventually appointed as Keeper of Antiquities, which post he remained in until his retirement in 2003, shortly before his death.
Moorey's excavation interests and experiences were broad, excavating at Jerusalem under Kathleen Kenyon in 1963 and in Abu Salabikh in Iraq under Nicholas Postgate (academic) in the 1970s. In 1982 Moorey edited Ur of the Chaldees, a republication of Leonard Woolley's 1954 Excavations at Ur, adding new photographs and information, and deleting some references to the Book of Genesis.[2]
Publications
- P.R.S. Moorey, Excavation in Palestine, Lutterworth Press, 1982. ISBN 0-7188-2432-6.
- P.R.S. Moorey, A Century of Biblical Archaeology, Lutterworth Press, 1991. ISBN 0-7188-2825-9.
- P.R.S. Moorey, Ancient Mesopotamian Materials and Industries: The Archaeological Evidence, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1994. ISBN 0-19-814921-2.
- P.R.S. Moorey, Idols of the People: Miniature Images of Clay in the Ancient Near East, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2003. ISBN 0-19-726280-5.
- Review — Bryn Mawr Classical Review
- ISBN 0-8014-1518-7
- Ancient Near Eastern Terracottas in the Ashmolean Museum — online catalogue.
Festschrift
Potts, Timothy, Roaf, Michael & Stein, Diana (eds), Culture through Objects: Ancient Near Eastern studies in honour of P.R.S. Moorey, Oxford:
References
- ^ Jones, Ashley (3 February 2005). "Obituary: Roger Moorey". The Guardian. Retrieved 2 November 2019.
- ^ Book review in the Wilson Quarterly, 1982.
Obituaries
- Roger Moorey, Obituary, The Times (22 January 2005)
- Roger Moorey, Obituary, The Guardian, obit by Ashley Jones (3 February 2005)
- Roger Moorey, 1937–2004, American Journal of Archaeology, obit by O. Muscarella (July 2005)