A Legacy of Learning in Near Eastern Archaeology

Helene J. Kantor (July 15, 1919-January 13, 1993) was one of the last of the great generalists of the ancient world. This volume celebrates her scholarship with articles covering her wide-ranging interests with important studies on ancient Egypt, the Aegean, Iran and Classical civilization.

Helene J. Kantor (July 15, 1919-January 13, 1993) was one of the last of the great generalists of the ancient world. She studied under Henri Frankfort at the University of Chicago and completed her Ph.D. in 1945. She accepted a Research Assistant appointment in the Oriental Institute (now Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures) that same year and became Assistant Professor in 1951 and Professor in 1963. She published articles and papers and taught classes in Iranian art and archaeology, Mesopotamian art and architecture, art and architecture of Egypt, and Aegean art, with precise understanding and insight into each area. This volume celebrates her scholarship with articles covering her wide-ranging interests with important studies on ancient Egypt, the Aegean, Iran and Classical civilization.

Introduction Helene J. Kantor: July 15, 1919 - January 12, 1993 Bibliography of Helene J. Kantor The Aegean Helene Kantor and Aegean-Near Eastern Connections: An Update from the West - Thomas F. Tartaron Theoretical and Methodological Background of Her Work and Its Legacy - Uros Matic Egypt Helene Kantor and the African Origin of Ancient Egyptian Civilization - Peter Lacovara An Assessment of Certain Limestone Talatat Blocks - W. Raymond Johnson Leaping Trends in Stone Frog Imagery from Egypt and the Near East - Daniel M. Warne Mesopotamia Lionizing Helene Kantor. Lions, Love, and Ishtar: A Closer Look - Diana K. McDonald Iran Helene J. Kantor and her Contributions to Iranian Art and Archaeology - Abbas Alizadeh Helene J. Kantor and Her Contributions to the Study of Ancient Iran - Emma D. Ubi The Classical World Achaemenid royal cloisonne jewelry - Jasper Gaunt Tributes Reflections - Trude Dothan A couple of personal reminiscences - Sam Wolff,

Introduction

Helene J. Kantor: July 15, 1919 – January 12, 1993

Bibliography of Helene J. Kantor

The Aegean

Helene Kantor and Aegean-Near Eastern Connections: An Update from the West – Thomas F. Tartaron

Theoretical and Methodological Background of Her Work and Its Legacy – Uroš Matić

Egypt

Helene Kantor and the African Origin of Ancient Egyptian Civilization – Peter Lacovara

An Assessment of Certain Limestone Talatat Blocks – W. Raymond Johnson

Leaping Trends in Stone Frog Imagery from Egypt and the Near East – Daniel M. Warne

Mesopotamia

Lionizing Helene Kantor. Lions, Love, and Ishtar: A Closer Look – Diana K. McDonald

Iran

Helene J. Kantor and her Contributions to Iranian Art and Archaeology – Abbas Alizadeh

Helene J. Kantor and Her Contributions to the Study of Ancient Iran – Emma D. Ubi

The Classical World

Achaemenid royal cloisonné jewelry – Jasper Gaunt

Tributes

Reflections – Trude Dothan^†

A couple of personal reminiscences – Sam Wolff

Peter Lacovara is Director of the Ancient Egyptian Archaeology and Heritage Fund. He was Senior Curator of Ancient Egyptian, Nubian, and Near Eastern Art at the Michael C. Carlos Museum from 1998 to 2014 and previously was Assistant Curator in the Department of Ancient Egyptian, Nubian and Near Eastern Art at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. He is also Visiting Research Scholar at the American University in Cairo. His archaeological fieldwork has included excavations at the Valley of the Kings at Thebes, the Palace city of Amenhotep III at Malqata in Thebes, Abydos, Hierakonpolis and the Giza Plateau, and he is currently directing the work at the palace-city of Deir el-Ballas.

• Edited by Peter Lacovara