The Oriental Institute Archeological Report on the near East

Abstract

[Prepared for the preceding issue, this report, unfortunately, had to be omitted from that issue; in time though not in fact, therefore, it should be considered a supplement to the 1940 volume of the Journal. Owing to current restrictions on international mail, we are at present hampered in securing direct information from excavators in the field and at home, by both letters and periodicals. This regular feature in this quarterly Journal, consequently, will be replaced-we hope only temporarily-by an annual report which will appear in October, 1941. To all those who have so generously given of their materials, energy, and time in contributing to this feature throughout the last six years-to directors, assistants, and compilers alike-we give our heartiest thanks. In its own way, the Archeological Report has set a standard, found nowhere else, for completeness and accuracy. With considerable regret we mark its eclipse and look forward to a day when, elaborated and expanded, it can properly evaluate as well as relate archeological researches and discoveries.-EDITOR.]