====== Moorey, Peter Roger Stuart ======

== Name ==
Moorey, Peter Roger Stuart

== Dates ==
30 May 1937 - 23 December 2004

== Birthplace ==
Bush Hill Park, Middlesex

== Specialization ==
Archaeology

== Major works ==
Archaeology, Artefacts and the Bible, Oxford 1969 Catalogue of the Ancient Persian Bronzes in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford 1971 The Making of the Past: Bilblical Lands, Oxford 1975 Century of Biblical Archaeology, Oxford 1991 Ancient Mesopotamian Materials and Industries, Oxford 1994 Idols of the People, Oxford 2003

== Remarks ==
Assistant Keeper, Department of Antiquities, Ashmolean Museum, 1961-1973; Senior Assistant Keeper, 1973-1982; Keeper, 1983-2002 Fellow, Wolfson College, Oxford, 1976-2004; Senior Research Fellow and Viceregent, 2002-2004 Fellow of the British Academy, 1977 President, British School of Archaeology in Jerusalem, 1990-1998

== Obituaries ==
http://news.independent.co.uk/people/obituaries/story.jsp?story=601929 (S. Dalley - H. Whitehouse) http://www.ashmol.ox.ac.uk/ash/staff/Obituary-Moorey.html

== Festschrift ==
T. Potts - M. Roaf - D. Stein (eds.), Culture Through Objects: Ancient Near Eastern Studies in Honour of P.R.S. Moorey, Oxford 2003