Zone d'identification
Cote
Green MSS
Titre
Date(s)
- 1897-1899 (Production)
Niveau de description
Collection
Étendue matérielle et support
1 big roll.
Zone du contexte
Nom du producteur
Notice biographique
British Egyptologist and excavator; he was born in London, 21 March 1869, son of Frederick G., solicitor, and Sophia Rose; he studied at Jesus College, Cambridge; BA, 1898; MA, 1901; he became interested in Egyptology at an early age and studied it under Sethe at Gottingen and later at Strasbourg; he excavated sites in Egypt with Clarke, Petrie, and Reisner, and in 1897-9 while working with Quibell on the predynastic site of Hierakonpolis for the Egyptian Research Account, discovered the famous decorated tomb; he also worked for the Egyptian Govt. Geological Survey, 1897-1900, and prepared maps for other surveys, 1905-14; he was in charge of the Mond excavations at Armant, 1929-30; he was Hon. Keeper of Antiquities, Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, 1908-49 to which institution he donated numerous objects; his notebooks are now in the Department of Egyptian Antiquities, British Museum and the Faculty of Oriental Studies, Cambridge; he died in Great Shelford, Cambs., 20 Aug. 1949.
Histoire archivistique
The painting was presented to the Griffith Institute in 1949 by his wife, Mrs Green.
Source immédiate d'acquisition ou de transfert
Zone du contenu et de la structure
Portée et contenu
Original painting of the 'Painted Tomb' (or Tomb 100) at Hierakonpolis.
Évaluation, élimination et calendrier de conservation
Accroissements
Mode de classement
Zone des conditions d'accès et d'utilisation
Conditions d’accès
Property of the Griffith Institute. Currently not available for consultation for reasons of conservation.
Conditions de reproduction
Langue des documents
Écriture des documents
Notes sur la langue et l'écriture
Caractéristiques matérielle et contraintes techniques
Instruments de recherche
Zone des sources complémentaires
Existence et lieu de conservation des originaux
Existence et lieu de conservation des copies
Unités de description associées
Note de publication
-Quibell, J.E. and F.W. Green, <i>Hierakonpolis. Part II</i> (British School of Archaeology in Egypt and Egyptian Research Account Memoir 5, London: Bernard Quaritch, 1902), 20-1 pls. lxxv-lxxix.
Zone des notes
Note
- See the Griffith Institute Committee minutes for the meeting of 10-11-1949.