Griffith Institute Archive

Petrie MSS 5.7.17b [lower left]
Item
1881-1882

Part of William Matthew Flinders Petrie Collection

-Tura quarries, with the Nile and the valley in the background.
-TopBib iv.174.
-Caption:
'Valley at Turra'.
-Also label for 'Quarries'.

[537] In the quarries of Masara.

Petrie MSS 5.6.10d [lower right]
Item
1881-1882

Part of William Matthew Flinders Petrie Collection

-Tura (Tora; Masara).
-Quarries.
-Caption:
'In the quarries of Masara.
Shewing the regular way of cutting the blocks out
each complete, advancing regularly in lines (see ceiling)'

[535] Cavern partly fallen in, Masara.

Petrie MSS 5.6.10a [upper left]
Item
1881-1882

Part of William Matthew Flinders Petrie Collection

-Tura (Tora; Masara).
-Quarries.
-Caption:
'Cavern partly fallen in, Masara.
This is about 50 feet high, and in the further side is the
way to a hall 300? feet square, with enormous columns
left in quarrying, but too dark to photograph'

-Also, an arrow indicating:
'↑ donkey boy.'

[534] Mouths of quarry galleries, Masara.

Petrie MSS 5.6.10c [upper right]
Item
1881-1882

Part of William Matthew Flinders Petrie Collection

-Tura (Tora; Masara).
-Quarries.

[532] Shrine of Ptah (see 531)

Petrie MSS 5.6.27d [lower right]
Item
1881-1882

Part of William Matthew Flinders Petrie Collection

-Saqqara (Ṣaqqâra, Sakkara).
-Lower part of a statue of a kneeling man holding naos containing a figure of Ptah.

[531] Shrine of Ptah.

Petrie MSS 5.6.27b [lower left]
Item
1881-1882

Part of William Matthew Flinders Petrie Collection

-Saqqara (Ṣaqqâra, Sakkara).
-Lower part of a statue of a kneeling man holding naos containing a figure of Ptah.
-Caption:
'Shrine of Ptah.
dedicated by Ptah-mes an architect.
Sakkara.'

[530] Remains of two passages (?)

Petrie MSS 5.5.34d [lower right]
Item
1881-1882

Part of William Matthew Flinders Petrie Collection

Hawara.
Caption reads:
'Remains of two passages (?)
the right hand one is double, having another
beneath it. Howara.'

[52] Edge of altar at Broombel.

Petrie MSS 5.6.29d [lower right]
Item
1881-1882

Part of William Matthew Flinders Petrie Collection

-El-Hiba.
-Temple.

[529] Brick walls of the "Labyrinth" of Lepsius.

Petrie MSS 5.5.35a [upper left]
Item
1881-1882

Part of William Matthew Flinders Petrie Collection

Hawara. Foreground, Labyrinth of Amenemhet III; background, Pyramid of Amenemhet III.
Caption reads:
'Brick walls of the "Labyrinth" of Lepsius.
The bricks are the size of Roman bricks, & not of earlier
forms; the chambers are full of broken Roman pottery;
and are like those of Greek and Roman villages.'

[528] Piece of architrave?

Petrie MSS 5.5.34c [upper right]
Item
1881-1882

Part of William Matthew Flinders Petrie Collection

Hawara.
Caption reads:
'Piece of architrave?
In the ruins at Howara,
lying upside down.
XIIth dyn.'

[527] The Pyramid of Howara.

Petrie MSS 5.5.34a [upper left]
Item
1881-1882

Part of William Matthew Flinders Petrie Collection

Hawara. Pyramid of Amenemhet III.
Caption reads:
'The Pyramid of Howara.
with remains of granite columns in the ruins.'

[526] The Pyramid of Howara from the N

Petrie MSS 5.5.33b [lower left]
Item
1881-1882

Part of William Matthew Flinders Petrie Collection

Hawara. Pyramid of Amenemhet III.

[525] Probable site of the Labyrinth.

Petrie MSS 5.5.35b [lower left]
Item
1881-1882

Part of William Matthew Flinders Petrie Collection

Hawara. Labyrinth of Amenemhet III.
Caption reads:
'Probable site of the Labyrinth.
The ground covered several feet deep in chips of fine white
stone from a destroyed building; underlaid by pavement'

[524] Probable site of Labyrinth.

Petrie MSS 5.5.35d [lower right]
Item
1881-1882

Part of William Matthew Flinders Petrie Collection

Hawara. Labyrinth of Amenemhet III.
Caption reads:
'Probable site of Labyrinth.
Ground. South of Howara pyramid.
with passage of No 520.'

Also labels 'joins 525' and 'joins 523'.

[523] The so-called "Labyrinth" of Lepsius.

Petrie MSS 5.5.35c [upper right]
Item
1881-1882

Part of William Matthew Flinders Petrie Collection

Hawara.
Caption reads:
'The so-called "Labyrinth" of Lepsius.
from the top of Howara pyramid. (No 529)'

[521] Great limestone pavement in two layers.

Petrie MSS 5.5.34b [lower left]
Item
1881-1882

Part of William Matthew Flinders Petrie Collection

Hawara. Pyramid of Amenemhet III.
Caption reads:
'Great limestone pavement in two layers.
This ran under the great ruins (of the Labyrinth?)
on the S. of the pyramid. Now being destroyed by engineers.'

[520] The Pyramid of Howara.

Petrie MSS 5.5.33d [lower right]
Item
1881-1882

Part of William Matthew Flinders Petrie Collection

Hawara. Pyramid of Amenemhet III.
Caption reads:
'The Pyramid of Howara.
from S. with passage leading through the ruins.'

[51] Trench at N.E. corner of Great Pyramid

Petrie MSS 5.5.15d [lower right]
Item
1881-1882

Part of William Matthew Flinders Petrie Collection

Giza (Gîza). Pyramid of Khufu (Cheops).
Caption reads:
'Trench at N.E. corner of Great Pyramid = (No 47)
really continuous, but not cleared in middle, to preserve a road
Sunshine on side shewing working & flatness.'

[519] Foot of six-toed man at Kalemsha.

Petrie MSS 5.7.26b [lower left]
Item
1881-1882

Part of William Matthew Flinders Petrie Collection

-Nature's oddity: a six-toed man (close-up view of his foot).
-Caption:
'Foot of six-toed man at Kalemsha.'.

[518] Gebel Sedment. Faium

Petrie MSS 5.7.37b [lower left]
Item
1881-1882

Part of William Matthew Flinders Petrie Collection

-The site of Sidmant el-Gebel in the Faiyum.
-Caption:
'Gebel Sedment. Faium'.

[517] The convent of Kalemsha from N.

Petrie MSS 5.7.37c [upper right]
Item
1881-1882

Part of William Matthew Flinders Petrie Collection

-View from the north of the convent of Kalemsha (Deir el-Naqlun, also known as Deir al-Malak Ghubriyal, south of Medinet el-Faiyum? Or Deir Abu Ishaq, also known as Deir al-Hamam or the Monastery of the Holy Virgin, near el-Lahun?).
-Caption:
'The convent of Kalemsha from N.'.

[516] The convent of Kalemsha.

Petrie MSS 5.7.37a [upper left]
Item
1881-1882

Part of William Matthew Flinders Petrie Collection

-Desert landscape in the Faiyum with, in the background, the convent of Kalemsha (Deir el-Naqlun, also known as Deir al-Malak Ghubriyal, south of Medinet el-Faiyum? Or Deir Abu Ishaq, also known as Deir al-Hamam or the Monastery of the Holy Virgin, near el-Lahun?).
-Caption:
'The convent of Kalemsha.
The oldest convent in the Faium, to which all the
Copts in the Faium resort at Easter-tide.'.

[515] Rock in desert, 10 miles S.W. of Qarak.

Petrie MSS 5.7.37d [lower right]
Item
1881-1882

Part of William Matthew Flinders Petrie Collection

-Desert landscape in the area of Qarak (el-Qara, south of Hierakonpolis?).
-Caption:
'Rock in desert, 10 miles S.W. of Qarak.
about 150 feet high'.

[514] Old bridge of great dyke, and sluice gates south of Medinet el Faium.

Petrie MSS 5.6.37c [upper right]
Item
1881-1882

Part of William Matthew Flinders Petrie Collection

-Near Medinet el-Faiyum (Crocodilopolis; Arsinoë).
-Remains of Arabic-built bridge and sluice gates of great dyke.
-Caption:
'Old bridge of great dyke, and sluice gates
south of Medinet el Faium.
Rock bed of stream in foreground.'

With arrow poiting to bridge and another to gates.