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1. recto: Translation of Vienna Papyrus No. 27 Cf. Bergmann, Ernst Ritter von, Hieratische und hieratisch-demotische Texte der Sammlung aegyptischer Alterthümer des Allerhöchsten Kaiserhauses (1886) (OEB 134186), platess X-XVIII.
1. verso: Translation by Kate Griffith (corrected by F. Ll.Griffith) of the Story of Ahure compiled in Griffith, Francis Llewellyn, Stories of the high priests of Memphis: the Sethon of Herodotus and the demotic tales of Khamuas, 2 vols (1900) (OEB 140799), vol. I, p. 17-29, with discussion by F. Ll. Griffith on the title Pḥry.

Griffith, Kate

Translations

Griffith MSS 12
Series
c.1880-1934

Part of Francis Llewellyn Griffith Collection

Excavation Reports

Griffith MSS 13
Series
c.1886-1916

Part of Francis Llewellyn Griffith Collection

Reports of the Harvard-Boston excavation at Gebel Barkal in 1916 sent to Griffith by Reisner in a letter

Griffith MSS 13.2
Item
29 April 1916

Part of Francis Llewellyn Griffith Collection

Seven typed pages and two plans.

Griffith's report from Nabesha, March 31 [1886?]

Griffith MSS 13.1
Item
c.1886

Part of Francis Llewellyn Griffith Collection

Letter from George W. Murray (22 May 1909)

Griffith MSS 14.3
Item
22 May 1909

Part of Francis Llewellyn Griffith Collection

Letter from George W. Murray dated 22 May [1909] with notes and queries on words and proper names in Kenzi, Mahas and Old Nubian. Corrections to Griffith MSS 14.5.2 above. Mention of Murray's list of Nubian personal names, cf. Griffith MSS 14.5.4 below.

Letter from George W. Murray (29 June 1909)

Griffith MSS 14.4
Item
29 June 1909

Part of Francis Llewellyn Griffith Collection

Letter from G. W. Murray dated 29 June 1909. Remarks on the /č/ sound in Nubian and on the term "Fadija" as the name of a dialect with the Mahas Nubian language.

Enclosures with letter from Murray [Griffith MSS 14.4]

Griffith MSS 14.5
Item
29 June 1909

Part of Francis Llewellyn Griffith Collection

Enclosures with letter Griffith MSS 14.4:

"Feyadika" [Mahas] Nubian love song: "Alla Dessi Barama". Translation and notes.
Arabic story in Kenzi Nubian: "The Abyssinian Slave". Translation and notes.
Three songs in Kenzi Nubian. Translations:
- A father thinking of his dead daughter.
- Insulting song by one woman to another.
- A woman preparing food for her husband's return, has it stolen.
List of some 18 words in Kenzi and Mahas Nubian. Glosses. List of Nubian proper names: 37 for men and 11 for women.

Letter from G. W. Murray (19 July [1909])

Griffith MSS 14.6
Item
19 July 1909

Part of Francis Llewellyn Griffith Collection

Letter from G. W. Murray dated 19 July [1909]. Comments on Nubian songs, especially Griffith MSS 14.5.1. Comments on an element in one of the proper names in Griffith MSS 14.5.4.

Letter from G. W. Murray (2 September 1909)

Griffith MSS 14.7
Item
2 September 1909

Part of Francis Llewellyn Griffith Collection

Letter from G. W. Murray dated 2 September 1909. Comments on Griffith's translation of the Old Nubian text on St. Menas [British Museum Or. MS. 6805], especially on the location of Philoxenite. Comments on an element in a place name.

Letter from G. W. Murray (7 May 1910)

Griffith MSS 14.8
Item
7 May 1910

Part of Francis Llewellyn Griffith Collection

Letter from G. W. Murray dated 7 May 1910. Comments on certain elements in Nubian place names. Remarks on the proportion of Arabic words in modern Nubian.

Letter from G. W. Murray (8 June 1910)

Griffith MSS 14.9
Item
8 June 1910

Part of Francis Llewellyn Griffith Collection

Letter from G. W. Murray dated 8 June 1910. Comparison of a Kenzi Nubian particle with an Old Nubian one.

List of some 70 words in Kenzi and Dongolese Nubian with glosses

Griffith MSS 14.10
Item
8 June 1910

Part of Francis Llewellyn Griffith Collection

Enclosure with letter Griffith MSS 14.9.

Letter from G. W. Murray (17 August 1910)

Griffith MSS 14.11
Item
17 August 1910

Part of Francis Llewellyn Griffith Collection

Letter from G. W. Murray dated 17 August 1910. Comments on the quality of the Nubian word list published by de Cadalvène and de Breuvery.

List of Mahas and Dongolese Nubian words

Griffith MSS 14.12
Item
17 August 1910

Part of Francis Llewellyn Griffith Collection

List of Mahas and Dongolese Nubian words originally published by Cadalvène, Ed. de and J. de Breuvery, L'Égypte et la Turquie: de 1829 à 1836, vols 1 and 2 (1836) (OEB 136004), and L'Égypte et la Nubie, 2 vols (1841) (OEB 136003), with corrections by Murray. [Enclosed with letter Griffith MSS 14.11].

Letter from G. W. Murray (15 September 1911)

Griffith MSS 14.13
Item
15 September 1911

Part of Francis Llewellyn Griffith Collection

Letter from G. W. Murray dated 15 September 1911 with discussion on whether Nubian is Hamitic.

Letter from G. W. Murray (17 January 1912)

Griffith MSS 14.14
Item
17 January 1912

Part of Francis Llewellyn Griffith Collection

Letter from G. W. Murray dated 17 January 1912. Discussion of names of Hill Nubian dialects. Attribution of typed word list of Hill Nuba languages (Griffith 14.15 below) to [J. W.] Sagar, cf. Sagar, J. W., "Notes on the history, religion, and customs of the Nuba" in Sudan Notes and Records 5 (1922), p.137-156.

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