Griffith Institute Archive

Petrie MSS 5.5.23c [upper right]
Item
1881-1882

Part of William Matthew Flinders Petrie Collection

Giza (Gîza), East Field, rock-cut tombs. W. M. Flinders Petrie standing outside the tomb he was living in.
Caption reads:
'My dwelling tomb, Gizeh.'

Also labels for 'window', 'door', 'window', and 'Ali's tomb where Muhammed slept'.

[460] Gizeh Tombs

Petrie MSS 5.5.23d [lower right]
Item
1881-1882

Part of William Matthew Flinders Petrie Collection

Giza (Gîza). East field, rock-cut tombs.
'Gizeh Tombs'

Also label for 'my tomb'.

[339] Spout for water leading from roof of tomb

Petrie MSS 5.5.24d [lower right]
Item
1881-1882

Part of William Matthew Flinders Petrie Collection

Giza (Gîza). East field? Tomb, water-spout leading from roof.
Caption reads:
'Spout for water leading from roof of tomb
Gizeh
Air channel just below it. Tomb 17 Lepsius
The only arrangement for rain known in the tombs'

[440] Large tomb West of Great Pyramid.

Petrie MSS 5.5.25a [upper left]
Item
1881-1882

Part of William Matthew Flinders Petrie Collection

Giza (Gîza). West Field, tomb G5110, Duaenre.
Caption reads:
'Large tomb West of great Pyramid.
No 44 Lepsius. This is the best example of a mastaba tomb.
mean angle 75º 55' ± 6; angle of 4 rise on 1 base 75º 58''

[389] Rounded coping of wall of a court in a tomb.

Petrie MSS 5.5.25d [lower right]
Item
1881-1882

Part of William Matthew Flinders Petrie Collection

Giza (Gîza). West Field.
Caption reads:
'Rounded coping of wall of a court in a tomb.
W. of Gt Pyramid.'

[395] "False door" of tomb of Xemten.

Petrie MSS 5.5.26b [lower left]
Item
1881-1882

Part of William Matthew Flinders Petrie Collection

Giza (Gîza). West Field, tomb G 5210, Khemetnu (Khemtnu).

[394] "False door" of Xemten.

Petrie MSS 5.5.26d [lower right]
Item
1881-1882

Part of William Matthew Flinders Petrie Collection

Giza (Gîza). West Field, tomb G 5210, Khemetnu (Khemtnu).
Caption reads:
'"False door" of Xemten.'

Also labels for 'name of [<-W9-E11-x-w-f->] at top', 'forced stones' and 'original width'.

[477] Masonry of the pyramid of Pepi.

Petrie MSS 5.5.29b [lower left]
Item
1881-1882

Part of William Matthew Flinders Petrie Collection

Saqqara. Pyramid of Pepi (Pepy) I.
Caption reads:
'Masonry of the pyramid of Pepi.
Sakkara. (No 5 Vyse) 6th dyn'

Also label for 'roofing block of chamber'.

[475] North brick pyramid of Dahshûr.

Petrie MSS 5.5.30b [lower left]
Item
1881-1882

Part of William Matthew Flinders Petrie Collection

Dahshur. Pyramid of Senusert (Sesostris) III.
Caption reads:
'North brick pyramid of Dahshûr.
North side, in course of being opened.'

[468] Entrance of South pyramid of Dahshûr.

Petrie MSS 5.5.31b [lower left]
Item
1881-1882

Part of William Matthew Flinders Petrie Collection

Dahshur. South Pyramid (Bent Pyramid) of Snofru (Snefru), Entrance.
Caption reads:
'Entrance of South pyramid of Dahshûr.'

Also label for 'door'.

[467] South pyramid of Dahshûr, from North.

Petrie MSS 5.5.31c [upper right]
Item
1881-1882

Part of William Matthew Flinders Petrie Collection

Dahshur. South Pyramid (Bent Pyramid) of Snofru (Snefru).
Caption reads:
'South pyramid of Dahshûr, from North.
Exactly in line of its West side. Nearly all the casing
remains upon this pyramid.'

Also labels for '470' and '468 door'.

[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.'

[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.'

[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)'

[490] The "Kursi Farûn", "Chair of Pharaoh".

Petrie MSS 5.5.36a [upper left]
Item
1881-1882

Part of William Matthew Flinders Petrie Collection

Biahmu (Biyahmu). Colossi of Amenemhat (Amenemhet) III, bases/pedestals.
Caption reads:
'The "Kursi Farûn", "Chair of Pharaoh".
or Pyramids of Beyahmu.
from the South.'

Also labels for 'W. pile' and 'E. pile'.

[104] Walls of brick village. Kom Ahmar.

Petrie MSS 5.5.38a [loose]
Item
1881-1882

Part of William Matthew Flinders Petrie Collection

Zawyet el-Amwat (Zâwyet el-Amwât; El-Maiyitin; El-Kom El-Ahmar).
Photograph loose within album.

Caption reads:
'Walls of brick village.
Kom Ahmar.'

Squeeze

Petrie MSS 5.5.38b [loose]
Item
1881-1882

Part of William Matthew Flinders Petrie Collection

Koptos.
Photograph of squeeze loose within album.

Inside front cover

Petrie MSS 5.6.00b
Item
1881-1882

Part of William Matthew Flinders Petrie Collection

Inside front cover.
On left:
'W.M. Flinders Petrie,
8 Crescent Road,
Bromley,
Kent.'
Note attached to page:
'As some friends have desired to have copies of these photographs (which at present I have no time to prepare myself) I have placed the plates in the hands of Messrs Murray & Heath, 37 Dartmouth Park Hill NW; and arranged with them to supply copies to order (not less than 6 at once) at 3d per print, post free. Only the numbers need be mentioned, but a list of the titles should be retained.'
'There is far more detail in the negatives than can be transferred to a print; and any one wishing to refer to them for scientific purposes will please to apply to me. Prints on glass are almost as good as the original negatives for examination, and can be easily supplied, as well as enlargement to any scale.'
'W. M. Flinders Petrie.'

Title page - Part B. New Empire

Petrie MSS 5.6.00c
Item
1881-1882

Part of William Matthew Flinders Petrie Collection

Index Map

Petrie MSS 5.6.00d
Item
1881-1882

Part of William Matthew Flinders Petrie Collection

Map titled 'Index Map shewing volume and page of the views at each place.'

[506] Obelisk of Ebgig from the West.

Petrie MSS 5.6.01d [lower right]
Item
1881-1882

Part of William Matthew Flinders Petrie Collection

-Abgig or Begig.
-Obelisk of Senusret (Sesostris) I.
-Caption:
'Obelisk of Ebgig from the West.
It is 82.7 ins wide at base and 56.4 at top. About 90 tons
The total length from base to rounding of top is 39 ft 3.7 ins.'

-Also labelled in photograph:
'Gebel Sedment'.

[135] Tombs of Beni Hassan.

Petrie MSS 5.6.02a [upper left]
Item
1881-1882

Part of William Matthew Flinders Petrie Collection

-Beni Hasan (Beni Hassan).
-Caption:
'Tombs of Beni Hassan.
2 Tomb of Ameni-Amenemha, shewing rows of stones cleared
from the approach, and laid on each side (see arrows) but
not running quite to the middle. 3 Tomb of Nūmhotep.'

-The photograph is annotated '1', '2', and '3' to indicate the relevant tombs.

[114] Recess with figure. Tomb No 30 Beni Hassan.

Petrie MSS 5.6.04b [lower left]
Item
1881-1882

Part of William Matthew Flinders Petrie Collection

-Beni Hasan (Beni Hassan).
-Tomb 30. Not inscribed.
-Shrine.
-Rock-cut mummiform figure.

[115] Tomb No 35 Beni Hassan.

Petrie MSS 5.6.04d [lower right]
Item
1881-1882

Part of William Matthew Flinders Petrie Collection

-Beni Hasan (Beni Hassan).
-Tomb 35. Not inscribed.
-Facade.

[154] Tomb at Siūt.

Petrie MSS 5.6.05a [upper left]
Item
1881-1882

Part of William Matthew Flinders Petrie Collection

-Asyut (Assiut; Lycopolis).
-Caption:

'Tomb at Siūt.
XIII ? dyn.'

-Also an arrow with label:
'top of pillar broken away'.

[153] Southern hill honeycombed with tombs. Siūt.

Petrie MSS 5.6.05b [lower left]
Item
1881-1882

Part of William Matthew Flinders Petrie Collection

-Asyut (Assiut; Lycopolis).

[309] Queen Hatasu.

Petrie MSS 5.6.06b [lower left]
Item
1881-1882

Part of William Matthew Flinders Petrie Collection

-Deir el-Bahari (Deir el-Bahri).
-Temple of Hatshepsut.
-Caption:
'Queen Hatasu.
Nourished by Hathor as a cow.
One of the very few unerased portraits of Hatasu, in the inner
chamber of Deir el Bahari temple; cartouche erased.'

[303] Granite gateway at Deir el Bahari.

Petrie MSS 5.6.07c [upper right]
Item
1881-1882

Part of William Matthew Flinders Petrie Collection

-Deir el-Bahri (Deir el-Bahari).
-Temple of Hatshepsut.
-Caption:
'Granite gateway at Deir el Bahari.
with standard of Hatasu and cartouches of Thothmes III,
with the unusual form [<-i-mn:n-U6-C3-F31->]. Behind is the door of the shrine
of Thothmes, circular-roof stones behind it, & pent roof over that.'