File Petrie MSS 1.4 - Petrie Journal 1884 to 1885 (Naucratis)

Petrie Journal 1884 to 1885 pages 1 to 30 Petrie Journal 1884 to 1885 pages 31 to 50 Petrie Journal 1884 to 1885 pages 51 to 100 Petrie Journal 1884 to 1885 pages 101 to 150 Petrie Journal 1884 to 1885 pages 151 to 200 Petrie Journal 1884 to 1885 pages 201 to 223

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Petrie MSS 1.4

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Petrie Journal 1884 to 1885 (Naucratis)

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  • 1884-1885 (Creation)

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223 pages

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  • Journal letters
  • November 8, 1884, to May 31, 1885.
  • Handwritten.
  • At Naucratis, Petrie is assisted by F. Ll. Griffith, who is on his first visit to Egypt. In April 1885, Griffith is left to continue excavating at Naucratis while Petrie returns to Tanis to continue the previous season’s work. It was at Naucratis that Petrie earned the moniker “father of pots”, Griffith's being the “father of potsherds”, which is mentioned by Petrie in the journal.
  • Main sites: Naucratis (Naukratis) and Tanis (San el-Hagar).
  • Pages 15-68 and 92 are photocopies of the originals kept in the Egypt Exploration Society in London.
  • Pages 69, 179 and 196-199 do not exist.
  • Pages 21v, 40, 79v, 86v, 91v, 101v, 109v, 121v, 133v, 145v, 160v, 170v, 178v, 183v, 187v, 188v, 193v, 195v, 205v, 207v, 212v, 214v and 216v have not been scanned but are transcribed (secondary information).
  • Pages 188[G]-200[G] are by Professor Griffith and the originals are kept in the Egypt Exploration Society in London; no photocopies nor scans exist in the Griffith Institute.
  • Pages 217-223 are by R. W. P.; they are (not exact) copies of one of Petrie's letters.
  • Some pages are misnumbered (page numbers repeated or in wrong order).
  • The transcription follows the correct order of all the pages. Problems with the numbering system are indicated in the notes.

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  • Petrie, W. M. Flinders, Naukratis I: 1884-5 (1886) (OEB 147113) http://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglit/petrie1888 (accessed 21/03/2018).

  • Petrie, W. M. Flinders, Seventy years in archaeology [1931], 53-62 (OEB 147191).

  • Drower, Margaret S., Flinders Petrie: a life in archaeology (1985), 87-92 (OEB 29381).

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  • The journal has been transcribed by François Leclère and Alexandra Villing; Manon Schutz and the Griffith Institute Team have proofread it and prepared it for publication on this website.

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