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- 26 May 1916 (Vervaardig)
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British Egyptologist. Born, Eltham 1879. Died, Oxford 1963. Educated at Charterhouse, then studied Classics, Hebrew and Arabic at The Queen's College, Oxford. Worked with A. Erman on the preparation of material for the Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache and was sub-editor 1906-8. Laycock Studentship, Worcester College, Oxford, 1906-12. Edited many Egyptological publications, including the Journal of Egyptian Archaeology. Published extensively in the field of Egyptology. Honorary Secretary of the Egypt Exploration Society, 1917-20, Vice President and then President, 1959-63. He was awarded many distinctions during his career. Specialized in hieratic texts on papyri and ostraca. Gardiner published the 1st edition of his Egyptian Grammar in 1927, which is still one of the essential learning aids for Middle Egyptian. Gardiner was also a member of the Tutankhamun excavation team, recording inscriptions from objects found in the tomb during the first few seasons.
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This material was sent to the Griffith Institute by Mr Walter Hauser from the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York in 1955.
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Letter from Sir Alan Gardiner to Howard Carter concerning Carter's draft of the article for the tomb, later published in Journal of Egyptian Archaeology 3 (2/3). Gardiner is convinced that the tomb belongs to Amenophis I and offers alternative translations for its location as recorded in Papyrus Abbott [British Museum 10221; TM 13222]. Part of Carter's records on tomb ANB, Amenophis I and Ahmosi Nefertere, Dra Abu el-Naga, Thebes.
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- Carter, Howard 1916. 'Report on the tomb of Zeser-ka-Ra Amenhetep I, discovered by the Earl of Carnarvon in 1914'. Journal of Egyptian Archaeology 3 (2/3), 147-154 with 7 plates.
- See TopBib i2.599-600.