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- c. 1899-1922 (Creación)
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2 pages
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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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Alan H. Gardiner's manuscript general descriptions for the graffiti in the South-West Valleys, Thebes.
Part of Howard Carter's records on graffiti from the 'valley south of tombs of the queens', and ‘near the cliff (south) tomb of Hatshepsut’. Wâdi Sikket Tâqet Zaid, Wâdi Qubbânet el-Qirûd [Biban el-Gurud], Wâdi el-Gharbi and Wâdi Sikket el-Agaia, Thebes.
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Property of the Griffith Institute. No restrictions.
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Copyright Griffith Institute, University of Oxford.
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Archived scans in Griffith Institute.
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- See Carter, Howard 1917. 'A tomb prepared for queen Hatshepsuit and other recent discoveries at Thebes'. Journal of Egyptian Archaeology 4 (2/3), 107-114 pl. xix (map)
- See Černý, Jaroslav 1956. Graffiti hiéroglyphiques et hiératiques de la nécropole thébaine: nos 1060 à 1405.
- See TopBib i2.593-594.