Identificatie
referentie code
Titel
Datum(s)
- Probably 1920s (Vervaardig)
Beschrijvingsniveau
Omvang en medium
1 box
Context
Naam van de archiefvormer
Biografie
British Egyptologist. Born, Liverpool 1903. Died, Cairo 1971. Educated St. Francis Xavier's College, Liverpool, then the Institute of Archaeology, Liverpool University, 1921-3. Went out to Egypt for the first time as an assistant to the EES excavations at Amârna in 1923-4. Also worked for Mond at Luxor and Armant, 1923-8. Subsequently directed excavations at many sites in Egypt, notably his work at North Saqqâra in 1935-9. Served with the British Army 1939-46, afterwards attached to the British Embassy in Cairo. In 1951 appointed to the Edwards Professorship at University College London, which he held until his retirement in 1970. Worked in the Sudan and at Qasr Ibrîm in the 1950s and 60s.
Geschiedenis van het archief
Not known.
Directe bron van verwerving of overbrenging
Possibly acquired with the Mond MSS.
Inhoud en structuur
Bereik en inhoud
Plans, tracings, and photographs made in TT 55, 92, and 97.
Waardering, vernietiging en slectie
Aanvullingen
Ordeningstelsel
Kept as received.
Voorwaarden voor toegang en gebruik
Voorwaarden voor raadpleging
Property of the Griffith Institute. No restrictions.
Voorwaarden voor reproductie
Copyright Griffith Institute, Oxford.
Taal van het materiaal
Engels
Schrift van het materiaal
Taal en schrift aantekeningen
Fysieke eigenschappen en technische eisen
No problems.
Toegangen
Catalogue.
Verwante materialen
Bestaan en verblifplaats van originelen
These are originals.
Bestaan en verblijfplaats van kopieën
Not known.
Related units of description
Other Archives:
- Scrapbooks with newspaper cuttings, etc. in Liverpool, Institute of Archaeology.
- Papers in London, Egypt Exploration Society.
- Some correspondence in London, University College.
-Some material, formerly with Professor Geoffrey T. Martin. Currently in the McDonald Institute of Archaeological Research, University of Cambridge (info September 2022).
Griffith Institute Archive:
- Mond MSS. 3 (Emery field journal, Thebes, 1924-5).
- Mariette MSS. (Catalogue of objects found in the Serapeum at Saqqâra in 1850-2 and now in the Louvre. Copied by Mrs M. M. Emery).
- Gardiner Correspondence = MSS. 42 (4 letters).
Notitie Publicaties
Not published.