Identity area
Reference code
Green MSS
Title
Date(s)
- 1897-1899 (Creation)
Level of description
Collection
Extent and medium
1 big roll.
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
British Egyptologist and excavator; he was born in London, 21 March 1869, son of Frederick G., solicitor, and Sophia Rose; he studied at Jesus College, Cambridge; BA, 1898; MA, 1901; he became interested in Egyptology at an early age and studied it under Sethe at Gottingen and later at Strasbourg; he excavated sites in Egypt with Clarke, Petrie, and Reisner, and in 1897-9 while working with Quibell on the predynastic site of Hierakonpolis for the Egyptian Research Account, discovered the famous decorated tomb; he also worked for the Egyptian Govt. Geological Survey, 1897-1900, and prepared maps for other surveys, 1905-14; he was in charge of the Mond excavations at Armant, 1929-30; he was Hon. Keeper of Antiquities, Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, 1908-49 to which institution he donated numerous objects; his notebooks are now in the Department of Egyptian Antiquities, British Museum and the Faculty of Oriental Studies, Cambridge; he died in Great Shelford, Cambs., 20 Aug. 1949.
Archival history
The painting was presented to the Griffith Institute in 1949 by his wife, Mrs Green.
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Original painting of the 'Painted Tomb' (or Tomb 100) at Hierakonpolis.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Property of the Griffith Institute. Currently not available for consultation for reasons of conservation.
Conditions governing reproduction
Language of material
Script of material
Language and script notes
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Finding aids
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
Related units of description
Publication note
- Quibell, J.E. and F.W. Green, Hierakonpolis. Part I (British School of Archaeology in Egypt and Egyptian Research Account Memoir 5, London: Bernard Quaritch, 1902), 20-1 pls. lxxv-lxxix.
Notes area
Note
- See the Griffith Institute Committee minutes for the meeting of 10-11-1949.