Notes by Griffith on the archaeology of Nabêsha (Tell Far’ûn) [TopBib 401-150]

-p0: Various calculations, some of which concern quantities of “paraffin” and “nails”.
-Note; “statue of Merenptah (?) portion of (?) al Qantarah”.
-p1: Titled: “New rates of exchange” with various calculations and a list of the values of compared to “A”; “Parisis 18” (French), “Abutera(?) 31/4”, “New Fa(?) 37”, “Linguo(?) 38” and “New Piastre 1 3/2”.
-p2-5: Extensive list of workmen and wages, including calculations (which are mostly crossed through).

-p6: Diagrams relating to “x first points survey” including the drawing of a stone emplacement with reference to two pits, one of which is “100m W of trial”, though without any absolute point of reference.
-p7: Notes on orientations and measurements presumably referring to the diagram on page 6, the first of which is crossed through. E.g. “SE corner 290 in S of find pt. on E wall (nearly)”.
-Further notes refer to “Amasis temple” in several instances making it inferable that this page corresponds to the publication’s page 11-12 description of Griffith’s work on the first temple “finding most of the circuit of the foundation by pits”.
-Measurements refer to excavation of the temple area while encountering the water table.

-p8: Titled: “March to April 1886”; extensive list of workmen and wages (some of which are crossed through).
-p9: Extensive list of workmen and wages (some of which are crossed through).
p10: Drawing and measurements for a piece of equipment(?) (including ropes) “2 metres long ½ broad & ½ downside” “strengthened with longitudinal strips” with “(?) ends double & fill up base” below a drawn rectangle.
-p11: List of workmen with calculations for wages below.

-p12: Two 3D diagrams of rectangular box-shape with measurements annotated, labelled; “statue”, presumably the base(s) of the statues featured on page 30 of the publication and inscriptions of which follow in the subsequent pages of the notebook.
-p14: Copies of hieroglyphic inscriptions from “statue and block of great temple” (as titled in publication). The first, labelled; “proper left” corresponds to 16.f. of publication’s pl. xi with extra annotation that final signs, only traced in publication, “looks like Hati on original”.
-Second, labelled; “back very broken(?)” & “right side” corresponds to 16.g. of publication’s pl. xi. Followed by a calculation of the dimensions of “statue granite” and copies of inscriptions corresponding to publication’s pl. xi 16.h. & 16.i. labelled; “on foot base”.
-p15: Copies of hieroglyphic inscriptions from the same source.
-Firstly, labelled; “between hands before beard”, cartouche corresponding to pl. xi 16.b.
-Secondly, labelled; “on bottom”, titles and name corresponding to pl. xi 16.a. with alternative interpretation by Griffith. Titles which actually come from an inscription on the sarcophagus of Psamtek.
-Thirdly, three columns of text labelled; “back” corresponding to “back pilaster” of pl .xi 16.c.
-Lastly, copy of relief and some signs labelled; “in front of legs”, corresponding to pl. xi 16.d. & 16.e. Final remarks; “The foot of the statue his a foot or so. N of the statue, covered with black earth, not sand”.
-p16: List of squeezes taken:
-“No. 5 a group on Ptah(?) statue in Amasis temple.”
-“6. from front of altar in front of the 2 light(?) hand figures in group of 3 at Amasis temple.”
-“7. in front of altar before 3rd figure of same group as 6.”
-“8. mason’s mark on block in corner of SE sand chamber”
-“9. left side of crouching statue in SE corner sand chamber”
-“10. on feet of same”
-“11. front of base”
-“12. left side of hand”
-“13. back of same statue.”
-“14. arm & hand left side.”
-“15. cartouche in between hands”
-“16. right side”
-“17. front”
-“18. titles from left side of sarcophagus of Psamtek minal(?)”
-“19. do” (i.e. ditto) “from right side”
-“20. various granite blocks in temple.”
-p17: List of squeezes taken continued:
-“21. sphinx in gateway.”
-“22. side of base of statue of Amenenhat II.”
-“23. altar of Amenemhat II”
-p18: Brief note; “SW corner earlier temples small granite block in dabash(?) a metre below water level at 2 metres from each wall.”
-p19: Brief notes; “SE corner deep sand chamber. dug out 35 in below water level = 47 in – below bottom of stone (?) & probed with own rod.”
-“NE corner sand chamber. dug out 25 in below water & probed small fragments of limestone found by probing.”
-Corresponds to the description of Griffith’s work by Petrie in the temple.
-p20: One copy of a hieroglyphic inscription, labelled; “squeeze in squeeze in pavement of sanctuary” corresponding to publication’s pl. x. 10.
-p22: Copy of relief and five columns of hieroglyphic inscription below with note at the top; “height of base 18, total height about 60 in, broken at top also back width of base 30 in tapers towards top no worked (?) (?). 26 in at side. (?) width 40” [exceptionally faint pencil]
“Qanater(?) left outside total.”
-p23: Rough sketch of a shrine with the caption; “evidently a small sandstone shrine with thick back & small hollow”.
-p24: Rough sketch of pavement slabs with accompanying note; “gateway pavement about 87 in to water below top of uraeus on state. 4 courses of limestone in pavement”.

6 blank pages

-p26: List of funds spent from December to May on “Cook” in Cairo, Nebesheh, Qantarah and Fagus as well as expenses labelled “Petrie Nebesheh” and “Petrie Alma” titled “FLG owes to fund”.
-p27: Total of sums listed next to Nebesheh, Qantarah, Cairo etc including “owing from Petrie” titled “FLG personal PT”.
-Further list “owing to Petrie for wages” at various sites.
-p28: Totalled costs at “Nebesheh” and “Qantarah” titled; “Fund”.
-p29: Calculations of costs for both “Nebesheh” and “Qantarah”.
-p30: Table of expenses featuring “self”, “fund, wages, outing, general” for periods “Jan-Feb.13”, “Feb 13-March 14”, “March 18-Ap 15”, “Qantarah”, “Nebesheh May”, “Nebesheh Jan-May” and “Qantarah”
-p31: Table of expenses continued, “owning from P”, “borrowed Fund” and “FLG with Fund” featuring wages from “Nebesheh Jan-Ap”, “Qantarah” and “Nebesheh May”.

4 blank pages

-p32-[33]: Sketch map of part of the first and second temples at Nabêsha, attributed to Amasis in the notebook, “Uati, Aahmes II” in the publication. Sketch includes orientation and measurements as well as annotation of a “deep sand chamber” referred to as a ‘foundation bed’ in the publication.

8 blank pages and spines of two torn out leaves.

-p35: Brief note concerning the weight and dimensions of “stone”.

2 blank pages.

-p36-47: Lists of names of workmen with accompanying wage calculations, almost all of which have been crossed-through.

6 blank pages.

-p48: List of notes, transliterated Arabic(?).
-Bottom of the page includes a sketch of a quadrangular object with some measurements.
-p49: Sketch map, with measurements, of “E corner of sand chamber” with annotation concerning incised mason’s mark (sketched) on one of the slabs of the substructure and east wall casing, corresponding to the publication’s first Aahmes temple.

4 blank pages.

-p50: Inventory of supplies and materials with accompanying values, for March 29th-31st and April 1st with a total sum for wages.
-p51: Inventory of supplies and materials with accompanying values, April 1st-7th with a total sum for wages and other items and a note regarding Griffith’s own contribution and money “owing to P”.
-p52: Inventory of supplies and materials with accompanying values, for period until April 12th, with a note regarding money “owing to P”.
-p53: List of calculations totalling expenses for costs including “wages” and “general”, and monies contributed by “self” and spent from “fund”.
-p54: Note regarding funds “allotted”, though from whom and to who is unclear, “for payslip(?) (?)”.
-p56: List of workmen’s names with allotted/completed workloads, including some locations, for 22nd March-5th April.
-p57: Short list of workmen’s names.
-p58: Short list of workmen’s names with some allotted/completed workloads and brief sums.
-p59: Crossed-through note.
-p60-61: List of workmen’s names with accompanying sums.
-p62: Calculation of wage “offered to draw wall” to a workman.
-Sums and calculations accompanying a sketch of a quadrangular feature with one annotation of unclear meaning due to a lack of context.
-List of sums accompanying the name of a workman.
-p63: Titled: “metre work”.
-List of eight names with accompanying calculations, the first “due” “for statue”, the following four regarding their assignment to the “trench”, the sixth regarding “our Psamtehmuxah” with amounts “due” and the final two accompanied by dimension notes and sketch with measurements.
-p64: “general” inventory of supplies and materials, with accompanying values.
-p65: Three columns of calculations headed by names.
-Bottom of the page features a 3D sketch of a quadrangle with accompanying measurements.
-p66: Page titled: “gateway E end” with orientation marked. Sketch of “sand chamber” which had “paving stones above” and measurements regarding distance from find spots. -Presumably relating to the first temple “sand chamber” as featured before. Description and cross-section sketch of “a drain pipe”, one of six mentioned, with measurements of its dimensions, presumably referring to the drains found among the sand chambers underneath the paving. Sketch with dimensions, measurements and orientation of “sand chamber” below “stone paving”, and accompanying notes showing the find spot of a statue and its distance from “S of foot of stela”. Statue presumably that mentioned in the publication’s page 10.
-p67: Top half of the page has been torn-out.
-Sketch map of a trench (in pen) with dimensions and orientation of a “sand chamber”, “410 in from head of statue which is in centre of pathway”.
-p68: Top half of the page has been torn-out.
-Note at the bottom of the page: “The subjects situated in a purely popular style discussion of details is avoided . a large part of the book however is taken up with correspondence between the writer of the article and(?) the(?) (?) in the Encyclopaedia Britannica +”.
-p69: Brief note: “points to work out – connection of new sand chamber with old temple at NE corner.”
-p70: Calculations and totals in British Pounds.
-Notes concerning photograph development(?).
-Some crossed-through notes.
-p71: Lists of names of workmen and accompanying calculations spread sporadically across the back cover.