Identity area
Reference code
Griffith MSS 5.20
Title
Hand-copies by Sayce of Meroitic texts on vessels from Tomb 800"
Date(s)
- n.d. (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent and medium
One page in glassine envelope containing Griffith MSS 5.18-20
Context area
Name of creator
(1845-1933)
Biographical history
British Assyriologist. Born, Shirehampton 1845. Died, Bath 1933. Educated at Grosvenor College, Bath, then Queen's College, Oxford. Hibbert Lecturer, 1887. Gifford Lecturer, 1900-2. Professor of Assyriology, 1891-1919. Rhind Lecturer, 1906. Huxley Lecturer, 1906. D.Litt. LL.D. DD. Specialised in Carian and Hittite languages, as well as Assyrian and West Asian archaeology and philology. Also worked in Egypt copying inscriptions, etc.