Griffith Institute Archive

Arabic text on Nubian History and letters from W. E. Crum

Griffith MSS 14.35-38
Bestanddeel
c.1926-1927

Part of Francis Llewellyn Griffith Collection

Griffith MSS 14.36: Arabic text on Nubian History, later published by W. E. Crum in Studies Presented to F. Ll.Griffith (1932), p. 137-148: "A Nubian Prince in an Egyptian Monastery".
Griffith MSS 14.35: Letter from W. E. Crum dated 26 December 1927 enclosing an abstract.
Griffith MSS 14.37: Letter from W. E. Crum dated 10 February 1926 with comments on the stories.
-Griffith MSS 14.38: MS Marsh 287 - names and dates in Crum's hand. Note by Griffith on the Nubian Prince stories.

Letter from George W. Murray (29 June 1909)

Griffith MSS 14.4
Stuk
29 June 1909

Part of Francis Llewellyn Griffith Collection

Letter from G. W. Murray dated 29 June 1909. Remarks on the /č/ sound in Nubian and on the term "Fadija" as the name of a dialect with the Mahas Nubian language.

Enclosures with letter from Murray [Griffith MSS 14.4]

Griffith MSS 14.5
Stuk
29 June 1909

Part of Francis Llewellyn Griffith Collection

Enclosures with letter Griffith MSS 14.4:

"Feyadika" [Mahas] Nubian love song: "Alla Dessi Barama". Translation and notes.
Arabic story in Kenzi Nubian: "The Abyssinian Slave". Translation and notes.
Three songs in Kenzi Nubian. Translations:
- A father thinking of his dead daughter.
- Insulting song by one woman to another.
- A woman preparing food for her husband's return, has it stolen.
List of some 18 words in Kenzi and Mahas Nubian. Glosses. List of Nubian proper names: 37 for men and 11 for women.

Letter from G. W. Murray (19 July [1909])

Griffith MSS 14.6
Stuk
19 July 1909

Part of Francis Llewellyn Griffith Collection

Letter from G. W. Murray dated 19 July [1909]. Comments on Nubian songs, especially Griffith MSS 14.5.1. Comments on an element in one of the proper names in Griffith MSS 14.5.4.

Letter from G. W. Murray (2 September 1909)

Griffith MSS 14.7
Stuk
2 September 1909

Part of Francis Llewellyn Griffith Collection

Letter from G. W. Murray dated 2 September 1909. Comments on Griffith's translation of the Old Nubian text on St. Menas [British Museum Or. MS. 6805], especially on the location of Philoxenite. Comments on an element in a place name.

Letter from G. W. Murray (7 May 1910)

Griffith MSS 14.8
Stuk
7 May 1910

Part of Francis Llewellyn Griffith Collection

Letter from G. W. Murray dated 7 May 1910. Comments on certain elements in Nubian place names. Remarks on the proportion of Arabic words in modern Nubian.

Letter from G. W. Murray (8 June 1910)

Griffith MSS 14.9
Stuk
8 June 1910

Part of Francis Llewellyn Griffith Collection

Letter from G. W. Murray dated 8 June 1910. Comparison of a Kenzi Nubian particle with an Old Nubian one.

Maps and Plans

Griffith MSS 15
Reeks
c.1880-1934

Part of Francis Llewellyn Griffith Collection

Plan of a Coptic church at Dendera by G. S. Mileham

Griffith MSS 15.1
Stuk
n.d.

Part of Francis Llewellyn Griffith Collection

Sketch map of the surroundings of the alabaster quarries behind Tell el Beni-Amaran by M. W. Blackden and G. W. Fraser

Griffith MSS 15.2
Stuk
n.d.

Part of Francis Llewellyn Griffith Collection

Dendera - Sketch map of the ancient cemetery excavated by W. M. F. Petrie and later Ch. H. Rosher

Griffith MSS 15.3
Stuk
1898

Part of Francis Llewellyn Griffith Collection

Dendera - Sketch map of the ancient cemetery excavated by W. M. F. Petrie and later Ch. H. Rosher. Drawn by C.H.Rosher from surveys by himself and Petrie (1898).

Gebel Barkal - Sketch plans and sections of Pyramids 5 and 11

Griffith MSS 15.4
Stuk
n.d.

Part of Francis Llewellyn Griffith Collection

Tanis - Plan of temple area, probably by F. Ll. Griffith

Griffith MSS 15.5
Stuk
n.d.

Part of Francis Llewellyn Griffith Collection

Photographs of papyri

Griffith MSS 16
Reeks
n.d.

Part of Francis Llewellyn Griffith Collection

Stories of the High Priests of Memphis

Griffith MSS 16.1
Stuk
c.1903

Part of Francis Llewellyn Griffith Collection

Stories of the High Priests of Memphis - Story of Setna. Photographs, letter with notes from W. Spiegelberg dated 24 February 1903, and notes by F. Ll. Griffith.

Hieratic papyri in Edinburgh National Museum of Antiquities