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Petrie MSS 5.7.41 [loose]
Item
1881-1882

Part of William Matthew Flinders Petrie Collection

-Daily life scene: the market at Nebira, near Kom Geif (ancient site of Naukratis).
-Loose photograph in album, with caption:
'In the market Nebireh.'.

[362] Women carrying produce from the farms of Semnefer.

Petrie MSS 5.5.27b [lower left]
Item
1881-1882

Part of William Matthew Flinders Petrie Collection

Giza (Gîza). West Field, tomb G 5170, Seshemnufer [III].

[363] Retaining wall of stones mud plastered

Petrie MSS 5.5.18b [lower left]
Item
1881-1882

Part of William Matthew Flinders Petrie Collection

Giza (Gîza). Pyramid of Khafra (Khafre; Khephren).
Caption reads:
'Retaining wall of stones mud plastered
in heaps of chips from excavating tombs, N. of 2nd pyramid'

[364] Rock bed of causeway

Petrie MSS 5.5.19c [upper right]
Item
1881-1882

Part of William Matthew Flinders Petrie Collection

Giza (Gîza). Pyramid Complex of Khafra (Khafre; Khephren). Causeway.
Caption reads:
'Rock bed of causeway,
from temple of second pyramid to Granite temple'

Also label for 'Sphinx'.

[365] W. Side of granite temple.

Petrie MSS 5.5.19d [lower right]
Item
1881-1882

Part of William Matthew Flinders Petrie Collection

Giza (Gîza). Pyramid Complex of Khafra (Khafre; Khephren). Valley Temple and Pyramid.
Caption reads:
'W. side of Granite temple.
Shewing the passage going askew out of it,
but direct to the temple in front of second pyramid'

Also label for 'door of passage'.

[366] Abd el Hamid abd el Gani

Petrie MSS 5.7.42 [loose]
Item
1881-1882

Part of William Matthew Flinders Petrie Collection

-Two young boys respectively named Abd el-Hamid Abd el-Gani and Sneim Suleiman.
-Loose photograph in album, with caption:
'Abd el Hamid abd el Gani
and Sneim Suleiman.'.

[366] Top of great hall of Granite temple

Petrie MSS 5.5.20c [upper right]
Item
1881-1882

Part of William Matthew Flinders Petrie Collection

Giza (Gîza). Pyramid Complex of Khafra (Khafre; Khephren). Valley Temple.
Caption reads:
'Top of great hall of granite temple
looking West.'

[367] Top of great hall of Granite temple.

Petrie MSS 5.5.20a [upper left]
Item
1881-1882

Part of William Matthew Flinders Petrie Collection

Giza (Gîza). Pyramid Complex of Khafra (Khafre; Khephren). Valley Temple.
Caption reads:
'Top of great hall of Granite temple.
Looking North'

Also label foor 'door of passage'.

[368] Corner of court on top of Granite temple

Petrie MSS 5.5.19b [lower left]
Item
1881-1882

Part of William Matthew Flinders Petrie Collection

Giza (Gîza). Pyramid Complex of Khafra (Khafre; Khephren).Caption reads:
'Corner of court on top of Granite temple,
shewing limestone casing remaining.

Also label for 'ventilator to lower chamber'.

[369] The Sphinx

Petrie MSS 5.5.37b [lower left]
Item
1881-1882

Part of William Matthew Flinders Petrie Collection

Giza (Gîza). The Great Sphinx.
Caption reads:
'The Sphinx
Side view, shewing the true profile.
It is entirely carved in rock, & not built'

[36] Flint knives

Petrie MSS 5.3.09b [lower left]
Item
1898-1899

Part of William Matthew Flinders Petrie Collection

-Abadiyeh.
-Photograph of flint knives from cemetery B and grave B 168.

[370] Hill south of pyramids.

Petrie MSS 5.7.38a [upper left]
Item
1881-1882

Part of William Matthew Flinders Petrie Collection

-Photograph of a hill with a cemetery in the foreground, in the area of Giza.
-Caption:
'Hill south of pyramids.
Cemetery in foreground.
Gizeh.'

[371] Brick enclosure S.E. of sphinx. Gizeh.

Petrie MSS 5.6.33b [lower left]
Item
1881-1882

Part of William Matthew Flinders Petrie Collection

-Giza (Gîza).
-Caption:
'Brick enclosure S.E. of sphinx. Gizeh.
This is apparently the corner of a court in front of
the Sphinx, to keep back the sand. The granite
temple is just on the other side of it.'

-Also labelled:
'plastered.'.

[372] Camels and colt.

Petrie MSS 5.7.30b [lower left]
Item
1881-1882

Part of William Matthew Flinders Petrie Collection

-Life on excavation: camels and colt passing by Petrie's tomb at Giza.
-Caption:
'Camels and colt.'.

[373] Dome of brick, inside a square of brickwork.

Petrie MSS 5.6.32b [lower left]
Item
1881-1882

Part of William Matthew Flinders Petrie Collection

-Giza (Gîza).
-Caption:
'Dome of brick, inside a square of brickwork.
Village of Ptolemaic date, Gizeh.'

[374] Brick wall, with bottom course of sloping bricks.

Petrie MSS 5.6.32c [lower right]
Item
1881-1882

Part of William Matthew Flinders Petrie Collection

-Giza (Gîza).
-Caption:
'Brick wall, with bottom course of sloping bricks.
Ptolemaic village, Gizeh.'

[375] Lesser hall of granite temple

Petrie MSS 5.5.20d [lower right]
Item
1881-1882

Part of William Matthew Flinders Petrie Collection

Giza (Gîza). Pyramid Complex of Khafra (Khafre; Khephren). Valley Temple.
Caption reads:
'Lesser hall of granite temple
looking North'

Also labels for 'Edge in 376' and 'broken statue of cynocephalus'.

[376] Colonnade of great hall of Granite temple.

Petrie MSS 5.5.20b [lower left]
Item
1881-1882

Part of William Matthew Flinders Petrie Collection

Giza (Gîza). Pyramid Complex of Khafra (Khafre; Khephren). Valley Temple.
Caption reads:
'Colonnade of great hall of Granite temple.
looking West.
taken from lesser hall of 375, just before noon.'

Also label 'Edge in 375'.

[377] The Great Pyramid, from rocky hill on the South

Petrie MSS 5.5.10c [upper right]
Item
1881-1882

Part of William Matthew Flinders Petrie Collection

Giza (Gîza). Pyramid of Khufu (Cheops).

[378] "Our bones lie scattered before the pit [...]"

Petrie MSS 5.7.33a [upper left]
Item
1881-1882

Part of William Matthew Flinders Petrie Collection

-Scattered bones at an unidentified site, with a quotation from the Book of Common Prayer, psalm 8.
-Caption reads:
'"Our bones lie scattered before the pit,
Like as when one breaketh & heweth wood upon the earth."'.

[379] Arched tomb of stone, Gizeh.

Petrie MSS 5.6.29b [lower left]
Item
1881-1882

Part of William Matthew Flinders Petrie Collection

-Giza (Gîza).
-View of entrance to a tomb.
-Caption:
'Arched tomb of stone, Gizeh.
on hill South of pyramids.'

[37] Flint knife

Petrie MSS 5.3.09a [upper left]
Item
1898-1899

Part of William Matthew Flinders Petrie Collection

-Abadiyeh.
-Photograph of a flint knife from grave B 168.

[37] Looking down Southern air channel of Gt Pyramid

Petrie MSS 5.5.11b [lower left]
Item
1881-1882

Part of William Matthew Flinders Petrie Collection

Giza (Gîza). Pyramid of Khufu (Cheops).
Caption reads:
'Looking down Southern air channel of Gt Pyramid
at just before noon on 2nd Nov, when sun
shines down it. The farthest visible point is at 55 feet'

[380] Desertum.

Petrie MSS 5.7.02
Item
1881-1882

Part of William Matthew Flinders Petrie Collection

-Desert.

[381] The nine pyramids of Gizeh, from 1 mile South.

Petrie MSS 5.5.08a [upper left]
Item
1881-1882

Part of William Matthew Flinders Petrie Collection

Giza (Gîza). Pyramid Field. View of pyramids.
Caption reads:
'The nine pyramids of Gizeh, from 1 mile South.'

There are also labelled 1st, 2nd and 3rd enclosures and 'three small' twice.

[382] Camels passing my tomb.

Petrie MSS 5.7.30a [upper left]
Item
1881-1882

Part of William Matthew Flinders Petrie Collection

-Life on excavation: camels passing by Petrie's tomb at Giza.
-Caption:
'Camels passing my tomb.'.

[383] Camels.

Petrie MSS 5.7.30c [upper right]
Item
1881-1882

Part of William Matthew Flinders Petrie Collection

-Camels passing by Petrie's tomb at Giza.
-Caption:
'Camels.'.

[386] The faithful Ali. Gizeh.

Petrie MSS 5.7.25d [lower right]
Item
1881-1882

Part of William Matthew Flinders Petrie Collection

-Scene of daily life: a respected pious figure named Ali at Giza.
-Caption:
'The faithful Ali. Gizeh.'.

[387] Group of objects

Petrie MSS 5.5.22c [lower right]
Item
1881-1882

Part of William Matthew Flinders Petrie Collection

Giza (Gîza). Pyramid Complex of Khafra (Khafre; Khephren).
Objects labelled:
-'Alabaster with name of Khefren'
-'Piece of sawn basalt from pavement'
-'Core of tube drill hole in granite (the white paper markers shew the turns of the drill traced round)'
-'stone with names of Khefren'
-'Tubed drill core in alabaster'

Also labe for 'inch scale.'.

[388] The great Pyramid, from the West.

Petrie MSS 5.5.10a [upper left]
Item
1881-1882

Part of William Matthew Flinders Petrie Collection

Giza (Gîza). Pyramid of Khufu (Cheops).

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