Identity area
Reference code
Meyer MSS
Title
Meyer Photographs Collection
Date(s)
- 1912-1913 (Creation)
Level of description
Collection
Extent and medium
7 box files
Context area
Name of creator
(1855-1930)
Biographical history
German historian and chronologer. Born, Hamburg 1855. Died, 1930. Trained historian. One of the leading Near Eastern historians of his time. Devised the first modern chronology for ancient Near Eastern civilisations.
Archival history
Acquired by Sir A. H. Gardiner.
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Presented by Sir A. H. Gardiner in 1962.
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Photographs of foreigners as represented on various Egyptian monuments.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Kept as received.
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Property of the Griffith Institute. No restrictions. Consultation only.
Conditions governing reproduction
Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften.
Language of material
- German
Script of material
Language and script notes
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
No problems.
Finding aids
None.
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften.
Existence and location of copies
Except for the sets in the notes and the Bodleian Art, Archaeology and Ancient World Library (formerly Sackler Library), not known.
Related units of description
Publication note
- E. Meyer, Fremdvölkerdarstellungen altägyptischer Denkmäler. Sammlung photographischer Aufnahmen aus den Jahren 1912-1913 (1913).