Zone d'identification
Cote
Titre
Date(s)
- 1920s-1930s (Production)
Niveau de description
Étendue matérielle et support
2 albums in 2 boxes
Zone du contexte
Nom du producteur
Notice biographique
Swiss Egyptologist and Biblical scholar. Born, Verrières 1899. Died, Geneva 1956. Studied theology at Neuchâtel. Was taught hieroglyphs by G. Jéquier. Specialized in Old Testament Studies and Egyptology, studying in Berlin and Paris. Doctorate, 1929. Member of the IFAO excavation team working at Deir el-Medîna during 1927-9 and 1938-9, publishing a report and several articles on their work. Appointed to the chair in Hebrew and Old Testament Studies, Geneva, 1937. Administrator, Centre d'Études orientales, 1944. Published several important communications on religion.
Histoire archivistique
Part of the estate of G. Nagel.
Source immédiate d'acquisition ou de transfert
Presented by his widow, Madame G. Nagel, in 1958.
Zone du contenu et de la structure
Portée et contenu
Two albums containing approximately 460 black and white photographs taken by various members of the IFAO team during excavations at Deir el-Medîna during the 1920s and 30s. Photographs interspersed with some notes and drawings.
Évaluation, élimination et calendrier de conservation
Accroissements
Mode de classement
Kept as received.
Zone des conditions d'accès et d'utilisation
Conditions d'accès
Property of the Griffith Institute. No restrictions. Consultation only.
Conditions de reproduction
Copyright IFAO, Cairo.
Langue des documents
français
Écriture des documents
Notes de langue et graphie
Caractéristiques matérielle et contraintes techniques
Photographs have silvered around the edges.
Instruments de recherche
Catalogue.
Zone des sources complémentaires
Existence et lieu de conservation des originaux
These are the original prints; the negatives may be in the IFAO in Cairo.
Existence et lieu de conservation des copies
Not known.