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Reference code
NEWB3/03
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Date(s)
- n.d. (Creation)
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File
Extent and medium
1 cm, 1 notebook
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Content and structure area
Scope and content
Ringbound notebook containing mostly handwritten notes on nomes, with some additional loose notes, some of which appear to have been cut from other notebooks. First half of the notebook is on nomes in Lower Egypt and the second half on Upper Egypt. Both sections start with a list of the nomes in numerical order and the notes are arranged accordingly. Some pages are titled but do not contain any notes.
The first half of the notebook contains notes on nomes in Lower Egypt including Predynastic nome insignia, titles connected with nomes in Lower Egypt, Thoth and Thoth priests, the Ibis and other animals associated with nomes. There is also the following loose material:
-handwritten notes on the 12th nome of Lower Egypt and sketches of a calf
-typed notes on the name of the 15th nome of Lower Egypt, with draft of a letter to Alan (probably Alan Gardiner)
-handwritten notes on Thenessus and the nome of Nesyt
The second half of the notebook contains notes on nomes in Upper Egypt and the animals associated with the nomes. There is also the following loose material:
-typed and handwritten notes on Coptos
-cutting of an image of an engraving with the caption 'Nilinsel aus dem Sonnen-tempel des Neuserre' [Island in the Nile river from the sun temple of Neuserre]
-handwritten notes on Abydos and tracing
-handwritten notes on the 13th nome which appear to have been taken from other notebooks, also a note written by Diana Magee
The notebook also includes the following references: to a 'notebook on Sais and folder'; a 'Harpoon folder'; and 'see Folder Pig'.