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Peet MSS
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- 1882-1934 (Production)
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Collection
Étendue matérielle et support
5 slip index drawers and 4 boxes
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Nom du producteur
Notice biographique
British Egyptologist and archaeologist. Born, Liverpool 1882. Died, Oxford 1934. Studied Mathematics and Classics at Queen's College, Oxford. Jodrell Scholar. Craven Fellow, 1906, which enabled him to study archaeology in Rome. Pelham Student, British School in Rome, 1909. Entered Egyptology and excavated with P. E. Newberry at Abydos, and then in the Delta in 1909. Continued working at Abydos, 1909-13, at first with E. Naville, and eventually on his own. Studied Egyptian with Sir A. Gardiner and taught himself Coptic and Demotic. Lecturer in Egyptology, University of Manchester, 1913-28. Director of the Egypt Exploration Society's Excavations. Laycock Student in Egyptology, Oxford, 1923. Brunner Professor of Egyptology, Liverpool University, 1920-33. Reader and Professor designate in Egyptology, Oxford, 1933-4, but died before the appointment was confirmed. Fellow, Queen's College, Oxford, 1933. Specialised in the study and translation of papyri, especially those concerned with mathematics and Ramesside tomb robberies at Thebes. Edited the Liverpool Annals of Art and Archaeology, 1921 onwards, and the Journal of Egyptian Archaeology, from 1923. Published extensively in these publications as well as many others.
Histoire archivistique
The slip index drawers and notebooks were presumably passed to Sir Alan H. Gardiner after Peet's death.
Source immédiate d'acquisition ou de transfert
Slip index drawers and notebooks formed part of the bequest of Sir Alan H. Gardiner.
Small watercolour donated by Mrs Clare Newton (Peet's great-niece) on 28/06/2014.
Group of family papers and ephemera donated by Mrs Catherine Barnes (Peet's great-granddaughter) on 29/10/2014 (main batch) and 29/08/2024 (additional material).
Some additional correspondence donated by The Queen's College, University of Oxford (the Peet Library) on 03/06/2019.
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Portée et contenu
Index of Late Egyptian Grammar, index for Egyptian Dictionary, and various other indexes. 18 notebooks containing copies of hieratic papyri and ostraca. Small watercolour. 2 boxes of family papers and ephemera, including personal correspondence, certificates, photographs, notes for Peet’s books on Neolithic Italy, a couple of pages from an inaugural lecture, newspaper cuttings, a travel record small notebook, a Latin and Greek classes notebook, a diary, etc.
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; Peet MSS 4.11 consultation only.
Conditions de reproduction
Copyright Griffith Institute, University of Oxford; Peet MSS 4.11 not known.
Langue des documents
- anglais
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No problems.
Instruments de recherche
Catalogue.
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Existence et lieu de conservation des originaux
These are originals.
Existence et lieu de conservation des copies
None.
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Note
- Photograph: GI Photograph 101.141 (portrait of Peet in striped cricket jacket; Abydos, 1910?)
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