Identity area
Reference code
Petrie MSS 2.5
Title
Handwritten extracts from Journals
Date(s)
- [1910] (Creation)
- [1883] (Creation)
Level of description
File
Extent and medium
7 pages
Context area
Name of creator
(1871-1956)
Biographical history
British Egyptologist. Born, Dublin 1871. Died, London 1956. Through her interest in Egyptology she met, then married, Flinders Petrie in 1896. Worked with her husband on his excavations, helping to raise the money to fund their work. She also assisted Margaret Murray with her excavations of the Osireion at Abydos, 1902-3.
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Two handwritten extracts of journals:
- Abridged copy of pages 203-206 from season 1883-4, handwriting not identified
- Copy by Hilda Petrie of pages 7-10 from season 1909-1910