Identity area
Reference code
Spiegelberg MSS 3
Title
Diaries
Date(s)
- 7 November 1898 - 9 February 1899 (Creation)
Level of description
Series
Extent and medium
1 box
Context area
Name of creator
(1870-1930)
Archival history
Given by W. Spiegelberg to Professor W. F. Edgerton.
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
After Edgerton died, Professor George R. Hughes deposited the diaries in the Griffith Institute in 1970.
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Two diaries (with continuous pagination) compiled between 7 November 1898 and 9 February 1899 during the Marquis of Northampton's excavations at Thebes [TopBib i2.607-609]:
- Diari I: p. 1-94 (7 November 1898 - 27 January 1899)
- Diari II: p. 96-115 (27 January 1899 - 9 February 1899).
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Property of the Griffith Institute. No restrictions.
Conditions governing reproduction
Joint copyright Griffith Institute, University of Oxford, and Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures (formerly Oriental Institute), University of Chicago.
Language of material
- German
Script of material
Language and script notes
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
The bindings of the diaries are in a fragile condition and need to be handled carefully.
Finding aids
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
There are xeroxes of the diaries in the Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures (formerly Oriental Institute), University of Chicago.
Related units of description
Publication note
- Full web publication and English translation on this website (completed in January 2025).
Publication note
Individual pages:
- p. 62 and facing p. 62: Galán, José M. 2017. Ahmose-Sapair in Dra Abu el-Naga: old and new evidence. In Rosati, Gloria and Maria Cristina Guidotti (eds), Proceedings of the XI International Congress of Egyptologists, Florence Egyptian Museum, Florence, 23-30 August 2015. Archaeopress Egyptology 19. Oxford: Archeopress, p. 215-221 [OEB 250605] (esp. fig. 3A-A' on p. 217).
- p. 62 and facing p. 62: Galán, José M. 2017. Ahmose(-Sapair) in Dra Abu el-Naga north. Journal of Egyptian Archaeology 103 (2), p. 179-201 [OEB 261981] (esp. fig. 4A on p. 186).
- p. 83 and p. 90: Galán, José M. 2009. Early investigations in the tomb-chapel of Djehuty (TT 11). In Magee, Diana, Janine Bourriau, and Stephen Quirke (eds), Sitting beside Lepsius: studies in honour of Jaromir Malek at the Griffith Institute. Orientalia Lovaniensia Analecta 185. Leuven: Peeters; Departement Oosterse Studies, p. 155-181 [OEB 161976 ] (esp. fig. 6 on p. 177 and fig. 7 on p. 178).
- p. 109: Dautais, Louis and Zulema Barahona-Mendieta 2024. Some Late Helladic IIA pottery in the early Thutmosid Dra Abu el-Naga necropolis (Luxor, Egypt). In Driessen, Jan and Tiziano Fantuzzi (eds), Chronos: stratigraphic analysis, pottery seriation and radiocarbon dating in Mediterranean chronology. Aegis 26. Louvain-la-Neuve: UCL, Presses Universitaires de Louvain, p. 117-139 [OEB 334276] (esp. fig. 6.6 on p. 124 and fig. 6.7 on p. 126).
Notes area
Note
- On the initiative of José M. Galán and the Spanish Mission working at Dra Abu el-Naga North - "Djehuty Project" (https://proyectodjehuty.com), the diaries have been transcribed and translated to English by Helga Bollinger; Manon Y. Schutz has proofread the transcription and revised the translation; Jenni Navratil has digitized them; and Francisco Bosch-Puche has prepared them for publication on this website and supervised the project.
Note
- If you spot any mistakes or can improve on the transcription or translation, please email us at griffith.institute@ames.ox.ac.uk.