A copy of
G. Daressy's Recueil de cônes funéraires annotated
and augmented by Norman de Garis Davies. (Donation.) [The Griffith Institute
also has Norman de Garis Davies's index of
funerary cones, presented in 1998-9.]Some minor additions to the papers of I. E. S. Edwards. (Donation.)
Four photographs taken by anonymous photographers during the excavation
of the tomb of Tutankhamun. Griffith Institute photos. 102.51-4. (Donation.)
[We already have a number of cuch photographs and these will be made available
in Tutankhamun: Anatomy of an Excavation.
An album with watercolour sketches, ink drawings, letters and other
material by Amelia Edwards. (Internal transfer.) [The Griffith Institue
already has other Amelia Edwards papers, see
the list of records.]
Twelve
19th-century photographs of Egypt by Bonfils (B) and Zangaki (Z).
They include the following: the Pompey Pillar in Alexandria (B),
the pyramids of Khufu and Khephren at Giza (Z), the Great Sphinx with the
pyramid of Khufu in the background (Z), the Great Sphinx at Giza (B),
the
hypostyle hall at Karnak (B), the court of Ramesses II in the Luxor temple
(Z),
the Colossi of Memnon on the West Bank at Thebes (B), the Edfu temple
(Z), Philae (B), boats on the Nile (Z), women fetching water (B) and a
market at Bulaq (B). (Purchase.) [We already have a large collection of such
photographs, see the Archive.]
(August 25, 2001)