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Kom-Ed-Dik Excavations Papers


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0102 MS 380428

Held at: School of Oriental and African Studies

Title: Kom-Ed-Dik Excavations Papers

Date(s): Created 1949-1953

Level of description: Collection (fonds)

Extent: 1 box

Name of creator(s): Lane | Arthur | fl 1949-1953 | specialist in ceramics at the Victoria and Albert Museum
Wace | Alan John Bayard | 1879-1957 | archaeologist

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

The excavation of Kom-Ed-Dik (also known as Kom-El-Dikka), Alexandria, Egypt, began in 1947. It was conducted by the Farouk 1st University, Alexandria, under the direction of Alan John Bayard Wace. Arthur Lane of the Department of Ceramics at the Victoria and Albert Museum joined the team in 1949 to study the pottery found.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Papers, 1949-1953, concerning the archaeological excavations at Kom-Ed-Dik, Alexandria, Egypt. Includes correspondence, notes, photographs and reports.

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: English

System of arrangement:

The material has been arranged chronologically.

Conditions governing access:

Unrestricted.

Conditions governing reproduction:

No publication without written permission. Apply to archivist in the first instance.

Physical characteristics:

Finding aids:

Unpublished handlist.

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling information:

Accruals:

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

Donated in 1985.

ALLIED MATERIALS

Existence and location of originals:

Existence and location of copies:

Related material:

Material on Alan John Bayard Wace can also be found at the following repositories: notebooks (1907-1912), relating mainly to Greece, held at Cambridge University, Pembroke College Library; letters, c 1910-1912, to R M Dawkins held at Cambridge University, Emmanuel College Library; letters, 1939-1956, to O G S Crawford (Ref: MSS Crawford) and correspondence, 1904-1953, with J L Myres (Ref: MSS Myers) held at Oxford University, Bodleian Library, Department of Western Manuscripts.

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DESCRIPTION NOTES

Note:

Date(s) of descriptions: 15 May 2000


INDEX ENTRIES
Subjects
Archaeological excavations | Archaeology
Archaeological sites | Archaeology
Photographs | Visual materials

Personal names
Lane | Arthur | fl 1949-1953 | specialist in ceramics at the Victoria and Albert Museum
Wace | Alan John Bayard | 1879-1957 | archaeologist

Corporate names
Farouk University | Alexandria, Egypt x University of Alexandria

Places
Kom-Ed-Dik | Alexandria | Urban | Egypt | North Africa
Kom-Ed-Dika x Kom-Ed-Dik
Kom-Ed-Dikka x Kom-Ed-Dik
Kom-El-Dik x Kom-Ed-Dik
Kom-El-Dikka x Kom-Ed-Dik