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Unpublished handlist.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
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Archival history:
Immediate source of acquisition:
Donated in 1985.
ALLIED MATERIALS
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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
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Date(s) of descriptions: 15 May 2000