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- Created 1949-1953 (Creation)
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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.
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GB 0102 MS 380428 Created 1949-1953 Collection (fonds) 1 box Lane , Arthur , fl 1949-1953 , specialist in ceramics at the Victoria and Albert Museum
Wace , Alan John Bayard , 1879-1957 , archaeologist
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.
Donated in 1985.
Papers, 1949-1953, concerning the archaeological excavations at Kom-Ed-Dik, Alexandria, Egypt. Includes correspondence, notes, photographs and reports.
The material has been arranged chronologically.
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No publication without written permission. Apply to archivist in the first instance.
English
Unpublished handlist.
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.
15 May 2000 Alexandria Archaeological excavations Archaeological sites Archaeology Egypt Farouk University , Alexandria, Egypt x University of Alexandria Kom-Ed-Dik Kom-Ed-Dika Kom-Ed-Dikka Kom-El-Dik Kom-El-Dikka Lane , Arthur , fl 1949-1953 , specialist in ceramics at the Victoria and Albert Museum North Africa Photographs Urban Visual materials Wace , Alan John Bayard , 1879-1957 , archaeologist
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Donated in 1985.
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Papers, 1949-1953, concerning the archaeological excavations at Kom-Ed-Dik, Alexandria, Egypt. Includes correspondence, notes, photographs and reports.
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The material has been arranged chronologically.
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Unpublished handlist.
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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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