1902-03 Ezbeh Weled el-Shekh (Faiyum)
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Excavation
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The excavations were sponsored by the Graeco-Roman branch and thus were concerned with recovering papyri from the Graeco-Roman period rather than objects or material from different time periods.
The late Ptolemaic burials were placed under rock ledges without sarcophagi. Only one of the mummies had papyrus cartonage and some of the tombs contained dogs.
Relevant archive holdings:
London, Lucy Gura Archive, Egypt Exploration Society
Relevant publications:
Grenfell, Bernard P. and Arthur S. Hunt 1903. Graeco-Roman branch. Excavations at Hibeh, Cynopolis and Oxyrhynchus. Archaeological Report (Egypt Exploration Fund) (1902-1903), 1-9.
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