1913-14 Haraga

Sponsor: 
British School of Archaeology in Egypt (BSAE), 1905–1954
Type of fieldwork: 
Excavation
Director: 
Reginald Engelbach
Participants: 
Guy Brunton
Dr. Walter Amsden
F. Frost
Battiscombe Gunn
Duncan Willey
Season summary: 

In his excavation report, Engelbach notes that the graves of Haraga were divided into 13 groups denoted by the letters A to H, NH, W1, W2 and Nz:

  • Cemetery A contained 103 graves mostly of Dynasty 12
  • Cemetery B was full of shaft tombs
  • Cemetery C contained three groups of graves (C1, C2, C3)
  • Cemetery D contained graves of the late Old Kingdom to the end of the First Intermediate Period as well as some Coptic burials
  • Cemetery E lay between cemetery A and B
  • Cemetery F
  • Cemetery G contained about 30 Predynastic graves dating to Naqada IIC-IID
  • Cemetery H lay about a mile south west of cemetery G and consisted of Predynastic graves dating to Naqada IIC-IID
  • Cemetery NZ
  • Cemetery S contained Middle Kingdom shaft tombs
  • Wady 1 (W1) and Wady 2 (W2) contained poor burials of the Middle Kingdom
  • Cemetery SH was a scatter of graves south of the village of Haraga

A wide variety of objects were recovered from the cemetery including statuettes in stone, faience, and wood, amulets, beads, steles and hundreds of scarabs. 

Relevant archive holdings: 
London, Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology - tomb cards and photographs
Attached documents: 
PDF icon Distribution list as published in excavation report

Archive Documents

1913-14 Lahun, Haraga Distribution grid PMA/WFP1/D/22/1.1
PMA/WFP1/D/22/1.1
1913-14 Lahun, Haraga Distribution list PMA/WFP1/D/22/1.2
PMA/WFP1/D/22/1.2
1913-14 Lahun, Haraga Object list PMA/WFP1/D/22/2.1
PMA/WFP1/D/22/2.1
1913-14 Lahun, Haraga Object list PMA/WFP1/D/22/2.2
PMA/WFP1/D/22/2.2
PMA/WFP1/D/22/3.1
1913-14 Lahun, Haraga Distribution list PMA/WFP1/D/22/3.2
PMA/WFP1/D/22/3.2
1913-14 Lahun, Haraga Distribution list PMA/WFP1/D/22/4
PMA/WFP1/D/22/4
1913-14 Lahun, Haraga Distribution list PMA/WFP1/D/22/5.1
PMA/WFP1/D/22/5.1
1913-14 Lahun, Haraga Distribution list PMA/WFP1/D/22/5.2
PMA/WFP1/D/22/5.2
1913-14 Lahun, Haraga Distribution list PMA/WFP1/D/22/6
PMA/WFP1/D/22/6
1913-14 Lahun, Haraga Distribution list PMA/WFP1/D/22/7.1
PMA/WFP1/D/22/7.1
1913-14 Lahun, Haraga Correspondence PMA/WFP1/D/22/7.2
PMA/WFP1/D/22/7.2
1913-14 Lahun, Haraga Distribution list PMA/WFP1/D/22/8
PMA/WFP1/D/22/8
1913-14 Lahun, Haraga Distribution list PMA/WFP1/D/22/9
PMA/WFP1/D/22/9
1913-14 Lahun, Haraga Distribution list PMA/WFP1/D/22/10.1
PMA/WFP1/D/22/10.1
1913-14 Lahun, Haraga Correspondence PMA/WFP1/D/22/10.2
PMA/WFP1/D/22/10.2
1913-14 Lahun, Haraga Object list PMA/WFP1/D/22/11.1
PMA/WFP1/D/22/11.1
1913-14 Lahun, Haraga Multiple institution list PMA/WFP1/D/22/11.2
PMA/WFP1/D/22/11.2
1913-14 Lahun, Haraga Object list PMA/WFP1/D/22/12
PMA/WFP1/D/22/12
1913-14 Lahun, Haraga Multiple institution list PMA/WFP1/D/22/13.1
PMA/WFP1/D/22/13.1
1913-14 Lahun, Haraga Correspondence PMA/WFP1/D/22/13.2
PMA/WFP1/D/22/13.2
1913-14 Lahun, Haraga Distribution list PMA/WFP1/D/22/14
PMA/WFP1/D/22/14
1913-14 Lahun, Haraga Correspondence PMA/WFP1/D/22/15.1
PMA/WFP1/D/22/15.1
1913-14 Lahun, Haraga Correspondence PMA/WFP1/D/22/15.2
PMA/WFP1/D/22/15.2
1913-14 Lahun, Haraga Distribution list PMA/WFP1/D/22/15.3
PMA/WFP1/D/22/15.3
1913-14 Lahun, Haraga Distribution list PMA/WFP1/D/22/16.1
PMA/WFP1/D/22/16.1
1913-14 Lahun, Haraga Distribution list PMA/WFP1/D/22/16.2
PMA/WFP1/D/22/16.2
1913-14 Lahun, Haraga Object list PMA/WFP1/D/22/17.1
PMA/WFP1/D/22/17.1
1913-14 Lahun, Haraga Correspondence PMA/WFP1/D/22/17.2
PMA/WFP1/D/22/17.2
1913-14 Lahun, Haraga Object list PMA/WFP1/D/22/18.1
PMA/WFP1/D/22/18.1
1913-14 Lahun, Haraga Other PMA/WFP1/D/22/18.2
PMA/WFP1/D/22/18.2
1913-14 Lahun, Haraga Object list PMA/WFP1/D/22/19
PMA/WFP1/D/22/19
1913-14 Lahun, Haraga Object list PMA/WFP1/D/22/20
PMA/WFP1/D/22/20
1913-14 Lahun, Haraga Other PMA/WFP1/D/22/21.1
PMA/WFP1/D/22/21.1
1913-14 Lahun, Haraga Object list PMA/WFP1/D/22/21.2
PMA/WFP1/D/22/21.2
1913-14 Lahun, Haraga Distribution list PMA/WFP1/D/22/22
PMA/WFP1/D/22/22
PMA/WFP1/D/22/23
PMA/WFP1/D/22/24
1913-14 Lahun, Haraga Individual institution list PMA/WFP1/D/22/25
PMA/WFP1/D/22/25
PMA/WFP1/D/22/26
PMA/WFP1/D/22/27
1913-14 Lahun, Haraga Individual institution list PMA/WFP1/D/22/28
PMA/WFP1/D/22/28
1913-14 Lahun, Haraga Individual institution list PMA/WFP1/D/22/29.1
PMA/WFP1/D/22/29.1
1913-14 Lahun, Haraga Individual institution list PMA/WFP1/D/22/29.2
PMA/WFP1/D/22/29.2
1913-14 Lahun, Haraga Individual institution list PMA/WFP1/D/22/30.1
PMA/WFP1/D/22/30.1
1913-14 Lahun, Haraga Individual institution list PMA/WFP1/D/22/30.2
PMA/WFP1/D/22/30.2
1913-14 Lahun, Haraga Individual institution list PMA/WFP1/D/22/31
PMA/WFP1/D/22/31
1913-14 Lahun, Haraga Individual institution list PMA/WFP1/D/22/32
PMA/WFP1/D/22/32
1913-14 Lahun, Haraga Individual institution list PMA/WFP1/D/22/33
PMA/WFP1/D/22/33
1913-14 Lahun, Haraga Individual institution list PMA/WFP1/D/22/34
PMA/WFP1/D/22/34
1913-14 Lahun, Haraga Individual institution list PMA/WFP1/D/22/35.1
PMA/WFP1/D/22/35.1
1913-14 Lahun, Haraga Individual institution list PMA/WFP1/D/22/35.2
PMA/WFP1/D/22/35.2
1913-14 Lahun, Haraga Individual institution list PMA/WFP1/D/22/36
PMA/WFP1/D/22/36
1913-14 Lahun, Haraga Individual institution list PMA/WFP1/D/22/37.1
PMA/WFP1/D/22/37.1
1913-14 Lahun, Haraga Individual institution list PMA/WFP1/D/22/37.2
PMA/WFP1/D/22/37.2
1913-14 Lahun, Haraga Individual institution list PMA/WFP1/D/22/38
PMA/WFP1/D/22/38
1913-14 Lahun, Haraga Individual institution list PMA/WFP1/D/22/39.1
PMA/WFP1/D/22/39.1
1913-14 Lahun, Haraga Individual institution list PMA/WFP1/D/22/39.2
PMA/WFP1/D/22/39.2
1913-14 Lahun, Haraga Individual institution list PMA/WFP1/D/22/40.1
PMA/WFP1/D/22/40.1
1913-14 Lahun, Haraga Individual institution list PMA/WFP1/D/22/40.2
PMA/WFP1/D/22/40.2
1913-14 Lahun, Haraga Individual institution list PMA/WFP1/D/22/41.1
PMA/WFP1/D/22/41.1
1913-14 Lahun, Haraga Individual institution list PMA/WFP1/D/22/41.2
PMA/WFP1/D/22/41.2
1913-14 Lahun, Haraga Individual institution list PMA/WFP1/D/22/42.1
PMA/WFP1/D/22/42.1
1913-14 Lahun, Haraga Individual institution list PMA/WFP1/D/22/42.2
PMA/WFP1/D/22/42.2
1913-14 Lahun, Haraga Multiple institution list PMA/WFP1/D/22/43
PMA/WFP1/D/22/43
PMA/WFP1/D/22/44.1
1913-14 Lahun, Haraga Multiple institution list PMA/WFP1/D/22/44.2
PMA/WFP1/D/22/44.2
1913-14 Lahun, Haraga Individual institution list PMA/WFP1/D/22/45.1
PMA/WFP1/D/22/45.1
1913-14 Lahun, Haraga Individual institution list PMA/WFP1/D/22/45.2
PMA/WFP1/D/22/45.2
PMA/WFP1/D/22/46.1
1913-14 Lahun, Haraga Multiple institution list PMA/WFP1/D/22/46.2
PMA/WFP1/D/22/46.2
PMA_WFP1_D_22_47_1
1913-14 Lahun, Haraga Individual institution list PMA/WFP1/D/22/47.2
PMA/WFP1/D/22/47.2
1913-14 Lahun, Haraga Multiple institution list PMA/WFP1/D/22/48.1
PMA/WFP1/D/22/48.1
1913-14 Lahun, Haraga Multiple institution list PMA/WFP1/D/22/48.2
PMA/WFP1/D/22/48.2
1913-14 Lahun, Haraga Exhibition catalogue PMA/WFP1/D/22/49.1
PMA/WFP1/D/22/49.1
1913-14 Lahun, Haraga Exhibition catalogue PMA/WFP1/D/22/49.2
PMA/WFP1/D/22/49.2
1913-14 Lahun, Haraga Exhibition catalogue PMA/WFP1/D/22/49.3
PMA/WFP1/D/22/49.3
PMA/WFP1/D/22/49.4
PMA/WFP1/D/22/49.5
1913-14 Lahun, Haraga Exhibition catalogue PMA/WFP1/D/22/49.6
PMA/WFP1/D/22/49.6
PMA/WFP1/D/22/49.7
1913-14 Lahun, Haraga Exhibition catalogue PMA/WFP1/D/22/49.8
PMA/WFP1/D/22/49.8
1913-14 Lahun, Haraga Exhibition catalogue PMA/WFP1/D/22/49.9
PMA/WFP1/D/22/49.9
PMA/WFP1/D/22/49.10
1913-14 Lahun, Haraga Exhibition catalogue PMA/WFP1/D/22/49.11
PMA/WFP1/D/22/49.11
1913-14 Lahun, Haraga Distribution list PMA/WFP1/D/22/50.1
PMA/WFP1/D/22/50.1
1913-14 Lahun, Haraga Mailing label PMA/WFP1/D/22/50.2
PMA/WFP1/D/22/50.2
PMA/WFP1/D/22/50.3
1913-14 Lahun, Haraga Mailing label PMA/WFP1/D/22/50.4
PMA/WFP1/D/22/50.4
PMA/WFP1/D/22/50.5
1913-14 Lahun, Haraga Mailing label PMA/WFP1/D/22/50.6
PMA/WFP1/D/22/50.6
PMA/WFP1/D/22/50.7
1913-14 Lahun, Haraga Mailing label PMA/WFP1/D/22/50.8
PMA/WFP1/D/22/50.8
1913-14 Lahun, Haraga Mailing label PMA/WFP1/D/22/50.9
PMA/WFP1/D/22/50.9
1913-14 Lahun, Haraga Mailing label PMA/WFP1/D/22/50.10
PMA/WFP1/D/22/50.10
1913-14 Lahun, Haraga Mailing label PMA/WFP1/D/22/50.11
PMA/WFP1/D/22/50.11
PMA/WFP1/D/22/50.12
1913-14 Lahun, Haraga Mailing label PMA/WFP1/D/22/50.13
PMA/WFP1/D/22/50.13
1913-14 Lahun, Haraga Mailing label PMA/WFP1/D/22/50.14
PMA/WFP1/D/22/50.14
PMA/WFP1/D/22/50.15
1913-14 Lahun, Haraga Mailing label PMA/WFP1/D/22/50.16
PMA/WFP1/D/22/50.16
1913-14 Lahun, Haraga Mailing label PMA/WFP1/D/22/50.17
PMA/WFP1/D/22/50.17
PMA/WFP1/D/22/50.18
PMA/WFP1/D/22/50.19
1913-14 Lahun, Haraga Mailing label PMA/WFP1/D/22/50.20
PMA/WFP1/D/22/50.20
1913-14 Lahun, Haraga Mailing label PMA/WFP1/D/22/50.21
PMA/WFP1/D/22/50.21
1913-14 Lahun, Haraga Mailing label PMA/WFP1/D/22/50.22
PMA/WFP1/D/22/50.22
1913-14 Lahun, Haraga Mailing label PMA/WFP1/D/22/50.23
PMA/WFP1/D/22/50.23
1913-14 Lahun, Haraga Mailing label PMA/WFP1/D/22/50.24
PMA/WFP1/D/22/50.24
1913-14 Lahun, Haraga Mailing label PMA/WFP1/D/22/50.25
PMA/WFP1/D/22/50.25
PMA/WFP1/D/22/50.26
PMA/WFP1/D/22/50.27
1913-14 Lahun, Haraga Mailing label PMA/WFP1/D/22/50.28
PMA/WFP1/D/22/50.28
PMA/WFP1/D/22/50.29
1913-14 Lahun, Haraga Mailing label PMA/WFP1/D/22/50.30
PMA/WFP1/D/22/50.30
PMA/WFP1/D/22/50.31
1913-14 Lahun, Haraga Mailing label PMA/WFP1/D/22/50.32
PMA/WFP1/D/22/50.32
1913-14 Lahun, Haraga Mailing label PMA/WFP1/D/22/50.33
PMA/WFP1/D/22/50.33
1913-14 Lahun, Haraga Mailing label PMA/WFP1/D/22/50.34
PMA/WFP1/D/22/50.34
PMA/WFP1/D/22/50.35
PMA/WFP1/D/22/50.36
1913-14 Lahun, Haraga Mailing label PMA/WFP1/D/22/50.37
PMA/WFP1/D/22/50.37
1913-14 Lahun, Haraga Mailing label PMA/WFP1/D/22/50.38
PMA/WFP1/D/22/50.38
1913-14 Lahun, Haraga Mailing label PMA/WFP1/D/22/50.39
PMA/WFP1/D/22/50.39
1913-14 Lahun, Haraga Mailing label PMA/WFP1/D/22/50.40
PMA/WFP1/D/22/50.40
1913-14 Lahun, Haraga Mailing label PMA/WFP1/D/22/50.41
PMA/WFP1/D/22/50.41
1913-14 Lahun, Haraga Correspondence PMA/WFP1/D/22/51.1
PMA/WFP1/D/22/51.1
1913-14 Lahun, Haraga Correspondence PMA/WFP1/D/22/51.2
PMA/WFP1/D/22/51.2
1913-14 Lahun, Haraga Other PMA/WFP1/D/22/51.3
PMA/WFP1/D/22/51.3
1913-14 Lahun, Haraga Correspondence PMA/WFP1/D/22/52.1
PMA/WFP1/D/22/52.1
1913-14 Lahun, Haraga Correspondence PMA/WFP1/D/22/52.2
PMA/WFP1/D/22/52.2
1913-14 Lahun, Haraga Correspondence PMA/WFP1/D/22/53.1
PMA/WFP1/D/22/53.1
1913-14 Lahun, Haraga Correspondence PMA/WFP1/D/22/53.2
PMA/WFP1/D/22/53.2
1913-14 Lahun, Haraga Correspondence PMA/WFP1/D/22/53.3
PMA/WFP1/D/22/53.3
1913-14 Lahun, Haraga Correspondence PMA/WFP1/D/22/53.4
PMA/WFP1/D/22/53.4
1913-14 Lahun, Haraga Other PMA/WFP1/D/22/53.5
PMA/WFP1/D/22/53.5
1913-14 Lahun, Haraga Correspondence PMA/WFP1/D/22/54
PMA/WFP1/D/22/54
1913-14 Lahun, Haraga Receipt from institution PMA/WFP1/D/22/55.1
PMA/WFP1/D/22/55.1
1913-14 Lahun, Haraga Receipt from institution PMA/WFP1/D/22/55.2
PMA/WFP1/D/22/55.2
1913-14 Lahun, Haraga Receipt from institution PMA/WFP1/D/22/56.1
PMA/WFP1/D/22/56.1
1913-14 Lahun, Haraga Receipt from institution PMA/WFP1/D/22/56.2
PMA/WFP1/D/22/56.2
1913-14 Lahun, Haraga Receipt from institution PMA/WFP1/D/22/56.3
PMA/WFP1/D/22/56.3
PMA/WFP1/D/22/57
1913-14 Lahun, Haraga Correspondence PMA/WFP1/D/22/58
PMA/WFP1/D/22/58
1913-14 Lahun, Haraga Correspondence PMA/WFP1/D/22/59
PMA/WFP1/D/22/59
1913-14 Lahun, Haraga Correspondence PMA/WFP1/D/22/60
PMA/WFP1/D/22/60
1913-14 Lahun, Haraga Receipt from institution PMA/WFP1/D/22/61
PMA/WFP1/D/22/61
1913-14 Lahun, Haraga Correspondence PMA/WFP1/D/22/62.1
PMA/WFP1/D/22/62.1
1913-14 Lahun, Haraga Correspondence PMA/WFP1/D/22/62.2
PMA/WFP1/D/22/62.2
1913-14 Lahun, Haraga Correspondence PMA/WFP1/D/22/63
PMA/WFP1/D/22/63
1913-14 Lahun, Haraga Mailing label PMA/WFP1/D/22/64
PMA/WFP1/D/22/64
1913-14 Lahun, Haraga Correspondence PMA/WFP1/D/22/65.1
PMA/WFP1/D/22/65.1
1913-14 Lahun, Haraga Correspondence PMA/WFP1/D/22/65.2
PMA/WFP1/D/22/65.2
1913-14 Lahun, Haraga Correspondence PMA/WFP1/D/22/65.3
PMA/WFP1/D/22/65.3
PMA/WFP1/D/22/66
1913-14 Lahun, Haraga Correspondence PMA/WFP1/D/22/67
PMA/WFP1/D/22/67
1913-14 Lahun, Haraga Mailing label PMA/WFP1/D/22/68
PMA/WFP1/D/22/68
PMA/WFP1/D/22/69
1913-14 Lahun, Haraga Correspondence PMA/WFP1/D/22/70
PMA/WFP1/D/22/70
PMA/WFP1/D/22/71
1913-14 Lahun, Haraga Object list PMA/WFP1/D/22/72.1
PMA/WFP1/D/22/72.1
1913-14 Lahun, Haraga Object list PMA/WFP1/D/22/72.2
PMA/WFP1/D/22/72.2
1913-14 Lahun, Haraga Object list PMA/WFP1/D/22/72.3
PMA/WFP1/D/22/72.3
1913-14 Lahun, Haraga Object list PMA/WFP1/D/22/72.4
PMA/WFP1/D/22/72.4
1913-14 Lahun, Haraga Object list PMA/WFP1/D/22/73
PMA/WFP1/D/22/73
1913-14 Lahun, Haraga Object list PMA/WFP1/D/22/74
PMA/WFP1/D/22/74
1913-14 Lahun, Haraga Object list PMA/WFP1/D/22/75.1
PMA/WFP1/D/22/75.1
1913-14 Lahun, Haraga Unknown PMA/WFP1/D/22/75.2
PMA.WFP1/D/22/75.2
1913-14 Lahun, Haraga Object list PMA/WFP1/D/22/76.1
PMA/WFP1/D/22/76.1
1913-14 Lahun, Haraga Other PMA/WFP1/D/22/76.2
PMA/WFP1/D/22/76.2
1913-14 Lahun, Haraga Object list PMA/WFP1/D/22/77.1
PMA/WFP1/D/22/77.1
1913-14 Lahun, Haraga Object list PMA/WFP1/D/22/77.2
PMA/WFP1/D/22/77.2
1913-14 Lahun, Haraga Object list PMA/WFP1/D/22/78
PMA/WFP1/D/22/78
1913-14 Lahun, Haraga Correspondence PMA/WFP1/D/22/79.1
PMA/WFP1/D/22/79.1
1913-14 Lahun, Haraga Object list PMA/WFP1/D/22/79.2
PMA/WFP1/D/22/79.2
1913-14 Lahun, Haraga Unknown PMA/WFP1/D/22/80
PMA/WFP1/D/22/80
1913-14 Lahun, Haraga Object list PMA/WFP1/D/22/81
PMA/WFP1/D/22/81
1884-1915 Oxyrhynchus, Faiyum, el-Hibeh, Atfieh, el-Sheikh Ibada DIST.15.65a
DIST.15.65
Oxyrhynchus, Faiyum, el-Hibeh, Atfieh, el-Sheikh Ibada DIST.15.72
DIST.15.72
1884-1915 Oxyrhynchus, Faiyum, el-Hibeh, Atfieh, el-Sheikh Ibada DIST.15.65b
DIST.15.65b
1884-1915 Oxyrhynchus, Faiyum, el-Hibeh, Atfieh, el-Sheikh Ibada DIST.15.65c
DIST.15.65c
1884-1915 Oxyrhynchus, Faiyum, el-Hibeh, Atfieh, el-Sheikh Ibada DIST.15.65d
DIST.15.65d
1884-1915 Oxyrhynchus, Faiyum, el-Hibeh, Atfieh, el-Sheikh Ibada DIST.15.65e
DIST.15.65e
Relevant publications: 

The treasure of Lahun and antiquities from Harageh, 1914 : exhibited at University College, Gower St., London, June 22nd to July 18th / British School of Archaeology in Egypt. 1914. London.

Engelbach, Rex, Battiscombe Gunn, and Duncan Willey 1914. Harageh, 1913-14. Ancient Egypt 1914, 101-102.

Engelbach, R. 1923. Harageh. British School of Archaeology in Egypt and Egyptian Research Account [28] (20th year). London: British School of Archaeology in Egypt; Bernard Quaritch.

Petrie, Hilda Flinders 1914. "The British School of Archaeology in Egypt", The Journal of Egyptian Archaeology, Vol. 1, No. 3, 185-186.

 

Additional archive material: 
Oxford, Griffith Institute, University of Oxford
Associated Excavation Image: 
Sketch map of the area of Haraga, with the cemeteries shown. Engelbach 1914: plate II.

Sketch map of the area of Haraga, with the cemeteries shown. Engelbach 1914: plate II.

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