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1913-14 Lahun

Sponsor: 
British School of Archaeology in Egypt (BSAE), 1905–1954 [1]
Type of fieldwork: 
Excavation
Director: 
W. M. Flinders Petrie [2]
Participants: 
Hilda Petrie [3]
Reverend Charles Thomas Campion [4]
Guy Brunton [5]
Winifred Mabel Brunton [6]
Dr. Walter Amsden [7]
Reginald Engelbach [8]
F. Frost [9]
Battiscombe Gunn [10]
Duncan Willey [11]
Season summary: 

The excavation season focued on the pyramid of Senusret II and clearing away debris to the second enclosure wall. The principle find was a trove of jewellery for a princess in a burial that had been partially plundered in antiquity. 

Relevant archive holdings: 
London, Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology
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.

 

Brunton, Guy 1914. The British School at Lahun. Ancient Egypt 1914, 49-51.

 

Brunton, Guy 1920. Lahun I: the treasure. British School of Archaeology in Egypt and Egyptian Research Account [27] (20th year). London: 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.

 

Petrie, W. M. F. 1914. The treasure of Lahun. Ancient Egypt 1914, 97-100.

 

Additional archive material: 
Oxford, Griffith Institute, University of Oxford
Site guide: 
Lahun [12]
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[1] https://egyptartefacts.griffith.ox.ac.uk/resources/british-school-archaeology-egypt-bsae-1905%E2%80%931954
[2] https://egyptartefacts.griffith.ox.ac.uk/people/w-m-flinders-petrie
[3] https://egyptartefacts.griffith.ox.ac.uk/people/hilda-petrie
[4] https://egyptartefacts.griffith.ox.ac.uk/people/reverend-charles-thomas-campion
[5] https://egyptartefacts.griffith.ox.ac.uk/people/guy-brunton
[6] https://egyptartefacts.griffith.ox.ac.uk/people/winifred-mabel-brunton
[7] https://egyptartefacts.griffith.ox.ac.uk/people/dr-walter-amsden
[8] https://egyptartefacts.griffith.ox.ac.uk/people/reginald-engelbach
[9] https://egyptartefacts.griffith.ox.ac.uk/people/f-frost
[10] https://egyptartefacts.griffith.ox.ac.uk/people/battiscombe-gunn
[11] https://egyptartefacts.griffith.ox.ac.uk/people/duncan-willey
[12] https://egyptartefacts.griffith.ox.ac.uk/node/1129