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1919-20 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]
Guy Brunton [4]
Winifred Mabel Brunton [5]
Reginald Engelbach [6]
Nancy Lambert Engelbach [7]
G. Jefferies [8]
Edward Eustace Miller [9]
Edith Hughes [10]
Season summary: 
  • ​​Excavation of the pyramid area and of the tombs around it, including the mastabas.
  • ​Treasure from ivory and gold casket (first excavated in 1914): gold and precious stones jewellery set including pectorals, collars, necklaces, armlets, anklets, rings, a crown, stone vases, razors, scarabs.
  • Tombs near the pyramid contained pottery, tools, lamps, amulets, coffin fragments, chests, canopic vases, and flints.
  • Bashkatib cemetery: mostly empty tombs from early dynasties.
Relevant archive holdings: 
London, Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology
Relevant publications: 

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.

Lythgoe, Albert M. 1919. The treasure of Lahun. Bulletin of the Metropolitan Museum of Art 14 (12.2), 1-28.

Petrie, Flinders, Guy Brunton, and M. A. Murray 1923. Lahun II. British School of Archaeology in Egypt and Egyptian Research Account [33] (26th year). London: British School of Archaeology in Egypt; Bernard Quaritch.

Additional archive material: 
Oxford, Griffith Institute, University of Oxford
Site guide: 
Lahun [11]
Source URL: https://egyptartefacts.griffith.ox.ac.uk/excavations/1919-20-lahun

Links
[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/guy-brunton
[5] https://egyptartefacts.griffith.ox.ac.uk/people/winifred-mabel-brunton
[6] https://egyptartefacts.griffith.ox.ac.uk/people/reginald-engelbach
[7] https://egyptartefacts.griffith.ox.ac.uk/people/nancy-lambert-engelbach
[8] https://egyptartefacts.griffith.ox.ac.uk/people/g-jefferies
[9] https://egyptartefacts.griffith.ox.ac.uk/people/edward-eustace-miller
[10] https://egyptartefacts.griffith.ox.ac.uk/people/edith-hughes
[11] https://egyptartefacts.griffith.ox.ac.uk/node/1129