Sunday, January 12, 2025

Collection Spiegelberg MSS - Wilhelm Spiegelberg Collection

Name of creator

(1870-1930)

Biographical history

German Egyptologist and Demotist. Born, Hanover 1870. Died, Munich 1930. Educated at the Universities of Strasbourg, Berlin, and Paris, studying with J. Dümichen, A. Erman, and G. Maspero, respectively, 1888-92. Appointed Lecturer of Egyptology at ... »

Archival history

  • MSS 1 (Squeezes - Theban Tombs): Sent by Spiegelberg to Professor Francis LI. Griffith in 1926 to be considered for publication.
  • MSS 2 (Squeezes - Dodecaschoenus): Given by W. Spiegelberg to Professor Francis Ll. Griffith for use in his Catalogue of the demotic graffiti of the Dodecaschoenus.
  • MSS 3 (Diaries): Given by W. Spiegelberg to Professor W. F. Edgerton.

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

  • MSS 1-2 (Squeezes): No documentation, transferred from Griffith MSS.
  • MSS 3 (Diaries): After Edgerton died, Professor George R. Hughes deposited them in the Griffith Institute in 1970.
 

 

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