![]() ![]() In 1971 the formidable task of Editor fell to Dr Jaromir Malek who has successfully launched the project into the digital age. The later editorial partnership of Dr Moss and Mrs Burney has passed into Egyptological folklore they are affectionately referred to as the 'Two Ladies', in reference to the ancient Egyptian goddesses of Upper and Lower Egypt. Miss Rosalind Moss, a student of Griffith's, gave the Bibliography the structure that we are familiar with today. After 20 years of collecting references an additional editor was sought. Miss Bertha Porter, a professional bibliographer, was employed by Griffith to analyse publications. It was Francis Llewellyn Griffith, the first Professor of Egyptology at Oxford, who made the idea a reality by providing financial support and the resources of his private library. The concept of a bibliography of Egyptian monuments arranged topographically was first proposed by the scholar and lexicographer Adolf Erman in the late 1890s, as a part of the scheme for the Berlin Wörterbuch. A digitised version of this data is under development and will follow shortly. Volume VIII addresses the significant body of material in museums and private collections which has no provenance. The first seven volumes are arranged topographically and cover the whole of Egypt and areas beyond, including Nubia (southernmost modern Egypt and northern Sudan). The Topographical Bibliography of Ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphic Texts, Statues, Reliefs and Paintings, (also known as Porter & Moss) is an essential and comprehensive reference resource for Egyptologists, presenting and analysing both published and unpublished information about ancient Egyptian monuments. ![]() The Institute's unique combination of projects contributes to research and teaching at the highest level. The Griffith Institute is housed in the Griffith Wing of the Sackler Library and is part of the Faculty of Oriental Studies, University of Oxford. The great Egyptologist Jaroslav Černý referred to the Topographical Bibliography as the "Scotland Yard of Egyptology", where the skills of detective work were used to track down monuments and publications. Topographical Bibliography (Porter & Moss) ![]()
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