01 BVB frontmatter FINAL Page i Saturday, November 15, 2003 10:56 PM M Y FIRST VISIT EGYPT 1950 MY FIRST VISIT i 01 BVB frontmatter FINAL Page ii Saturday, November 15, 2003 10:56 PM E GYPT 1950 Bernard V. Bothmer at age 38 (1912–1993) ii 01 BVB frontmatter FINAL Page iii Saturday, November 15, 2003 10:56 PM M Y FIRST VISIT Egypt 1950 My First Visit BY BERNARD V. BOTHMER Edited by Emma Swan Hall Oxbow Books 2003 iii 01 BVB frontmatter FINAL Page iv Saturday, November 15, 2003 10:56 PM E GYPT 1950 A CIP record for this book is available from the British Library This book is available direct from Oxbow Books, Park End Place, Oxford OX1 1HN (Tel: 01865-241249; Fax: 01865-794449) www.oxbowbooks.com and The David Brown Book Company PO Box 511 Oakville CT 06779 (Tel: 860-945-9329; Fax: 860-945-9468) www.davidbrownbookco.com Typeset in Centaur Typeset, designed, and produced by Peter Der Manuelian ISBN 1-842170131-3 © 2003 Emma Swan Hall All Rights Reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopy, without prior permission in writing from the publisher Printed in the United States of America by Sawyer Printers, Charlestown, Massachusetts Bound by Acme Bookbinding, Charlestown, Massachusetts iv 01 BVB frontmatter FINAL Page v Saturday, November 15, 2003 10:56 PM M Y FIRST VISIT CONTENTS List of Photographs . vii Foreword . xiii Preface . xv Titles of Egyptian Officials . xviii The Diary . 1 Map of Egypt with sites visited . 159 Index . 161 v 01 BVB frontmatter FINAL Page vi Saturday, November 15, 2003 10:56 PM E GYPT 1950 vi 01 BVB frontmatter FINAL Page vii Saturday, November 15, 2003 10:56 PM M Y FIRST VISIT Photographs January 1950 1. Bernard V. Bothmer (1912–1993). Courtesy, The Brooklyn Museum of Art 2. George A. Reisner (1867–1942). Courtesy, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston 3. Louis Keimer (1893–1957). Courtesy, The Brooklyn Museum of Art 4. Walter B. Emery (1903–1971). Courtesy, The Egyptian Exploration Soci- ety, London Unless otherwise noted, Mr. Bothmer took the following photographs in 1950. Courtesy of the Brooklyn Museum of Art 5. Aswan: view across the river 6. Aswan: quarry, unfinished obelisk 7. Aswan: Elephantine Island, museum garden with sandstone block of Tuth- mosis III 8. Aswan: tomb no. 25, Mehu, offering scene in raised relief 9. Aswan: tomb no. 36, Sirenput, court and entrance with Abubakr 10. Aswan: tomb no. 35, Heka-ib, with staircase 11. Aswan: tomb no. 35, Heka-ib, entrance 12. Aswan: tomb no. 35, Heka-ib, left thickness of entrance, lower part 13. Aswan: tomb no. 35, Heka-ib, hunting scene, right wall 14. Karnak: temple relief; detail of loose granite block, north of Pylon X, from the doorway 15. Karnak: temple relief, expanded offering scene; with cartouches of Horem- hab 16. Karnak: east of Festival Temple, granite fragment of Tuthmosis III obelisk 17. Karnak: obelisk relief fragment lying north of aisle between Pylons III and IV, east face 18. Valley of the Kings (Biban el Moluk) vii 01 BVB frontmatter FINAL Page viii Saturday, November 15, 2003 10:56 PM E GYPT 1950 19. Karnak: Sesostris I sanctuary, rebuilt by Henri Chevrier (1897–1974) 20. Bernard V. Bothmer (1912–1993), Mr. Alexandre Piankoff (1897–1966), Mrs. Piankoff, Natacha Rambova (1897–1966). Photograph by Fred Husson 21. Esna: temple of Khnum, fowling scene in raised relief, north wall, center, lower register 22. Edfu: temple of Horus, central naos 23. Deir el Medineh, facing west 24. Jaroslav C˘ ern´y (1898–1970), M. J. Haggar, Bernard Bruyère (1879– 1971), Georges Posener (1906–1988), and Bernard V. Bothmer (1912– 1993). Photographer not known 25. Elkab: Ptolemaic temple 26. Elkab: chapel of Thoth 27. Elkab: temple of Amenhotep III, lion relief 28. El Kola pyramid 29. Kom el Ahmar (Hierakonpolis): the fort, inside, “east” wall with entrance (right) 30. Kom el Ahmar (Hierakonpolis): the fort, from west, with traces of white paint February 1950 31. Medinet Habu: south side 32. Medinet Habu: alabaster bench, first court, south side of Second Pylon, front; now in Luxor Museum, no. 49 33. Deir el Bahri: Dynasty XI temple, two Middle Kingdom black granite stat- ues of Sesostris III 34. Deir el Bahri: temple of Hatshepsut 35. Deir el Bahri: temple of Hatshepsut, southern hall, offerings, north wall, bottom register 36. Deir el Bahri: temple of Hatshepsut, left of granite door-jamb of sanctu- ary, upper court, west wall. The queen is wearing the vulture cap 37. Deir el Bahri: temple of Hatshepsut, the blood-spurting relief, shrine of Anubis viii 01 BVB frontmatter FINAL Page ix Saturday, November 15, 2003 10:56 PM M Y FIRST VISIT 38. Deir el Bahri: temple of Hatshepsut, first hall. Hathor capital pillars sepa- rating it from second hall, second from right 39. Deir el Bahri: Dynasty XI tombs, second and third west of footpath to Valley of the Kings (Biban el Moluk) 40. Thebes: tomb no. 34, Mentuemhat, first court, facing east with entrance to room Y and niches 3 (right) and 4 (left) 41. Thebes: tomb no. 34, Mentuemhat, first (east) court facing west towards archway and second court 42. Thebes: tomb no. 34, Mentuemhat, east court, north side, left jamb of third chapel (no. III) from east 43. Thebes: tomb no. 34, Mentuemhat, east court, south side, chapel VII, east wall, north (left) end 44. Queen Hetep-heres furniture, Dynasty IV, canopy, headrest, bed, Depart- mental Appropriation, May, 1938. Courtesy, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston acc. no. 28.1858, 38.873 45. Naga ed Deir: Abdallah with pottery 46. Quft: Mahmud, Mohammed, Abdel Hamid 47. Qena: with friends 48. Qena: the Hagg’s bus company 49. Dendera: Birth House (Mammisi), left outside wall, one of five intraco- lumnar reliefs 50. Deir el Ballas: South Palace, staircase 51. Deir el Ballas: North Palace, interior with François Daumas (1915–1984) 52. Abydos: Ramesses II temple relief, first chamber on south side of east hall, east wall, left 53. Abydos: Shunet es Zebib [storehouse of raisins] 54. Abydos: Shunet es Zebib [storehouse of raisins], ancient wall covering of mud plaster 55. Naga ed-Deir: pit 41, wall 56. Beit Khallaf: mastaba, west side 57. Beit Khallaf: mastaba, south side, Lieutenant Youssef with two policemen ix 01 BVB frontmatter FINAL Page x Saturday, November 15, 2003 10:56 PM E GYPT 1950 58. Naga ed-Deir: N 248, from below 59. Assiut: tomb hill, north part 60. Assiut: Abdallah 61. Assiut: Chenouda Pacha’s house 62. Meir: Aylward Blackman’s camp 63. Meir: Professor Aylward Blackman (1883–1956) 64. Tell el Amarna: tomb no. 25, Ay 65. Tell el Amarna: tomb no. 10, Ipy, left entrance thickness 66. Bersheh: Sheikh Ali and his brother March 1950 67. Pottery hippopotamus, “early Predynastic;” now thought to be Middle Kingdom. Courtesy, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston acc. no. 48.252 68. Mallon’s relief of Metjetjy [Methethy in the text] and his son, Dynasty V. Courtesy, Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto acc. no. 953.116.1 69. Saqqara: Unas Causeway, looking west, towards bend 70. Saqqara: north of Unas Causeway, Khenu chapel, Dynasty V, west wall, center left, Khenu seated 71. Saqqara: Khenu chapel, Dynasty V, west wall. left (south) part, Khenu striding 72. Saqqara: Khenu chapel, Dynasty V, south face of south pillar 73. Saqqara: Khenu chapel, Dynasty V, top of south face of south pillars; inscription mentions Unas 74. Saqqara: “bird” tomb, South of Unas Causeway; west wall, upper register, from center to the right 75. Saqqara: “bird” tomb, south of Unas Causeway; west wall, upper register, from left end towards center 76. Abu Ghurab: funerary temple of Sahure, early Dynasty V, from top of sanctuary overlooking court with alabaster altar 77. Abu Ghurab: granite block with green-painted name of sanctuary, between altar and base of sanctuary x 01 BVB frontmatter FINAL Page xi Saturday, November 15, 2003 10:56 PM M Y FIRST VISIT 78. Abusir: south side entrance to pyramid temple of Sahure, basalt, granite and limestone, early Dynasty V 79. Saqqara: Unas Complex with Zoser Complex beyond 80. Saqqara: granite gate of Unas 81. Saqqara: Unas Complex, chapel of Queen Khenut 82. Saqqara: Zoser precinct, colonnade. Kindness of Jean-Philippe Lauer 83. Saqqara: Zoser precinct, colonnade. Kindness of Jean-Philippe Lauer 84. Saqqara: Zoser precinct, entrance 85. Saqqara: Zoser precinct, entrance (as reconstructed) 86. Saqqara: Zoser precinct, cobra wall. Kindness of Jean-Philippe Lauer 87. Saqqara: Zoser pyramid, blue faience tiles. Kindness of Jean-Philippe Lauer 88. Abu Roash: causeway to destroyed pyramid of Radedef on a calm day; with thanks to James F. Romano for finding a photograph in The Brooklyn Museum of Art which Mr. Bothmer took on November 11, 1963 89. Abu Roash: causeway to destroyed pyramid of Radedef on a calm day; with thanks to James F. Romano for finding a photograph in The Brooklyn Museum of Art which Mr. Bothmer took on November 11, 1963 90. Pair statuette of Memi and Sabu, Dynasty V, from Giza; Courtesy, Metro- politan Museum of Art Rogers Fund, 1948, acc. no. 48.111 xi 01 BVB frontmatter FINAL Page xii Saturday, November 15, 2003 10:56 PM E GYPT 1950 xii 01 BVB frontmatter FINAL Page xiii Saturday, November 15, 2003 10:56 PM M Y FIRST VISIT FOREWORD Bernard V. Bothmer (Fig. 1, frontispiece) was Curator of the Department of Ancient Art at The Brooklyn Museum from 1956 to 1983. I started working with him in 1963.