Ur Notebook Scan -- 1924 - Box: 7 Folder: 2 - Page: 063e | Ur Notebook Scan -- 1924 - Box: 7 Folde
| Omeka Title: | PA-CU-B07-F002-063e-1924.jpg |
| Omeka ID: | 4420 |
| Transcription: | numeral 5 handwritten and circled at top center of pageTHE UNIVERSITY MUSEUMPHILADELPHIAMr. Gadd.1) In that way the objects exhibited[underlined] in A, B (except the copper bull relief), D, E [the heavy glass case could not be lifted; We read the no[o is superscript] as far as possible through the glassâWe obtain one drum of a mosaic column)[Legrain inserted the first bracket after the letter E, and ended with a parenthesis instead of a closing bracket] F (some important historical inscriptions), G1[numeral 1 is superscript] (the historical inscription of Tell El-Obeid on a fragment of vase), G2[numeral 2 is superscript], H1[numeral 1 is superscript] (half of the terra cottas) H2[numeral 2 is superscript](half of the Jewels); have been fairly divided.Mr. Gadd has marked the objects attributed to this Museum, on his list and card index. I have marked the objects with a P.2) The same method has been adopted for the objects preserved in the Second story room opposite the Curator's office.3) The objects partly or not at all unpacked in the basement of the British Museum are: the copper bull[underlined] to be cleaned and mounded, some mosaic flowers, and many unimportant plain potteryâWe obtain one of two door sockets.This is the best that I was able to do under rather difficult circumstances. I must add that every official of the British Museum was as obliging as possible, and Sir Fr. Kenyon particularly gracious.Yours respectfully devotedL. Legrain |
| Media Title: | Ur Notebook Scan -- 1924 - Box: 7 Folder: 2 - Page: 063e |
| Page Number: | 063e |
| Project: | CU |
| Date: | 1924 |
| Author: | Leon Legrain |
| Penn Archival Box Number: | 7 |
| Penn Archival Folder Number: | 2 |
| Crowdsource Tags: | DoF, handwritten, Legrain |
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| People | Full Name | Biography |
|---|---|---|
| Leon Legrain | Father Legrain was born in France, ordained as a priest there in 1904, and studied at the Catholic University of Lille and at the Collegium Appolinare in Rome. Assyriology professor at the Catholic Institute in Paris until WWI, he was then an interpreter in the war. He became curator of the Babylonian Section of the University of Pennsylvania Museum in 1920 and retired in 1952. A specialist in cuneiform, he was the epigraphist at Ur during the 1924-25 and 1925-26 field seasons. He published widely on texts and engraved seals, both in his time before the Penn Museum and after. He published seals and sealings from Ur (Ur Excavations volume 10), some of the tablets (Ur Excavations Texts volume 3) and was slated to publish a volume on the figurines from the site. His research and even an unpublished catalogue for this volume are in archives at the Penn Museum and now available on this website. Even after his two years at the site of Ur, Legrain played an integral role in the excavations. Not only did he research, publish, and display artifacts in the Penn Museum, but he was also the Museum's representative in the division of objects from Ur conducted almost every year in London. Legrain's letters about this process are very interesting, often in a more personal tone than Woolley's. In fact, many of his colleagues declared that Legrain was particularly entertaining and jovial, if cynical. His photographs at Ur are some of the only images we have of daily life, with many pictures of local Iraqis. |
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