Ur Notebook Scan -- 1928 - Box: 7 Folder: 3 - Page: 040f | Ur Notebook Scan -- 1928 - Box: 7 Folde
| Omeka Title: | PA-CU-B07-F003-040f-1928.jpg |
| Omeka ID: | 4986 |
| Transcription: | & The silver bull head & the copper lion head & the little [drawing - scale ? - (artifact: semi-circular volume ?)] box with nice engraving & the sledge with small lions heads, and the donkey. We could [?]oss the the queen's crown on a reconstructed head against a belt of blue lapis with all the small gold animals, branches and pomegranates.This would disposed of the most difficult and precious objects. But Dr H consulted reserves his opinion, and I was told to think it over for the week. I think the groups are as good as possible in a bad case. I will only insist on drawing lots to avoid chosing and feeling sore. You may notice that the famous tomb groupprinciple has been abandoned at once by all as impossible for the main tombs.I was told that W. is leaving next week. He is actually in Bath. I will be glad to see him if he comes to London. But I will not write. I have enough trouble without looking for more.I will write soon. Yours sincerlyL. LegrainRemember me to friends around. |
| Media Title: | Ur Notebook Scan -- 1928 - Box: 7 Folder: 3 - Page: 040f |
| Page Number: | 040f |
| Project: | CU |
| Date: | 1928 |
| Author: | Leon Legrain |
| Penn Archival Box Number: | 7 |
| Penn Archival Folder Number: | 3 |
| 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 His research and even an unpublished catalogue for this volume are in archives at the Penn Museum and now available on this website.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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