Cecil Mallaby Firth

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Redrawing of the Sayala Club by Cecil Mallaby Firth (1911)

Cecil Mallaby Firth (born July 5, 1878 in Ashburton (Devon) , † July 25, 1931 in London ) was a British Egyptologist .

Before Firth turned to Egyptology, he worked as a lawyer in Cyprus . Firth began his archaeological activities in Nubia , where he worked from 1907 to 1911. Then he worked on the establishment of the Aswan Museum.

The Antiquities Services appointed Firth as inspector for the Saqqara area in 1913 . He kept this post until his death. He began his work in Saqqara with the excavation of the Djoser pyramids complex . In 1924 he discovered the Serdab of the Djoser pyramid and the statue of the ruler inside, which is now in the Egyptian Museum in Cairo . Firth worked here first with James Edward Quibell and later with Jean-Philippe Lauer . In 1928 and 1929 Firth led the excavations at the complex of the Userkaf pyramid and the complex of the queens pyramid of Neferhetepes . He also worked on the development of the necropolis of the Teti pyramid .

Firth died in England in 1931 while preparing to research the archaic tombs at Saqqara. Only a small part of his notes and reports were published.

Fonts (selection)

  • with Battiscombe G. Gunn: Excavations at Saqqara. Teti pyramid cemeteries. 2 volumes (Vol. 1: Text. Vol. 2: Plates. ). Institut Français d'Archéologique oriental, Cairo 1926.
  • The Archaeological Survey of Nubia. Report for 1910-1911 (= The Archaeological Survey of Nubia 4). Government Press, Cairo 1927.
  • with James Edward Quibell: The step pyramid (= Excavations at Saqqara ). 2 volumes (Vol. 1: Text. Vol. 2: Plates. ). Institut Français d'Archéologie Orientale, Cairo 1935–1936.

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SURNAME Firth, Cecil Mallaby
BRIEF DESCRIPTION English Egyptologist
DATE OF BIRTH July 5, 1878
PLACE OF BIRTH Ashburton (Devon)
DATE OF DEATH July 25, 1931
Place of death London