George Andrew Reisner

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George Andrew Reisner
George Andrew Reisner's excavation in Giza in 1926

George Andrew Reisner (born November 5, 1867 in Indianapolis , Indiana , † June 6, 1942 in Giza , Egypt ) also known as "Papa George" , was an American Egyptologist .

Life

The Reisners family comes from Worms in Germany , his grandparents emigrated to the USA. 1893 studied George Reisner at the Harvard University Law , but changed shortly after the study and then studied Semitic languages . He then studied in Germany first cuneiform scripts at the University of Göttingen , then Egyptology at the Friedrich-Wilhelms-University in the "Berlin School" under Adolf Erman and Kurt Sethe .

In 1896 he returned to the United States and taught Semitic studies at Harvard University . In 1897 he took up a position at the Egyptian Museum in Cairo , where he worked for two years in the International Catalog Commission .

In 1899 he led his first expedition to Egypt and was accompanied by assistants Arthur C. Mace and Frederick William Green . During this time his excavations focused on the necropolis of Naga-ed-Deir . On behalf of Harvard University, he led excavations in Giza from 1905 to 1907 and in Nubia from 1907 to 1909 . In contrast to many colleagues of his time, Reisner documented his excavations very precisely and also made many sketches and photos. In 1914 he was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences . In 1936 Reisner discovered an inscription tablet from the grave of the ancient Egyptian dog Abutiu during an expedition .

In 1929 he was accepted as a corresponding member of the Saxon Academy of Sciences .

Publications (selection)

  • The Early Dynastic Cemeteries of Naga-ed-Dêr. Part I. University of California, Egyptian Archeology Volume II, Hinrichs, Leipzig 1908 ( PDF file; 17.2 MB ); retrievable from the Internet archive
  • The Egyptian Conception of Immortality. Houghton Mifflin, Boston / New York 1912 ( PDF file; 3.25 MB ); available from Digital Giza - The Giza Project at Harvard University
  • Excavations at Kerma. Part I-III. Harvard African Studies, Volume V, Peabody Museum of Harvard University, Cambridge 1923
  • Excavations at Kerma. Part IV – V. Harvard African Studies, Volume VI, Peabody Museum of Harvard University , Cambridge 1923 ( online ) available from HathiTrust
  • Mycerinus. The Temples of the Third Pyramid at Giza. Harvard University Press, Cambridge 1931 ( PDF file; 170 MB ); available via Digital Giza
  • A History of the Giza Necropolis. Volume I. Harvard University Press, Cambridge 1942 ( PDF file; 249 MB ); available via Digital Giza
  • A History of the Giza Necropolis. Volume II. The Tomb of Hetep-Heres the Mother of Cheops. Completed and revised by William Stevenson Smith, Harvard University Press, Cambridge 1955 ( PDF file; 76.7 MB ); available via Digital Giza

literature

  • Morris L. Bierbier: Who was who in Egyptology . 3rd edition, The Egypt Exploration Society, London 1995, pp. 351-352.
  • Peter Der Manuelian: March 1912. A Month in the Life of American Egyptologist George A. Reisner. In: KMT. A Modern Journal of Ancient Egypt. Volume 7, Number 2, 1996, pp. 60-75 ( PDF file; 8.89 MB ); available via Digital Giza
  • Peter The Manuelian: Reisner, George Andrew. In: Kathryn A. Bard (Ed.): Encyclopedia of the Archeology of Ancient Egypt. Routledge, London 1999, ISBN 0-415-18589-0 , pp. 661-62.
  • DC Forbes: George Andrew Reisner (1867-1942). In: KMT. A Modern Journal of Ancient Egypt 6, 1, 1995, pp. 78-81.
  • Thomas Gertzen: Papa George (1867-1942) . in: Kemet 1, 2007, pp. 71-72.

Web links

Wikisource: George Andrew Reisner  - Sources and full texts

Individual evidence

  1. ^ George A. Reisner: The Dog which was Honored by the King of Upper and Lower Egypt. In: Bulletin of the Museum of Fine Arts. Volume XXXIV, Number 206, Boston 1936, pp. 96–99, original article on the Abutius Fund ( PDF file; 1.46 MB ); Retrieved from Digital Giza on December 2, 2017.
  2. ^ Members of the SAW: Georg Andrew Reisner. Saxon Academy of Sciences, accessed on November 23, 2016 .
personal data
SURNAME Reisner, George Andrew
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Papa George (nickname)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American Egyptologist
DATE OF BIRTH November 5, 1867
PLACE OF BIRTH Indianapolis , Indiana
DATE OF DEATH June 6, 1942
Place of death Giza , Egypt