A market takes place on an Egyptian street. Cages and tables of produce are lined up along the buildings, carts are driven down the street, and two boys stand in the foreground. This postcard was made from a photograph by James Robinson and his...
Archaeological museums and collections; Art objects; Egypt - Antiquities; Stone carving; Portrait sculpture; Statues; Matḥaf al-Qiḅtī (Cairo, Egypt)
Artifact from the Coptic Museum in Cairo. A large stone figure of an Egyptian man from his waist up. The head is missing above the forehead. The figure has a long goatee and carries in his crossed arms two ankhs.
Coptic inscriptions in Psalms cave, also called cave 8 or T8. An inscription on the back reads, "In a cave in cliff, opening lines of OT psalms, Coptic based on LXX, as aide memoire to a monk who inhabited cave in Coptic times (same caves where...
Hans-Åke Nordström, a member of the 1975 Nag Hammadi excavation team, surveys the land leading up to the Jabal al-Ṭārif cliff with a leveling instrument.
Jabal al-Ṭārif, upper tier of unexplored caves, visible only when climbing along the face of the cliff from south to north, half way up, to reach the flat top.
Aerial photographs; Nile River; Deserts - Egypt; Jabal al-Ṭārif (Egypt); Naj' Ḥammādī (Egypt); Al Qaṣr (Egypt)
Naj' Ḥammādī itself is on the left bank, on the sout-west side of the large bend of the Nile River. Al-Qaṣr (Chenoboskeia) is on the right bank, half-way down the large bend. Just north of al-Qaṣr, the light area indicates the arid,...
Coptic manuscripts (Papyri); Papyrus; Nag Hammadi codices. VIII
Negative number 10. Envelope labeled "VIII, 114+29". Photo has seven labels, one in the top center of the slide, and three on both the left center and right center of the slide. The labels on the left are identical to the ones on the right. The...
Coptic manuscripts (Papyri); Papyrus; Case bindings (gathered matter components); Nag Hammadi codices. VII
Negative number 10. Envelope reads "VII CART 1", arrow pointing up for vertical fibers, then "G". Photo labeled "1973 - 10", a scale, and "VII CART 1", with an arrow pointing up, then "G". Reverse image of negative number 9, two papyri fragments,...
Coptic manuscripts (Papyri); Papyrus; Nag Hammadi codices. V
Negative number 101. Envelope labeled "J V" with an arrow pointing up for vertical fibers, then "80". Photo has 3 labels, the first, in the upper left corner, is partially obscured, it reads "V, [74]", with an arrow pointing right, then"[80]"...
Coptic manuscripts (Papyri); Papyrus; Nag Hammadi codices. VIII; Case bindings (gathered matter components)
Negative number 103. Envelope labeled "VIII CART 16-216" with an arrow pointing up for vertical fibers. Photo labeled "1973" then "VIII CART. 16-21 G" with an arrow pointing up for vertical fibers. Verso image of 6 cartonnage fragments from Codex...
Coptic manuscripts (Papyri); Papyrus; Nag Hammadi codices. IX
Negative number 104. Envelope labeled "IX,35" with an arrow pointing up for vertical fibers, then "J". Photo labeled "IX,35" with an arrow pointing up then "J". Two papyri fragments constituting page 38 of Codex 9.
Coptic manuscripts (Papyri); Papyrus; Nag Hammadi codices. IX
Negative number 106. Envelope labeled "J IX" with an arrow pointing up for vertical fibers, then "3". Photo has six labels, the first in the upper left corner is partially obscured, it reads "IX, 7" with an arrow pointing right, then "[7] Bd"...
Coptic manuscripts (Papyri); Nag Hammadi codices. V; Papyrus; Case bindings (gathered matter components)
Negative number 106. Envelope reads, "M V cart. 1-8G," with an arrow pionting up. The photo is labeled, "M 8/74" and "V CART 1-8G," with an arrow pointing up. A scale appears across the top of the photograph.
Coptic manuscripts (Papyri); Papyrus; Nag Hammadi codices. IX
Negative number 108. Envelope labeled "IX 19" with an arrow pointing up for vertical fibers, then "J". Photo has two labels, the first in the upper left corner reads "IX,25", with an arrow pointing right, then "19", with a small check mark. The...
Coptic manuscripts (Papyri); Nag Hammadi codices. V; Papyrus; Case bindings (gathered matter components)
Negative number 108. Envelope reads, "M V cart. 9-18 G," with an arrow pointing up. The photo is labeled, "M 8/7" and "V CART 9-18 G," with an arrow pointing up. A scale appears across the bottom.
Coptic manuscripts (Papyri); Nag Hammadi codices. VI; Papyrus
Negative number 109. Envelope reads, "M VI, 17." The photo is labeled, "M 8/74" and "VI, 17," with an arrow pointing up. A scale appears on the right-hand side.
Coptic manuscripts (Papyri); Papyrus; Nag Hammadi codices. IX
Negative number 111. Envelope labeled "J IX 74" with an arrow pointing up for vertical fibers. Photo labeled "J IX 74" with an arrow pointing up for vertical fibers, then "ER IX", with an arrow pointing up. Papyri fragments constituting page 74...
Coptic manuscripts (Papyri); Nag Hammadi codices. VI; Papyrus
Negative number 111. Envelope reads, "M VI, 25." The photo is labeled, "M 8/74" and "VI, 25," with an arrow pointing up. A scale appears on the right-hand side.
Coptic manuscripts (Papyri); Papyrus; Nag Hammadi codices. X
Negative number 112. Envelope labeled "X 9" with an arrow pointing up for vertical fibers. Photo labeled "X, 9", with an arrow pointing up, then "J". Papyri fragments constituting page 9 of Codex 10.
