The politics of error: Flinders Petrie at Diospolis Parva

Karin Sowada

The politics of error: Flinders Petrie at Diospolis Parva

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Abstract

W.M. Flinders Petrie worked at the sites of Hu and Abadiyeh (Diospolis Parva) near Naqada in Upper Egypt for a single season from 1898-1899. The finds were dispersd to many museums around the world, including The Nicholson Museum at Sydney University. This paper examines some of the reasons why this site remains one of the most poorly-published of Petrie's excavations, the environment of rivalry amongst Europeans working in Egypt at that time, and the history behind the Nicholson acquisitions.

Original language	English
Article number	8
Pages (from-to)	89-96
Number of pages	8
Journal	Bulletin of the Australian Centre for Egyptology
Volume	7
Publication status	Published - 1996
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Egypt
Predynastic and Early Dynastic Egypt
Nicholson Museum
Flinders Petrie
Archaeology and art--Egypt

2 Article
1 Exhibition Catalogue

Treasures of the Nicholson Museum
Potts, D. T. (ed.), Sowada, K. N. (ed.) & Workman, R. J., 2004, Sydney: The Nicholson Museum. 120 p.
Research output: Book/Report › Exhibition Catalogue

Open Access
Black-topped ware in early dynastic contexts
Sowada, K. N., 1999, In: Journal of Egyptian Archaeology. 85, p. 85-102 18 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Ancient Egypt at the University of Sydney
Sowada, K. N., 1993, In: Göttinger Miszellen. 136, p. 99-102 4 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

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The politics of error: Flinders Petrie at Diospolis Parva

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Treasures of the Nicholson Museum

Black-topped ware in early dynastic contexts

Ancient Egypt at the University of Sydney

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