Esna Pottery in Australian Museums
Created by - Holly Millward (https://linktr.ee/Hollymmillward) The Esna Pottery Research project was completed under the Macquarie University History Museum in 2020. The project investigated the pottery sent to Australia by archaeologist John Garstang from the 1905-06 excavations of Esna in Egypt. The 76 vessels from the Queensland and Australian Sydney museums were never properly labelled or detailed when sent over and have never been studied before in Australia. For this reason, during the project, there was a need to correct the records, add new findings as well as link objects to similar tomb numbers, inventories and pottery types. Overall helping the research and understanding of Esna during the Middle Kingdom. Was Presented on the 2nd of September 2021 at the UMAC-UNIVERSEUM 2021 'New Opportunities & New Challenges in Times of COVID-19' Conference. http://umac.icom.museum/resources/archive/past-annual-conferences/ https://twitter.com/hollymmillward/status/1433962819511197701 https://twitter.com/umac_icom/status/1433421539836186633 Esna Journal Article with all the findings will be released in the future - 2022 UMAC Futures Q&A on Youtube - https://youtu.be/oCF6nKJyje4 Timestamps: 00:00 - Beginning 00:01 - Macquarie University History Museum Tour & Information 01:15 - Esna Pottery Research Project 3 main elements & historical background 01:33 - John Garstang Esna Excavation 02:36 - Dorothy Downes Esna Book 02:54 - The Australian and Queensland Museums 03:06 - Main Project tasks 03:30 - The Project Findings 04:14 - Project Importance and Skills Used 06:03 - Summary / Reflection 06:56 - Credits and References Organisation: Macquarie University History Museum https://www.mq.edu.au/faculty-of-arts/departments-and-schools/macquarie-university-history-museum PACE Supervisor: Museum Director Prof. Martin Bommas https://researchers.mq.edu.au/en/persons/martin-bommas Museum Coordinators: Abbie Hartman https://researchers.mq.edu.au/en/persons/abbie-hartman Georgia Barker https://researchers.mq.edu.au/en/persons/georgia-barker Images & Videos Used: Macquarie University Website & Youtube, November 2020. Garstang Museum of Archaeology, ‘The John Garstang Collection’, University of Liverpool, Wordpress, December 2020. https://garstangmuseum.wordpress.com/ Google Maps, ’Esna’, ‘Australian Museum’, ‘Queensland Museum’, January 2021. Dr Dan Potter, ‘Ancient Egypt in the Scottish Borders’, National Museums Scotland, December 2020. https://blog.nms.ac.uk/2019/05/14/ancient-egypt-in-the-scottish-borders/ Dorothy Downes, ‘The Excavations at Esna 1905-1906’, (1974), Aris & Philips Limited, August 2020. Bede Museum, ‘Excavation Films by George Hedley and James Philmore Collins during the 1926 and 1935 seasons at Tell en-Nasbeh’, Vimeo, December 2020. https://vimeo.com/8174994 National Museums of Liverpool, World Museum, ‘Esna Artefacts’, March 2021. https://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/search/Esna Amara Thornton, ‘Egypt in Reading: Egypt in Britain’ & ‘Excavating Egypt Drawer’, Ure Museum, The University of Reading, November 2020. https://research.reading.ac.uk/curiosi/egypt-in-reading-excavating-egypt/ Dave Parkhill, ‘Classical Antiquities Find a Modern Home’, Queensland Museum, November 2020. https://blog.qm.qld.gov.au/2016/12/06/classical-antiquities-find-a-modern-home/ Queensland Museum Network collection, November 2020. https://collections.qm.qld.gov.au/objects/SH735/jar-bes Australian Museum Website, November 2020. Music: Childhood By Scott Buckley https://soundcloud.com/scottbuckley Under Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported, CC BY 3.0 Free Download / Stream: https://bit.ly/childhood-scott-buckley Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/-MzFFEENFu8 The Age Of Wood By Savfk under a Creative Commons license (CC BY 3.0) Music promoted by BreakingCopyright: https://youtu.be/Q6CRmIXcrxw
Created by - Holly Millward (https://linktr.ee/Hollymmillward) The Esna Pottery Research project was completed under the Macquarie University History Museum in 2020. The project investigated the pottery sent to Australia by archaeologist John Garstang from the 1905-06 excavations of Esna in Egypt. The 76 vessels from the Queensland and Australian Sydney museums were never properly labelled or detailed when sent over and have never been studied before in Australia. For this reason, during the project, there was a need to correct the records, add new findings as well as link objects to similar tomb numbers, inventories and pottery types. Overall helping the research and understanding of Esna during the Middle Kingdom. Was Presented on the 2nd of September 2021 at the UMAC-UNIVERSEUM 2021 'New Opportunities & New Challenges in Times of COVID-19' Conference. http://umac.icom.museum/resources/archive/past-annual-conferences/ https://twitter.com/hollymmillward/status/1433962819511197701 https://twitter.com/umac_icom/status/1433421539836186633 Esna Journal Article with all the findings will be released in the future - 2022 UMAC Futures Q&A on Youtube - https://youtu.be/oCF6nKJyje4 Timestamps: 00:00 - Beginning 00:01 - Macquarie University History Museum Tour & Information 01:15 - Esna Pottery Research Project 3 main elements & historical background 01:33 - John Garstang Esna Excavation 02:36 - Dorothy Downes Esna Book 02:54 - The Australian and Queensland Museums 03:06 - Main Project tasks 03:30 - The Project Findings 04:14 - Project Importance and Skills Used 06:03 - Summary / Reflection 06:56 - Credits and References Organisation: Macquarie University History Museum https://www.mq.edu.au/faculty-of-arts/departments-and-schools/macquarie-university-history-museum PACE Supervisor: Museum Director Prof. Martin Bommas https://researchers.mq.edu.au/en/persons/martin-bommas Museum Coordinators: Abbie Hartman https://researchers.mq.edu.au/en/persons/abbie-hartman Georgia Barker https://researchers.mq.edu.au/en/persons/georgia-barker Images & Videos Used: Macquarie University Website & Youtube, November 2020. Garstang Museum of Archaeology, ‘The John Garstang Collection’, University of Liverpool, Wordpress, December 2020. https://garstangmuseum.wordpress.com/ Google Maps, ’Esna’, ‘Australian Museum’, ‘Queensland Museum’, January 2021. Dr Dan Potter, ‘Ancient Egypt in the Scottish Borders’, National Museums Scotland, December 2020. https://blog.nms.ac.uk/2019/05/14/ancient-egypt-in-the-scottish-borders/ Dorothy Downes, ‘The Excavations at Esna 1905-1906’, (1974), Aris & Philips Limited, August 2020. Bede Museum, ‘Excavation Films by George Hedley and James Philmore Collins during the 1926 and 1935 seasons at Tell en-Nasbeh’, Vimeo, December 2020. https://vimeo.com/8174994 National Museums of Liverpool, World Museum, ‘Esna Artefacts’, March 2021. https://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/search/Esna Amara Thornton, ‘Egypt in Reading: Egypt in Britain’ & ‘Excavating Egypt Drawer’, Ure Museum, The University of Reading, November 2020. https://research.reading.ac.uk/curiosi/egypt-in-reading-excavating-egypt/ Dave Parkhill, ‘Classical Antiquities Find a Modern Home’, Queensland Museum, November 2020. https://blog.qm.qld.gov.au/2016/12/06/classical-antiquities-find-a-modern-home/ Queensland Museum Network collection, November 2020. https://collections.qm.qld.gov.au/objects/SH735/jar-bes Australian Museum Website, November 2020. Music: Childhood By Scott Buckley https://soundcloud.com/scottbuckley Under Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported, CC BY 3.0 Free Download / Stream: https://bit.ly/childhood-scott-buckley Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/-MzFFEENFu8 The Age Of Wood By Savfk under a Creative Commons license (CC BY 3.0) Music promoted by BreakingCopyright: https://youtu.be/Q6CRmIXcrxw