British Museum Expedition to Kom Firin
The fieldwork at Kom Firin is made possible with the generous permission of the Supreme Council of Antiquities in Egypt, with particular thanks due to the Secretary General Dr. Zahi Hawass, and also Dr. Magdy el-Ghandour and Hisham el-Eithy.
The SCA inspectors who accompanied our missions were Hisham Nahmen Att-allah (2002), Karem Kotp Abu Kamr (2003), Abdu Rahim Ali el-Tehami el-Maadawy (2004), Ibrahim Sobhy Ibrahim (2005) and Bahgat Ibrahim (2006) and Karim Tolba (2007). Ismail Said Mohamed, conservator with the SCA, joined us during the 2004 season.
Fieldwork at Kom Firin is funded directly by the British Museum, with special thanks due to the Townley Group of the British Museum Friends (2002-2005), M. Vernor Miles (2003), the Thomas Mulvey Fund at the University of Cambridge (2007) and Dr. Ahmed El Mokadem (2008). The Robert W. Little Foundation of the University of Akron helped support the magnetometry survey (2003-2005).
We are also grateful to Stewart White, Vodafone Egypt and the Egypt Exploration Society (notably Rawya Ismail and then Faten Abd el-Halim Salah) for logistical support. The bespoke database has been developed by Nicolas Monté, during an internship at the British Museum.
The following team-members have worked on the project:
- Mennat Allah el-Dorry (2005)
- Nicholas Badcott (2005)
- Louise Bertini (2008)
- Mat Dalton (2007)
- Ann Donkin (2003-2005)
- Andrew Ginns (2006, 2008)
- Elizabeth Frood (2002-2004, 2007)
- Tracey Linville (2003)
- Helen Macquarrie (2006)
- Charlotte Mader (2003)
- Margaret Maitland (2008)
- Paul Murray (2005)
- Stuart Nealis (2004)
- Julian Newman (2008)
- Garry Shaw (2008)
- Mary Shepperson (2007)
- Neal Spencer (2002-2008)
- Kvĕta Smoláriková (2004-2008)
- Jim Sutter (2005)
- Tracey Sweek (2006-2007)
- Liam McNamara (2003-2007)
- Charlotte Vallance (2007-2008)
- Linda Whitman (2003)
Excavations were undertaken by workers from Kom Firin and the surrounding villages: Atiya Abdallah (2003), Sobhy Abdallah (2003–2006), Ahmed Abd el-Fatah (2004, 2005), Faisal Abd el-Fatah (2005), Najah Abd el-Fatah (2004), Sayed Abd el-Fatah (2003), Hamdi Abd el-Gawad (2003), Mahmound Abd el-Hady (2004, 2005), Hamdi Abdja (2005), Nisma Attiya (2005), Mustafa Awal (2003–2006), Mohamed Eithamed (2005), Jabel Elwani (2003–2006), Ahmed Fathi (2003), Faisal Fathi (2004), Gomaa Fayez (2003), Jamil Gaad (2003, 2005), Reda Gaad (2003, 2004), Saad Gaad (2003–2006), Umgali Gaad (2003), Yahyeh Gaad (2003), Younis (Ramadan) Gaad (2003– 2006), Mohammed Hamed (2004, 2005), Shahat Hamed (2004, 2005), Ali Hassan (2003–2005), Mahmoud Meshut (2004–2006), Khairy Mahmoud (2005), Fathi Mohamed (2005), Shaban Mohammed (2004, 2005), Shahat Mohamed (2003), Shahat Mohraby (2004), Farag Rifalla (2003–2005), Hassan Rifalla (2003, 2004), Miguela Rifalla (2004), Ramzi Rifalla (2003, 2004), Sabri Rifalla (2003), Mahmoud Said (2004, 2005), Ramadan Selim (2003) and Hannayat Shabaan (2005). The ghaffirs Nasr Allah and Mohamed Khairy also deserve our gratitude.
Hagg Rashad (2002), Hagg Ga’ad and Hagg Rifalla provided accommodation during the field seasons; we are very grateful to Ramzi Rifalla and Abd el-Aziz Gaad.
The post-excavation burden has been considerably lightened by the help of several volunteers at the British Museum, notably Hélène Virenque, Karis Eklund, Bori Nemeth, Elena Valtorta and Ayisha Khan.
Finally, thanks are due to Vivian Davies, Claire Messenger and Claire Thorne for their support and help with the project.