Anthony Charles Harris

Anthony Charles Harris

Anthony Charles Harris (1790 – 1869) was a noted collector of ancient Egyptian papyri. As antiquary, merchant, and official supplier of the army he was based in Alexandria, Egypt for the last four decades of his life. He made many journeys on the Nile to Upper Egypt where he acquired papyri and artefacts. An amateur, he had a good understanding of hieroglyphs as was acknowledged by Brugsch. [Brugsch, Chapter 3, p.]

His collection included
* The Great Harris Papyrus, also known as Papyrus Harris I, mostly lists of temple endowments by Ramses III, but also some historical writings, which Harris acquired in 1855
* The Papyrus Harris II
* The Papyrus Harris 500, a literary papyrus containing two tales and poetry
* The Papyrus Harris 501 which contained a magical text

Selima Harris, his adopted daughter, offered his collection for sale in 1871 for £10,000; [Nightingale, p.298] and it was bought by Samuel Birch of the British Museum in 1872.

Father and daughter are buried in the British Protestant Cemetery near the demolished Rosetta Gate in Alexandria, Egypt. [ [http://astene.org.uk/bulletins/bull32Misc.htm Bulletin 32 Misc. of ASTENE, the Association for the Study of Travel in Egypt and the Near East: Where are they buried? Accessed 23/09/2007] ]

References

* Florence Nightingale, Lynn McDonald, "The Collected Works of Florence Nightingale", Wilfrid Laurier University Press 2001
* Heinrich Brugsch, "My Life and My Travels", Berlin 1894

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