Karanòg: The Town [Eckley B. Coxe Junior Expedition to Nubia: Vol. V]

Woolley, C. Leonard. Karanòg: The Town [Eckley B. Coxe Junior Expedition to Nubia: Vol. V]. Philadelphia: The University Museum, 1911. First edition.

Small folio (12 x 9 1/2″). xiii, [1], 51, [1]pp (Text), 30 leaves (Plates). Original half burgundy cloth over printed paper covered boards, with gold lettering to spine, and dark blue lettering to front cover.

This volume is the fifth of a series which recorded the results of explorations in Egypt planned and financed by Mr. Eckley B. Coxe, Junior, of Philadelphia. By an agreement made with the University of Pennsylvania in 1907, the expedition was to be conducted for five years on behalf of the University, and the antiquities obtained would be presented to the University Museum.

Illustrated with no less than 30 leaves of plates, this volume is a seminal archaeological survey of Karanòg, a Kushite town in Lower Nubia, on the west bank of the Nile. The town was probably a provincial capital under its own peshto (governor) in the second and third centuries AD. It was excavated between 1907 and 1910 by the author of this work, along with D. Randall-Maciver.

Ex-library copy, with stickers at tail of spine and upper left corner of front cover, and bookplate on inside of front cover. Library stamps at top and bottom edges. Binding slightly rubbed and age-toned along edges. Upper front corner slightly bumped (not affecting pages). Binding in overall good, interior in very good condition. g to vg. Hardcover. (45307) $75