My trip to London this time was so successful. I finished most of what I needed from the important materials for my comparisons. This time, I succeeded in having appointments in the three departments of the British Museum, especially the Middle East, where I spent most of my time in. I found many parallels that I have not in Egypt, which will give more importance to my work and exclusively found in Levant. Then, I had some appointments too in the department of Greek and Rome, where I met D. Aurelia Masson and D. Thomas Kiely who helped me so much in identifying many of the required vessels.

 

 

Finally, the departments of Egypt and Sudan where I continued working on the materials of Tell Dafana and I had the chance to give a presentation about my work in the museum and my thesis project. Fortunately it was done in the library for the staff of the three departments. This was such an important chance for me to present my work and to discuss the problems of the work. I benefited much from the interactions with my colleagues at the museum and I have some ideas too that would be better for the research. 

 

 

I had two appointments in the Petrie Museum, where I examined the material of Tell Dafana too, as well as others from other sites dating to the same period. This visit was so important for me because. 

 

The University of Montpellier has a great library of Egyptology, but we don’t have enough references about the Levant or Greece. So, one of my aims to be in London this year is to consulate what I need from the UCL, as it contains a huge amount of bibliography of the Middle East so as well Greece and Cyprus.

 

What was surprising for me is to find some material in the small museum of UCL and I got a help of the responsable to have an access and I got it. The material belongs to Cyprus and I have the same.

 

In general, I had a wonderful time this time, which will help me so much in my research. by the way, I sent you some photos of me in the British Museum examining the fabric of some black-on-red juglets and Phoenician jars.