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Dr Harry Reginald Holland Hall

Header: Dr Harry Reginald Holland Hall
Also known as: Dr Harry Reginald Holland Hall; primary name: Hall, Harry Reginald Holland
Details: individual; archaeologist; curator; British; Male
Life dates: 1873-1930
Biography: Joined The British Museum in 1896 and became Keeper of Egyptian and Assyrian Antiquities 1924-1930; son of the artist Sydney Prior Hall (q.v.). Appointed as a curator in the British Museum in 1896. Excavated in Egypt with the Egypt Exploration Society and directed excavations in southern Iraq for the British Museum, specifically at Ur (Tell el-Mukayyar), Tell al-Ubaid and Eridu (Abu Shahrain) in 1919. Served as Chairman of the Palestine Exploration Fund (q.v.) and Honorary Secretary of the Egypt Exploration Society. Elected a member of the Archaeological Institute in Berlin shortly before his sudden death.
Bibliography: E.A.W. Budge, 'The Rise and Progress of Assyriology', London: Martin Hopkinson & Co, (1925), portrait opposite p.174.

4,865 related objects

adhesive sample

Museum number: 1919,1011.5190 |
Cultures/periods: x14236 Mesopotamian |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Ur (historic - city)

adhesive sample

Museum number: 1919,1011.5191 |
Cultures/periods: x14236 Mesopotamian |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Ur (historic - city)

adhesive sample

Museum number: 1919,1011.5192 |
Cultures/periods: x14236 Mesopotamian |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Ur (historic - city)

adze

Museum number: EA41496 |
Cultures/periods: x14387 Palaeolithic |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Thebes (historic - Upper Egypt)

adze

Museum number: EA41502 |
Cultures/periods: x14420 Prehistoric |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Thebes (historic - Upper Egypt)

amphora; stopper

Museum number: 1911,0620.8 |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Knossos

amulet; bead

Museum number: 1919,1011.5103 |
Cultures/periods: x14236 Mesopotamian |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Ur (historic - city)

amulet; bead

Museum number: 1919,1011.5106 |
Cultures/periods: x14236 Mesopotamian |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Ur (historic - city)

amulet

Museum number: EA57737 |
Cultures/periods: x14170 Late Period |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Egypt

amulet

Museum number: EA57740 |
Cultures/periods: x13544 18th Dynasty |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Egypt

amulet

Museum number: EA57734 |
Cultures/periods: x13544 18th Dynasty |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Egypt

amulet

Museum number: EA57733 |
Cultures/periods: x14341 New Kingdom |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Egypt

amulet; votive figure

Museum number: EA47775 |
Cultures/periods: x13544 18th Dynasty |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Deir el-Bahri (Thebes)

amulet

Museum number: EA57739 |
Cultures/periods: x13544 18th Dynasty |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Egypt

amulet

Museum number: 1919,1011.3924 |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Abu Shahrain (Eridu)

amulet; cross

Museum number: EA41420 |
Cultures/periods: x13769 Coptic |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Deir el-Bahri (Thebes)

amulet; figure

Museum number: EA43159 |
Cultures/periods: x14170 Late Period |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Deir el-Bahri (Thebes)

amulet

Museum number: EA37422 |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Egypt

amulet

Museum number: EA57732 |
Cultures/periods: x13544 18th Dynasty |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Egypt

amulet

Museum number: EA57735 |
Cultures/periods: x13544 18th Dynasty |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Egypt

amulet

Museum number: EA57736 |
Cultures/periods: x13544 18th Dynasty |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Egypt

amulet

Museum number: EA57731 |
Cultures/periods: x13544 18th Dynasty |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Egypt

amulet; figure

Museum number: EA57738 |
Cultures/periods: x14170 Late Period |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Egypt

animal remains

Museum number: 1919,1011.4779 |
Cultures/periods: x14236 Mesopotamian |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Tell Al-'Ubaid

animal remains

Museum number: 1919,1011.5028 |
Cultures/periods: x14236 Mesopotamian |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Abu Shahrain (Eridu)

animal remains

Museum number: 1919,1011.5027 |
Cultures/periods: x14236 Mesopotamian |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Abu Shahrain (Eridu)

animal remains

Museum number: 1919,1011.5025 |
Cultures/periods: x14236 Mesopotamian |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Abu Shahrain (Eridu)

animal remains

Museum number: 1919,1011.4770 |
Cultures/periods: x14236 Mesopotamian |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Ur (historic - city)

animal remains

Museum number: 1919,1011.5036 |
Cultures/periods: x14236 Mesopotamian |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Abu Shahrain (Eridu)

animal remains

Museum number: 1919,1011.4756 |
Cultures/periods: x14236 Mesopotamian |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Ur (historic - city)

animal remains

Museum number: 1919,1011.4769 |
Cultures/periods: x14236 Mesopotamian |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Ur (historic - city)

animal remains

Museum number: 1919,1011.3937 |
Cultures/periods: x14236 Mesopotamian |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Abu Shahrain (Eridu)

animal remains

Museum number: 1919,1011.3938 |
Cultures/periods: x14236 Mesopotamian |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Abu Shahrain (Eridu)

animal remains

Museum number: 1919,1011.3929 |
Cultures/periods: x14236 Mesopotamian |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Abu Shahrain (Eridu)

animal remains

Museum number: 1919,1011.5033 |
Cultures/periods: x14236 Mesopotamian |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Abu Shahrain (Eridu)

animal remains

Museum number: 1919,1011.5034 |
Cultures/periods: x14236 Mesopotamian |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Abu Shahrain (Eridu)

animal remains

Museum number: 1919,1011.4775 |
Cultures/periods: x14236 Mesopotamian |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Tell Al-'Ubaid

animal remains

Museum number: 1919,1011.4778 |
Cultures/periods: x14236 Mesopotamian |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Tell Al-'Ubaid

animal remains

Museum number: 1919,1011.4777 |
Cultures/periods: x14236 Mesopotamian |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Tell Al-'Ubaid

animal remains

Museum number: 1919,1011.4774 |
Cultures/periods: x14236 Mesopotamian |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Tell Al-'Ubaid

animal remains

Museum number: 1919,1011.4780 |
Cultures/periods: x14236 Mesopotamian |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Abu Shahrain (Eridu)

animal remains

Museum number: 1919,1011.1419 |
Cultures/periods: x14236 Mesopotamian |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Tell Al-'Ubaid

animal remains

Museum number: 1919,1011.3935 |
Cultures/periods: x14236 Mesopotamian |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Abu Shahrain (Eridu)

animal remains

Museum number: 1919,1011.4782 |
Cultures/periods: x14236 Mesopotamian |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Abu Shahrain (Eridu)

animal remains

Museum number: 1919,1011.5331 |
Cultures/periods: x14236 Mesopotamian |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Ur (historic - city)

animal remains

Museum number: 1919,1011.4771 |
Cultures/periods: x14236 Mesopotamian |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Ur (historic - city)

animal remains

Museum number: 1919,1011.4768 |
Cultures/periods: x14236 Mesopotamian |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Ur (historic - city)

animal remains

Museum number: 1919,1011.5170 |
Cultures/periods: x14236 Mesopotamian |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Ur (historic - city)

animal remains

Museum number: 1919,1011.5102 |
Cultures/periods: x14236 Mesopotamian |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Ur (historic - city)

animal remains

Museum number: 1919,1011.5171 |
Cultures/periods: x14236 Mesopotamian |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Ur (historic - city)

animal remains; fossil

Museum number: 1919,1011.4765 |
Cultures/periods: x14236 Mesopotamian |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Ur (historic - city)

animal remains; fossil

Museum number: 1919,1011.4764 |
Cultures/periods: x14236 Mesopotamian |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Ur (historic - city)

animal remains; fossil

Museum number: 1919,1011.5200 |
Cultures/periods: x14236 Mesopotamian |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Ur (historic - city)

animal remains

Museum number: 115467 |
Cultures/periods: x14236 Mesopotamian |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Abu Shahrain (Eridu)

animal remains

Museum number: 1919,1011.5035 |
Cultures/periods: x14236 Mesopotamian |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Abu Shahrain (Eridu)

animal remains

Museum number: 1919,1011.5031 |
Cultures/periods: x14236 Mesopotamian |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Abu Shahrain (Eridu)

animal remains

Museum number: 1919,1011.5032 |
Cultures/periods: x14236 Mesopotamian |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Abu Shahrain (Eridu)

animal remains

Museum number: 1919,1011.3936 |
Cultures/periods: x14236 Mesopotamian |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Abu Shahrain (Eridu)

animal remains

Museum number: 1919,1011.2589 |
Cultures/periods: x14236 Mesopotamian |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Tell Al-'Ubaid

animal remains

Museum number: 1919,1011.4776 |
Cultures/periods: x14236 Mesopotamian |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Tell Al-'Ubaid

animal remains

Museum number: 1919,1011.5224 |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Tell Al-'Ubaid

animal remains

Museum number: 1919,1011.5212 |
Cultures/periods: x14236 Mesopotamian |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Tell Al-'Ubaid

animal remains

Museum number: 1919,1011.4772 |
Cultures/periods: x14236 Mesopotamian |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Ur (historic - city)

animal remains

Museum number: 1919,1011.5218 |
Cultures/periods: x14236 Mesopotamian |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Tell Al-'Ubaid

animal remains

Museum number: 1919,1011.5211 |
Cultures/periods: x14236 Mesopotamian |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Tell Al-'Ubaid

animal remains

Museum number: 1919,1011.3939 |
Cultures/periods: x14236 Mesopotamian |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Abu Shahrain (Eridu)

animal remains

Museum number: 1919,1011.3932 |
Cultures/periods: x14236 Mesopotamian |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Abu Shahrain (Eridu)

animal remains

Museum number: 1919,1011.5026 |
Cultures/periods: x14236 Mesopotamian |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Abu Shahrain (Eridu)

animal remains

Museum number: 1919,1011.5024 |
Cultures/periods: x14236 Mesopotamian |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Abu Shahrain (Eridu)

animal remains

Museum number: 1919,1011.5023 |
Cultures/periods: x14236 Mesopotamian |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Abu Shahrain (Eridu)

animal remains

Museum number: 1919,1011.5333 |
Cultures/periods: x14236 Mesopotamian |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Ur (historic - city)

animal remains

Museum number: 1919,1011.4773 |
Cultures/periods: x14236 Mesopotamian |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Ur (historic - city)

animal remains

Museum number: 1919,1011.5111 |
Cultures/periods: x14236 Mesopotamian |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Ur (historic - city)

animal remains

Museum number: 1919,1011.5199 |
Cultures/periods: x14236 Mesopotamian |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Ur (historic - city)

animal remains

Museum number: 1919,1011.5114 |
Cultures/periods: x14236 Mesopotamian |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Ur (historic - city)

animal remains

Museum number: 1919,1011.5040 |
Cultures/periods: x14236 Mesopotamian |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Ur (historic - city)

animal remains; fossil

Museum number: 1919,1011.5202 |
Cultures/periods: x14236 Mesopotamian |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Ur (historic - city)

animal remains; fossil

Museum number: 1919,1011.5201 |
Cultures/periods: x14236 Mesopotamian |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Ur (historic - city)

architectural fitting

Museum number: 114205 |
Cultures/periods: x14236 Mesopotamian |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Tell Al-'Ubaid

architectural fitting

Museum number: 1919,1011.2591 |
Cultures/periods: x41321 Early Dynastic III |
Production date: 2500BC |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Tell Al-'Ubaid

architectural fitting

Museum number: 114200 |
Cultures/periods: x14236 Mesopotamian |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Tell Al-'Ubaid

architectural fitting

Museum number: 114203 |
Cultures/periods: x14236 Mesopotamian |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Tell Al-'Ubaid

architectural fitting

Museum number: 114202 |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Tell Al-'Ubaid

architectural fitting

Museum number: 114323 |
Cultures/periods: x41321 Early Dynastic III |
Production date: 2500BC |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Tell Al-'Ubaid

architecture; nail

Museum number: 1919,1011.5381 |
Cultures/periods: x41321 Early Dynastic III |
Production date: 2500 BC |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Tell Al-'Ubaid

architecture; nail

Museum number: 1919,1011.5380 |
Cultures/periods: x41321 Early Dynastic III |
Production date: 2500 BC |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Tell Al-'Ubaid

architecture

Museum number: 1919,1011.4010 |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Tell Al-'Ubaid

architecture; nail

Museum number: 1919,1011.5382 |
Cultures/periods: x41321 Early Dynastic III |
Production date: 2500 BC |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Tell Al-'Ubaid

architecture; nail

Museum number: 1919,1011.5379 |
Cultures/periods: x41321 Early Dynastic III |
Production date: 2500 BC |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Tell Al-'Ubaid

architecture; figure

Museum number: 1919,1011.5383 |
Cultures/periods: x41321 Early Dynastic III |
Production date: 2500BC |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Tell Al-'Ubaid

architecture; nail

Museum number: 1919,1011.5378 |
Cultures/periods: x41321 Early Dynastic III |
Production date: 2500 BC |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Tell Al-'Ubaid

architrave

Museum number: EA756 |
Cultures/periods: x13537 11th Dynasty |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Temple of Mentuhotep

arrow-case

Museum number: EA47634 |
Cultures/periods: x13537 11th Dynasty |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Tomb of Mentuhotep

arrow-head

Museum number: 1919,1011.3747 |
Cultures/periods: x14236 Mesopotamian |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Abu Shahrain (Eridu)

arrow-head

Museum number: 1919,1011.3749 |
Cultures/periods: x14236 Mesopotamian |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Abu Shahrain (Eridu)

arrow-head

Museum number: 1919,1011.3752 |
Cultures/periods: x14236 Mesopotamian |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Abu Shahrain (Eridu)

arrow-head

Museum number: 1919,1011.3746 |
Cultures/periods: x14236 Mesopotamian |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Abu Shahrain (Eridu)

arrow-head

Museum number: 1919,1011.3745 |
Cultures/periods: x14236 Mesopotamian |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Abu Shahrain (Eridu)

arrow-head

Museum number: 1919,1011.3432 |
Cultures/periods: x14236 Mesopotamian |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Abu Shahrain (Eridu)

arrow-head

Museum number: 121295 |
Cultures/periods: x14236 Mesopotamian |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Tell Al-'Ubaid

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