Georg Möller (1876–1921) was a German Egyptologist. He was born in

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as the son of a German businessman. His family moved to

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when he was five. From 1896 he studied at

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under Adolf Erman. He received his doctoral degree in 1900. In the 1902/3 season he participated in the excavations of the pyramid of

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under Ludwig Borchardt. He was employed in the German consulate in

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during 1904–1907. In the 1905/6 season, he excavated at Abu Sir al Malaq. In 1907/8 he worked at the Sahure temple,

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. In 1911/12 he excavated at

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. He returned to Berlin and worked as

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at Humboldt University from 1912, promoted to professor in 1916. In

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he served in Asia Minor. He died in 1921 from

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he had contracted there. His most notable contributions are in the field of hieratic writing and Egyptian paleography.

Publications

* ''Ueber die in einem späthieratischen Papyrus des Berliner Museums erhaltenen Pyramidentexte''. Paul, Berlin 1900 (= Dissertation). * ''Hieratische Paläographie. Die aegyptische Buchschrift in ihrer Entwicklung von der fünften Dynastie bis zur römischen Kaiserzeit''. 3 Bände. Hinrichs, Leipzig 1909. 2. Auflage Hinrichs, Leipzig 1936, Bd. 4 Ergänzungsheft Hinrichs, Leipzig 1936
Digitalisat
. * ''Hieratische Lesestücke für den akademischen Gebrauch''. 3 Bände. Hinrichs, Leipzig 1910–1927. * ''Die beiden Totenpapyrus Rhind des Museums zu Edinburgh''. Hinrichs, Leipzig 1913
Digitalisat
. * ''Demotische Texte aus den Königlichen Museen zu Berlin''. Bd. 1: ''Mumienschilder''. Hinrichs, Leipzig 1913. * ''Ägyptische Mumienporträts'' (= ''Wasmuth's Kunsthefte '' 1). Wasmuth, Berlin 1919. * ''Die Metallkunst der alten Ägypter''. Wasmuth, Berlin 1924. * ''Die archaeologischen Ergebnisse des vorgeschichtlichen Gräberfeldes von Abusir el-Meleq nach den Aufzeichnungen Georg Möllers''. Bearbeitet von Alexander Scharff. Hinrichs, Leipzig 1926.

References

Georg Steindorff Georg Steindorff (November 12, 1861, Dessau – August 28, 1951, North Hollywood, California) was a German Egyptologist. Life Georg Steindorff was a graduate of the Egyptology seminars of the University of Göttingen. He earned a doctorate i ...

: ''Georg Möller''. In: ''Zeitschrift für Ägyptische Sprache und Altertumskunde'' 57, 1922, S. 142–14

* Morris L. Bierbrier: ''Who was who in Egyptology.'' 4th revised edition. Egypt Exploration Society, London 2012, , S. 378–379. * Susanne Voss: ''Die Geschichte der Abteilung Kairo des DAI im Spannungsfeld deutscher politischer Interessen'' Bd. 1: ''1881–1929'' (= ''Menschen - Kulturen - Traditionen.'' Bd. 8, 1). Leidorf, Rahden Westf. 2013, , S. 68–70. 75. 79. 80. 86. 88. 89. 93. 106. 107. 121. 122. 134. 144. 158. 194. 208. German Egyptologists 1876 births 1921 deaths Archaeologists from Hamburg {{Egyptologist-stub