A guide to the classification of books etc. in the library
The Caminos Library (LIB) is divided into four sections:
Periodicals. These are arranged alphabetically by their abbreviation (see list on p. 8), and then by volume number. Each title is given a shelfmark composed of the suffix ‘per’ for ‘periodical’, followed by the standard abbreviation for that title e.g. per JEA for the Journal of Egyptian Archaeology. Titles of which we have only one or two issues are classified as 'per Misc' (miscellaneous).
Pamphlets. These are offprinted or photocopied articles and reviews, mostly from periodicals which we do not take e.g. Nature. They are arranged alphabetically by author, so each simply carries the shelfmark ‘pamphlet’.
Series. Books from certain, numbered Egyptological series such as Brill’s Probleme der Ägyptologie, are kept together. Each volumes in this section has a shelfmark composed of the suffix ‘ser’ for series, followed by the standard abbreviation of the series name e.g. ‘ser PdA’ for Probleme der Ägyptologie. The series are arranged alphabetically by abbreviation, and in numerical order within each series.
All other books are arranged by subject according to a unique system devised with Egyptological literature in mind. The shelfmarks are composed of two letters, in some cases followed by a full stop and then a number, and run in alphabetical order i.e. AA is followed by AB then AC, and IJ.1 by IJ.2, IJ.3 and so on. The books are divided according to a list of very broad subjects such as ‘history’, or ‘religion’ (see list below), within each of which are a series of subdivisions meaning each book is shelved next to others on very closely related themes. Books dealing with specific sites and monuments, site reports* and related studies, and Museum catalogues (shelfmarks QA to VU) are all kept on the first floor. Everything else (AA to PD), including the basic reference tools such as PM and LÄ, is housed on the ground floor.
*These are kept together in series e.g. The EES’ Excavation Memoirs, and in numerical order. The series numbers, which are usually written on the spine label in smaller type do not however form part of the shelfmark as such.
One last suffix to watch out for is ‘fol’ (for folio) which precedes the usual 2 letter shelfmark and denotes larger volumes. Books with shelfmarks fol AA to fol PD are kept on the ground floor to the left of the door to the small ‘new’ room. fol QA to fol VU are kept on the first floor.
A – General and Reference
AA Dictionaries (modern languages, French-English etc.)
AB Porter and Moss
AC Lexikon der Ägyptologie
AD Encyclopaedia of ancient Egypt (excl. LÄ)
AE Baines and Malek and other atlases of ancient Egypt
AE.1 Atlases (other)
AF Vandier, Manuel d’Archéologie Egyptienne
AG Sasson (Ed.), Civilisations of the Ancient Near East
AH Bibliographies (excl. AEB), library catalogues and related tools
B – General Overviews of Ancient Egypt
C – The Geography and Environment of Egypt
CA – Guidebooks for travellers to Egypt, travel writing
CA.1 Travel writing (pre 1900)
CB Geography of Egypt (ancient and modern)
CC Topography of Egypt
CD Flora of Egypt
CE Fauna of Egypt
CF Geology of Egypt
CG The Nile, irrigation etc., the Ocean
D – History of Egypt to the end of the Ptolemaic period
DA Cambridge Ancient History (CAH) of the Ancient Near East
DA.1 Cambridge Ancient History (general) and history of the ancient world outside Egypt
DB Chronology and Sources
DC Histories of ancient Egypt (general) written pre-1900
DD Histories of ancient Egypt (general) written post-1900
DE Prehistory of the Near East
DF Prehistory of Egypt and Nubia/Sudan
DG The Archaic period, Old Kingdom and First Intermediate Period, history of
DH The Middle Kingdom, history of
DI The Second Intermediate Period, history of
DJ The New Kingdom, history of
DK The New Kingdom, reigns of Ahmose I – Thutmose IV, history of
DL The Amarna Period (reigns of Amenhotep III to end 18th Dynasty), history of
DL.1 The Amarna Period: textual sources
DM The 19th and 20th Dynasties
DN The Third Intermediate and Late Periods (Dyns 21 - 30), history of
DN.1 The 21st Dynasty, history of
DN.2 The 22nd and 23rd Dynasties, , history of
DN.3 The 25th Dynasty, history of
DO The Ptolemaic Period, history of
E - History from the Roman Conquest to the Modern Day
EA Roman/Coptic/Late Antique Egypt to Arab Conquest
EB Arab Conquest to the modern day
EB.1 Brill’s First Encyclopaedia of Islam
F – Egypt and its Neighbours
FA The Near East and Egypt, interrelations etc.
FB The Mediterranean world and Egypt, interrelations etc.
FC The Bible and ancient Egypt
FD Foreign influence and foreigners in Egypt
FE The classical sources for ancient Egypt
G - Civil/ Social Administration and Organisation
GA Towns and cities, urbanisation
GB Law in ancient Egypt
GC Civil/ Social Administration and Organisation
GD Titles, titulary
GE The Military, War, Warfare and Weapons
GF Boats, ships, seafaring and other Transport
GG Education in ancient Egypt
H Daily Life
HA Daily Life in ancient Egypt
HA.1 Deir el Medina, daily life
HB Women, the family, marriage and sex in ancient Egypt
HB.1 Queens and other royal women; queenship
HC Growing up and getting old
HD Animals in ancient Egypt
HE Plants, flowers and gardens in ancient Egypt
HF Sport, games, music and entertainment
HG Food and Drink
HH Medicine
HI Clothing and Costume
HI.1 Hair and wigs
HI.2 Tatooing
I – Language and Texts
IA Hieroglyphs and the system of writing
IB Papyrus, writing materials
IC The Decipherment of Hieroglyphs, the Rosetta Stone etc.
ID The Origins of Writing
IE Grammars, Egyptian (general)
IE.1 Old Egyptian Grammar
IE.2 Middle Egyptian Grammar
IE.3 Late Egyptian Grammar
IE.4 Ptolemaic Egyptian Grammar
IF Dictionaries (hieroglyphic), inc. the Wörterbuch
IG Hieroglyphic signs and lexicography
IH Handwriting and palaeography
II Syntax and other elements of Egyptian language and grammar
IJ Translated texts
IJ.1 Translated texts by period
IJ.2 Translated texts (general)
IJ.3 Poetry and literary texts from ancient Egypt
IJ.4 Letters in ancient Egypt
IJ.5 Biographies and autobiographies (ancient Egyptian)
IJ.6 Mythological texts
IJ.7 Wisdom literature, didactic texts etc.
IJ.8 Hymns
IJ.9 Offering formulae
IJ.10 Magical texts
IJ.11 Medical texts
IJ.12 Calendars and astronomical texts, astronomy
IJ.13 Names (of ancient Egyptians)
IJ.14 Onomastica
IJ.15 Geographical Inscriptions/texts
IJ.16 Graffiti
IK Types of text and literary criticism
IL Hieroglyphic Reading books
IL.1 Hieratic Reading books
IM Translated texts (individual texts)
IM.1 Sinuhe, the story of
IM.2 Text editions i.e. individual Hieroglyphic/Hieratic papyri and texts
IN Ostraca: Hieroglyhic/Hieratic
IO Texts, papyri etc. by modern location - museums etc.
IO.1 Hieroglyphic Texts from Egyptian Stelae etc. in the British Museum
IO.2 Hieratic Papyri in the British Museum
IP Transcribed texts
IP.1 Urkunden (Sethe)
IP.2 Ramesside Inscriptions (Kitchen)
IQ Demotic Grammar
IQ.1 Demotic dictionaries and glossaries
IR Demotic Texts
IS Demotic texts by modern location - museums etc.
IT Coptic Grammar
IT.1 Coptic Grammar, aspects of
IT.2 Coptic dictionaries
IU Coptic texts
IV Greek and Latin texts
IW Other ancient languages
IW.1 Aramaic language and texts
IW.2 Arabic language and texts
IW.3 Nubian (Old) language and texts
IW.4 Carian language and texts
J - Religion (non-funerary)
JA Religion (general - Egypt and elsewhere)
JB Religion in ancient Egypt
JB.1 Religion in ancient Egypt by period
JC Gods, goddesses and myths in ancient Egypt (general)
JC.1 Gods and goddesses: specific deities
JC.2 Osiris, Isis, Horus and Seth
JD Kingship
JD.1 Royal regalia, headdresses etc.
JE Temples in ancient Egypt
JF Priests in ancient Egypt
JG Festivals (religious, royal etc.) in ancient Egypt
JH Magic in ancient Egypt
JI Religious iconography
K - Funerary Religion
KA Death and the afterlife, funerary religion in ancient Egypt (general)
KB The Pyramid Texts
KC The Coffin Texts
KD The Book of the Dead
KD.1 Book of the Dead, studies by E A W Budge
KD.2 Text editions: Book of the Dead papyri
KD.3 The Bollingen Series XL Egyptian Religious Texts and Representations
KE Tombs, ancient Egyptian
KF Pyramids
KG Coffins and sarcophagi
KG.1 Coffins and sarcophagi: individual examples
KH Mummy masks and portraits
KI Mummies and Mummification
KI.1 Royal mummies
KJ Palaeopathology
L – Material Culture - Art and Architecture
LA Art and architecture of ancient Egypt (general)
LA.1 Art by period
LB Art of ancient Egypt, principles of
LC Sculpture of ancient Egypt
LC.1 Sculpture of ancient Egypt by period
LC.2 Portraiture in the round in ancient Egypt (general)
LC.3 Portraiture in the round in ancient Egypt (royal)
LD Drawing and painting in ancient Egypt
LD.1 Figured ostraca
LE Rock art, petroglyphs in ancient Egypt
LF Shabtis
LG Funerary equipment (excl. shabtis)
LH Amulets and scarabs
LI Stelae
LJ Architecture of ancient Egypt
LJ.1 Architecture in the Ancient Near East (inc. Egypt)
LJ.2 Building/construction techniques
LJ.3 Beiträge zur Altägyptische Bauforschung
LJ.4 Obelisks
M – Materials and Technology
MA Materials and technology in ancient Egypt
MA.1 Materials and Technology in the ancient world (inc. Egypt)
MB Mathematics and exact sciences in ancient Egypt
MB.1 Mathematics and exact sciences in the ancient world: general
MC Stone and stonemasonry in ancient Egypt
MC.1 Stone vessels
MD Metals and metallurgy in ancient Egypt
ME Pottery/Ceramics in ancient Egypt
ME.1 Coroplastics, ceramic figurines etc.
ME.2 Pottery/ceramics from outside Egypt
MF Glass and faience in ancient Egypt
MG Jewellery in ancient Egypt
MG.1 Beads, ancient Egyptian
MH Textiles, fabric and weaving in ancient Egypt
MI Lamps in ancient Egypt
MJ Woodwork and furniture
MK Coins in ancient Egypt
N – The Modern Rediscovery of Ancient Egypt and the History of Egyptology
NA 18th/19th Century travellers in Egypt (general)
NA.1 18th/19th travellers’ accounts
NA.2 Voyages en Égypte (IFAO series)
NA.3 Amelia Edwards’ travel writing
NB The great expeditions
NB.1 Napoleon and La Déscription
NB.2 The Champollion Expedition
NB.3 The Rosellini Expedition
NB.4 Lepsius and the Denkmäler
NC Photography in Egypt
ND Biographies of Egyptologists
NE Autobiographies/Memoirs of Egyptologists
NF Egyptology, history of
NG Egyptomania, ancient Egypt in western thought
NH Science, methods and techniques in archaeology (general)
NH.1 Science, methods and techniques in Egyptian archaeology
NI Conservation of ancient materials (general)
NI.1 Conservation of ancient Egyptian materials
NJ Archaeological theory and other new approaches in Egyptology
O - Festschriften and Other Collected Works
OA.1 Festschrifts in honour of… A-G
OA.2 Festschrifts in honour of… H-N
OA.3 Festschrifts in honour of… O-T
OA.4 Festschrifts in honour of… U-Z
OB Conference proceedings (general)
OB.1 Proceeding of the International Congress of Egyptologists (ICE)
OB.2 Proceeding of British Museum Colloquia
OB.3 Conferences on Nubian studies
OC Other collected works
OC.1 Collected works by author
P – Popular Science, Novels and Other Ephemera
PA Popular science and theories
PA.1 Pyramid theories
PB Children’s books
PC Activity books
PD Fiction
PE Ephemera (other)
Q – Books by site – The Delta and Memphite Region
QA The Delta region and Cairo area (general)
QA.1 Alexandria
QA.2 Tanis
QA.3 Tell El Daba/Avaris
QB Memphis and the Memphite region (general)
QB.1 Giza *See the publications available online at the Giza Digital Library*
QB.2 Abusir
QB.3 Saqqara
QC Meidum and Lisht
QD Nile valley south of Lisht
R – Books by Site - Middle and Upper Egypt
RA The Faiyum and region
RB The Faiyum to Qus
RB.1 Abydos
RB.2 Dendera
RC Qus to Karnak
RD Thebes General
RE Karnak
RE.1 The Mut Temple at Karnak
RF Luxor, Temple of
RG The Theban west bank
RG.1 The Valley of the Kings (and associated burials – see The Tombs of Three Foreign Wives of T3)
RG.2 The Tomb of Tutankhamun
RG.3 Deir el Bahri
RG.4 Asasif, el
RG.5 The Tombs of the Nobles at Sheikh abd el-Gurna
RG.6 Deir el Medina
RG.7 The Valley of Queens
RG.8 Medinet Habu and Malqata
RG.9 West bank ‘mortuary’ temples
RH Luxor to Aswan
RH.1 Esna
RH.2 Hierakonpolis and el Kab
RH.3 Edfu
RH.4 Gebel es Silsila
RH.5 Aswan and surrounds
RH.6 Philae
S – Books by Site - Nubia, The Deserts and Outside Egypt
SA Nubia/Sudan (general)
SA.1 The UNESCO rescue campaign in Nubia
SA.2 Nubia/Sudan (modern day)
SB Lower Nubia (general)
SB.1 Lower Nubia: from the 1st cataract to Kalabsha
SB.2 Lower Nubia: from Kalabsha to Qasr Ibrim
SB.3 Lower Nubia: from Qasr Ibrim to Abu Simbel
SB.4 Lower Nubia: from Abu Simbel to the 2nd cataract
SC Upper Nubia (Sudan), general
SC.1 Upper Nubia: from the 2nd to the 3rd cataracts
SC.2 Upper Nubia: from the 3rd to the 4th cataracts (The Dongola Reach)
SC.3 Upper Nubia: from the 4th to 5th cataracts
SC.4 Upper Nubia: from the 5th to 6th cataracts
SC.5 Upper Nubia: the 6th cataract and beyond
SD The Oases and Deserts
SD.1 The Siwa oasis
SD.2 The Bahariya oasis
SD.3 The Dakhla oasis
SD.4 The Farafra oasis
SD.5 The Kharga oasis
SD.6 The Eastern Desert
SD.7 Sinai and The Red Sea coast
SE The Near East, sites outside Egypt
SF The Mediterranean world, sites outside Egypt
SG African sites excl. those in Egypt and Nubia/Sudan
T – EEF/EES, SARS and BSAE site reports
TA EEF/EES Excavation Memoirs
TB Archaeological Survey Memoirs
TB.1 Survey of Memphis
TB.2 Survey of El-Amarna
TC EES Theban Tombs Series
TD Texts from Excavations
TE EEF Archaeological Reports
TF SARS publications
TG Petrie Egyptian Research Account and British School memoirs
TG.1 Petrie ERS/BSAE Studies series
TG.2 Petrie ERS/BSAE, various other volumes
U – Non-UK Institutions’ site reports
UA IFAO, Memoirs de l’ (MIFAO)
UB IFAO, Fouilles de l’ (FIFAO)
UC IFAO, Documents de Fouilles de l’ (DFIFAO)
UD IFAO, Mission archéologique en Arabie de l’
UE Theben series
UF DAIK, Archaologische Veröffentlichungen der
UG ACE Reports
V – Museum collections/exhibitions
VA Corpus Antiquitatum Aegyptiacarum (CAA)
VB Museums in Egypt: general
VB.1 Cairo, Catalogue General of the Egyptian Museum
VB.2 Cairo, The Egyptian Museum (excl. Cat. Gen.)
VB.3 Other collections in Cairo
VB.4 Alexandria, museums collections in
VB.5 Luxor, museums collections in
VB.6 The Nubia Museum, Aswan
VC Museums in the UK: general
VC.1 The British Museum
VC.2 The Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology, UCL
VC.3 The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge
VC.4 The Ashmolean Museum, Oxford
VC.5 Liverpool Museum
VD Museums in France: general
VD.1 Louvre, Musée du, Paris
VE Museums in Germany: general
VE.1 Berlin, Ägyptisches Museum
VE.2 Leipzig, Ägyptisches Museum
VE.3 Pelizaeus-Museum, Hildesheim
VE.4 Heidelberg Ägyptologischen Institut
VE.5 Tubingen, Ägyptische Sammlung
VE.6 Munich, Staatliche Sammlung Agyptischer Kunst
VF Museums in Italy: general
VF.1 Turin, Museo Egizio
VF.2 The Vatican, Museo Gregoriano Egizio
VF.3 Bologna, Museo Civico Archeologico
VF.4 Milan, Museo Archeologico
VG Museums in the Netherlands
VH Museums in Belgium
VI Museums in Russia
VJ Museums in Scandinavia: general
VJ.1 NY Carlsberg Glyptotek, Copenhagen
VK Museums in Switzerland
VL Museums in Austria
VM Spain and Portugal
VN Museums elsewhere in Europe
VO Museums in The USA: general
VO.1 The Metropolitan Museum of Arts, New York
VO.2 The Brooklyn Museum
VO.3 Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
VP Museums elsewhere in the Americas
VQ Museums in Africa (excl. Egypt)
VQ.1 Museums in Sudan
VR Museums in Asia
VS Museums in Australasia
VT Private collections of Egyptian objects
VU Temporary exhibitions of Egyptian objects: general
VU.1 Temporary exhibitions by period
VU.2 Temporary exhibitions: Amarna Period
VU.3 Temporary exhibitions: women
VU.4 Temporary exhibitions: language and texts
VU.5 Temporary exhibitions: religion
VU.6 Temporary exhibitions: death and the afterlife
VU.7 Temporary exhibitions: art/sculpture
VU.8 Temporary exhibitions: specific materials/objects
VU.9 Temporary exhibitions: Egyptomania
VU.10 Temporary exhibitions: specific sites
VU.11 Temporary exhibitions: Nubia/Sudan
VU.12 Temporary exhibitions: Egyptological institutions
VV Sale Catalogues, of Egyptian objects at auction: general
VV.1 Sale Catalogues, of Egyptian objects at auction: Bonhams
VV.2 Sale Catalogues, of Egyptian objects at auction: Christie’s
VV.3 Sale Catalogues, of Egyptian objects at auction: Sotheby’s
VV.4 Sale Catalogues, of Egyptian objects at auction: Charles Ede