MicroPasts · Project: Help transcribe financial lists of donors to Egyptological fieldwork in the late 19th and early 20th century

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Transcribe the summary table of donations:

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Transcribe financial lists of donors to the EEF

This project is simple but may take a while depending on the number of donors on the PDF. A PDF file should be visible at the top of the screen with a single page taken from the Egypt Exploration Fund’s subscriptions list. Below the PDF, there should be a table visible, where you can input the relevant information. The following information should be transcribed for each donor (if available): Heading: This will be at the top of the page or above a set of names. If no heading is present, leave a blank space as it may be on a pervious page. Individuals personal name or institution name: Please write out a person name fully as show in the PDF including salutation (e.g. Mrs. Dr.). For Institutions please write what is shown on the PDF. Donation Amounts: Pounds (£), Shillings (s.), Pence (d.) or Dollars (Dols.) Comments: Please add any additional information about a particular donor you think may be helpful.

You will see that we wish you to fill in information about any dates in the spreadsheet columns provided below the report. Brief remarks on the intended role of each column are provided below:

Material: Please enter the material the sample was taken on. For example this is often "bone" or "charcoal" or "grain". Please also put any information about the species, for example "wheat","human" or "oak". Always retain the original wording: if the species is "Hordeum" which refers to barley (as in the example below), please write "Hordeum". If it is says "barley", write "barley". Try to separate material and species by a colon, so for example "grain: Hordeum".
SiteName: Please give the name of the site here, complete with county name as well if present (hint: of the site name is in th title of the report)
SiteContext: This is for anything relating to the feature on a site from which the sample was taken (e.g. "outer ring ditch", "pit 236" or, in the example below, "context 4/5")
Comments: You make your own remarks here if you like and/or add further information about a particular date you think is useful. For example, sometimes the type of bone (e.g. radius, ulna) will be mentioned, or a field sample number.

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