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This is not correct. The PEF did not establish the DofA and the article you link to does not say it did. The correct version, with better sources, is already in the article.
Zerotalk01:53, 21 November 2016 (UTC)reply
Since "Mandatory Palestine" was not part of the name, just like "British" wasn't, an option is "Department of Antiquities (Mandatory Palestine)". I don't much like parentheses in titles but I can put up with them.
Zerotalk01:57, 21 November 2016 (UTC)reply
It is a bit frustrating that they often only use initials in Quarterly Of The Department Of Antiquities In Palestine... Im trying to make a list over initials, and the name I assume they represents,
Huldra (
talk)
23:40, 1 December 2017 (UTC)reply
@
Huldra:Dimitri Constantine Baramki was appointed as Student Inspector, Special Grade, in the department in 1927. Later on, under Hamilton, he became Chief Inspector. There is supposed to be an obituary in Berytus 31 (1983), p5 (a journal published by the American University of Beirut). Also see
here.
Zerotalk01:15, 2 December 2017 (UTC)reply
@
Huldra: John Henry Iliffe (1902–1960), Keeper of the Palestine Archaeological Museum from 1931 to 1948. Known as "Harry". Obituary in PEQ 93 (1961) 77–78.
Zerotalk02:31, 5 September 2020 (UTC)reply
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This is not correct. The PEF did not establish the DofA and the article you link to does not say it did. The correct version, with better sources, is already in the article.
Zerotalk01:53, 21 November 2016 (UTC)reply
Since "Mandatory Palestine" was not part of the name, just like "British" wasn't, an option is "Department of Antiquities (Mandatory Palestine)". I don't much like parentheses in titles but I can put up with them.
Zerotalk01:57, 21 November 2016 (UTC)reply
It is a bit frustrating that they often only use initials in Quarterly Of The Department Of Antiquities In Palestine... Im trying to make a list over initials, and the name I assume they represents,
Huldra (
talk)
23:40, 1 December 2017 (UTC)reply
@
Huldra:Dimitri Constantine Baramki was appointed as Student Inspector, Special Grade, in the department in 1927. Later on, under Hamilton, he became Chief Inspector. There is supposed to be an obituary in Berytus 31 (1983), p5 (a journal published by the American University of Beirut). Also see
here.
Zerotalk01:15, 2 December 2017 (UTC)reply
@
Huldra: John Henry Iliffe (1902–1960), Keeper of the Palestine Archaeological Museum from 1931 to 1948. Known as "Harry". Obituary in PEQ 93 (1961) 77–78.
Zerotalk02:31, 5 September 2020 (UTC)reply