# *100 Years of the Dictionary of the Egyptian Language*

Group exhibition · Jun 6 – Dec 31, 2026 · on view · Mythological Hall

Objects from the Egyptian Dictionary archive mark the centenary of the first volume of the dictionary of ancient Egyptian, begun in this museum in 1897.

Adolf Erman and his team copied known Egyptian texts onto index cards, building an archive of more than a million cards from which the dictionary was compiled. After the First World War and inflation, a gift from John D. Rockefeller Jr. in 1924 paid for the printing. Material from the archive follows the path from ancient inscriptions to the finished volumes.

Full details: [smb.museum](https://www.smb.museum/en/museums-institutions/neues-museum/exhibitions/detail/100-years-of-the-dictionary-of-the-egyptian-language/)

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Museum in Mitte, Berlin.

- Address: Bodestraße 1–3, Berlin, 10178
- Hours: Tue–Sun 10–6
- Website: https://www.smb.museum/en/museums-institutions/neues-museum
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