DOI Seite / Zitierlink:
https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.9059#0025
20 FRANCOIS AUGUSTE FERDINAND MAKIETTE.
father was the mayor. In this collection was a
mumrny-case, which attracted the attention of
young Mariette. He published an extended notice
of it in his local journal, and urged his fellow-
citizens to aid him in securing it for their Museum.
His advice was accepted, and Mariette sent to
Paris for Egyptian books, that he might devote
himself to the study of the hieroglyphics which
covered the sarcophagus. What was at first an
amusement became for him a serious passion. He
soon attacked other inscriptions, and wrote a paper
on the interpretation and classification of the car-
touches in the " Tablet of Karnak," a copy of which
Prisse d'Avennes had sent to the National Library
at Paris. This paper was submitted to Charles
Lenormant, Alfred Maury, Ferdinand de Sauley,
and others, and excited their astonishment and
admiration. By their advice he resolved to seek
his fortune in Paris. Having obtained humble
quarters near the Louvre, he announced himself a
professor of Egyptian archaeology. This was in
the beginning of 1848.
At the end of a few months it became apparent
that this position, honorable as it was, afforded
slender support for Mariette and his growing
family. Above him was Emanuel de Rouge,
who did not offer to retire in behalf of his younger
aspirant. His next scheme was to solicit from the
French Government the necessary resources for a
voyage of exploration in Egypt. He offered to
father was the mayor. In this collection was a
mumrny-case, which attracted the attention of
young Mariette. He published an extended notice
of it in his local journal, and urged his fellow-
citizens to aid him in securing it for their Museum.
His advice was accepted, and Mariette sent to
Paris for Egyptian books, that he might devote
himself to the study of the hieroglyphics which
covered the sarcophagus. What was at first an
amusement became for him a serious passion. He
soon attacked other inscriptions, and wrote a paper
on the interpretation and classification of the car-
touches in the " Tablet of Karnak," a copy of which
Prisse d'Avennes had sent to the National Library
at Paris. This paper was submitted to Charles
Lenormant, Alfred Maury, Ferdinand de Sauley,
and others, and excited their astonishment and
admiration. By their advice he resolved to seek
his fortune in Paris. Having obtained humble
quarters near the Louvre, he announced himself a
professor of Egyptian archaeology. This was in
the beginning of 1848.
At the end of a few months it became apparent
that this position, honorable as it was, afforded
slender support for Mariette and his growing
family. Above him was Emanuel de Rouge,
who did not offer to retire in behalf of his younger
aspirant. His next scheme was to solicit from the
French Government the necessary resources for a
voyage of exploration in Egypt. He offered to