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- 14/7/1892 (Creation)
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5.5 x 9 cm
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Giuseppe Botti was an Italian archaeologist. He was born at Modena (Italy) in 1853, studied at the University of Bologna and specialised in ancient Egyptian civilisation. He taught at schools in Italy and, since 1889, in Alexandria (Egypt). He was appointed first director of the Greco-Roman Museum of the city in 1892. He conducted excavations in the area of Alexandria and authored many scientific publications.
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Business card with the name of Dr Giuseppe Botti in print and a brief handwritten note; he thanks Cavafy for his interest in the Museum of Alexandria as well as for a relevant article that he published. Blank verso.
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Italian
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Writing in ink. Physical item wear: oxidations.
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Botti, Giuseppe. “Business card”. Visiting card, 14.07.1892. GR-OF CA CA-SF02-S01-SS01-F18-SF003-0010 (1654), Onassis Foundation C. P. Cavafy Fonds. From The Digital Collection of the Cavafy Archive, edited by Onassis Foundation, Athens, last modified 01.10.2025. https://doi.org/10.26256/CA-SF02-S01-SS01-F18-SF003-0010.
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- Botti, Giuseppe (Authority)
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Giuseppe Botti was the first director of the Graeco-Roman Museum of Alexandria, which was established in the same year (1892).