Material for projected book on It is our father who writes: Orders from the Archimandrite’s office at the Monastery of Apollo at Bawit. Manuscript with photocopies of illustrations, correspondence concerning papyrus Jonathan Byrd 36.2 and other papyri, and annotated photocopied articles.
Ephemera connected with the 'Treasures of Tutankhamun' exhibition, which toured the U.S.A. between 1976 and 1979 and was hosted at the following venues: the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.; the Field Museum of Natural History and the Oriental Institute of The University of Chicago; the New Orleans Museum of Art; the Seattle Art Museum; and the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
'Tutankhamun: Excavating the Archive' exhibition at the Weston Library, Oxford, 13 April 2022 – 5 February 2023.
Featuring material from the Tutankhamun Archive and other collections in the Griffith Institute.
Posters, flyers, display materials, merchandising products, ephemera, and other memorabilia.
Textile poster.
Five text panels ('Introduction', 'Timeline', 'Griffith Institute', 'Curators’ Audio Highlights', 'Howard Carter portrait'), both textile and board.
Caption texts for all sixteen showcases.
Three textile banners.
Image facsimiles, both original size and enlargements.
QR codes for the audio guide.
Reduced copy of Carter’s portrait.
Replica of wreath placed on the forehead of the king’s outer coffin, made by The Garden of Oxford (Covered Market) and used in a ceremony held on 4 November 2022, where it was laid down by Ahdaf Soueif.
Materials used in a 'Touch Tour' for the Blind and Partially Sighted / Visually Impaired on 13 October 2022.
Free standing showcase cover design.
Folder/package of posters, flyers, and other memorabilia and ephemera.
Selection of merchandising products: bag, fridge magnets, postcards, book mark, and notebook.
P. E. Newberry's copy of The Tomb of Tut-ankh-amen: Statement with documents, as to the events which occurred in Egypt in the Winter of 1923-24 leading to the ultimate break with the Egyptian Government.
"Published for private circulation only by Cassell and Company, London, etc. 1924."
Incorporates Howard Carter's original documentation, see TAA ii.21.
Letters and documents relating to Howard Carter's dispute with the Egyptian Government after the European team members' wives were barred from entering the tomb to view the contents of Tutankhamun's sarcophagus after the lid had been lifted (12 February 1924).
The dispute on the following day, 13 February 1924, eventually resulted in Howard Carter and the rest of the team being locked out of the tomb until 13 January 1925.
Includes correspondence between Sir Alan Gardiner and the Foreign Office, Egyptologists and others in 1924.
Referred to as the "Carter Affair" or "Tutankhamun Affair".
"Project III. Tod. The 11th Dynasty Temple"* 27 pages (20 single-sided + 7 double-sided) Documentation for 11th Dynasty temples, including a typewritten draft, handwritten notes and a draft plan. Description with Uphill's section headings where appropriate:
Incomplete draft for "The Eleventh Dynasty Temple", annotated typescript, 17 pages, which has an introduction, then a listing with brief descriptions of the relevant temples by site:
Abydos
Dendera
Ballas
Thebes (Karnak, Qurneh)
Armant
Gebelein
Handwritten notes which continue from the point the typescript finishes, with notes on:
Gebelein (used for the Gebelein entry in the typescript)
El Kab
Sinai
Tod
Hierakonpolis
Abydos
Medamoud
Heliopolis
Hermopolis
Ideas on 11 Dyn. temples
Amenhotep I
Thutmose IV
Sandstone of Nebhepetre
Limestone of Sankhkare
Middle Kingdom - 12th Dyn. temples
Draft plan of Tod temple
*Uphill's description for this group as recorded on the original housing. This note has been retained.
"An Heretical History of Egypt Commencing with the Egyptians' Concept of the Beginning of Time or Eternity Past and Future Followed by the Creation of the Universe and Continuing Down until the End of the First Dynasty c.3100 BC"* 91 pages (74 single-sided + 17 double-sided) Incomplete typewritten and handwritten drafts with annotations and drawings, with some additional notes, the early history of ancient Egypt based on historical records with cross reference material relating to other world cultures, a publication plan, drafts for some sections, and notes for others. Uphill's section headings:
Astronomical periods
The cosmic year
The galactic year
The great or processional year
Egyptian duration texts
Creation
Fuller phases of creation and Egyptian cosmogeny
Egyptian cycles of years
A possible explanation of Herodotus's account of Egyptian solar cycles
The Biblical day and year cycle of Yahwe
Duration of the gods
Similarities of Egyptian and Indian Universes
Ḏt r Nḥḥ eternity to eternity
Rest periods in the life of the universe(s)
Ancient Egyptian "moments of time" really great year cycles
The great distances travelled by Re and the time they take to accomplish
Minimum figures for the travel distances of Re
Maximum figures for the travel distances of Re
The king's great span of distances and time
The concept of Horus and Thoth as Ptah's mind and speech
The classical writers references to datings in Egyptian prehistory
The gods Re and Brahma age and their lives end
Further Indian religious parallels with Egypt
The voyages of Re in his solar bark and their time cycles
The counting of later periods of time: Sothic cycles as a means of counting backwards
A parallel system of counting in Sumerian chronology
Sothis "opener of the year"
Egyptian calendars
The festival [hieroglyphs] Ḏt or of eternity
The cycle termed the "era of Horakhti"
Spell 175 Ani
Passages from the Book of Gates
Sepi
The great cosmic serpent
The idea behind the cosmic serpent image
How the Egyptians may measure light speed using Iteru length units
Duration of the sun god's voyages in the heavens
Length of the Sothic cycle
Scheme adopted for cycles
Relationship with the year discrepancy
Sothic cycle evidence
Note on Herodotus sun movement
Miscalculated reading of precessional year count
Farina scheme for Turin Papyrus prehistory
Hebrew tradition of generations
Chronological scheme
Identifications of gods with development phases a. Cosmic and pre-settlement deity identifications b. Terrestrial and post-settlement deity identifications
Nebulae
Sumerian creation cycle
Hebrew creation periods and generations span
Indian world chronology
Indian world ages
Brahma time periods
Maru duration
Brahma duration
Jain chronology
Buddhist chronology
Dating based on Nile sedimentation relevant to Turin Papyrus
The Maya chronological cycles and calendar system
First Dynasty label annals
Building shown on Dynasty 1 labels
Palermo Stone annals
First Dynasty annals
Related material, moved here from a miscellaneous group of Uphill's unsorted loose notes, 2 handwritten pages, brief notes on the cult of Ra, the creation myth, and sun worship
Correspondence from Sir Leslie Patrick Abercrombie relating to a joint press publication scheme, Liverpool University Press Association, and negotiations with Sir Ernest Hodder Williams.
Letter from John George Adami (Vice Chancellor, Liverpool University, 1919-1926) thanking Newberry for a gift and discussing an article by James Breasted and the development of religion in Ancient Egypt.
Correspondence from Walker, Christopher B. F. (1 letter / 19 April 1978).
Correspondence to/from Hess, Richard S. (5 letters / 15 July 1989 - 21 September 1993).
Correspondence to/from Na'aman, Nadav (8 letters / 23 April 1977 - 29 April 1978).
Correspondence to/from Wiseman, Donald J. (4 letters / 15 March 1989 - 14 June 1989).
Offprints/Photocopies:
Goetze, Albrecht, "Remarks on the Lists from Alalakh IV", Journal of Cuneiform Studies 13 (2) (1959), p. 63-64.
Goetze, Albrecht, "Remarks on the Ration Lists from Alalakh VII", Journal of Cuneiform Studies 13 (1) (1959), p. 34-38.
Hess, Richard S., "A Preliminary List of the Published Alalakh Texts", Ugarit-Forschungen 20 (1988), p. 69-87.
Klengel, Horst, "Königtum und Palast Nach Den Alalaḫ-Texten", in Garelli, Paul (ed.), Le palais et la royauté (archéologie et civilisation). XIXe Rencontre Assyriologique Internationale, organisée par le groupe François Thureau-Dangin, Paris, 29 juin - 2 juillet 1971, Paris (1974), p. 273-282.
Lambert, W. G., "A Vizier of Ḫattuša? A Further Comment", Journal of Cuneiform Studies 13 (4) (1959), p. 132.
Na'aman, Nadav, "The Ishtar Temple at Alalakh", Journal of Near Eastern Studies 39 (3) (1980), p. 209-214.
Na'aman, Nadav, "A Royal Scribe and his Scribal Products in the Alalakh IV Court", Oriens Antiquus 19 (1980), p. 107-116.
Speiser, E. A., "The Alalakh Tablets", Journal of the American Oriental Society 74 (1) (1954), p. 18-25.
Tsevat, Matitiahu, "Alalakhiana", Hebrew Union College Annual 29 (1958), p. 109-136.
Wiseman, Donald J., "Abban and Alalaḫ", Journal of Cuneiform Studies 12 (4) (1958), p. 124-129.
Wiseman, Donald J., "Supplementary Copies of Alalakh Tablets", Journal of Cuneiform Studies 8 (1) (1954), p. 1-30.
Zaccagnini, Carlo, "A Note on the Talent at Alalah (AT 401)", Iraq 40 (1) (1978), p. 67-69.
Zaccagnini, Carlo, "Notes on the Weight System at Alalaḫ VII", Orientalia 48 (4) (1979), p. 472-475.
