George A. Hoskins Drawing - Aswan
- Hoskins MSS 2.134
- Item
View of the river Nile at Aswan:
- pencil drawing
- mounted
- [on recto, top right corner] 'First view of Assuan'. (pencil note)
- [on mount, bottom left corner] 'Aswan'. (ink note)
- 27.1 by 13.0 cm
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George A. Hoskins Drawing - Aswan
View of the river Nile at Aswan:
George A. Hoskins Watercolour - Thebes. West Bank. Valley of the Kings. Tomb KV 17
Section from side room N of the tomb of Sety I (KV17, Valley of the Kings) on the west bank of Thebes. The background includes a large relief scene from one of the walls, and shows a row of various deities and figures from the Book of Imi-Duat and a row of furniture. Slightly off-centre and in front of this wall is a pillar designated as pillar B, with a large representation of the god Osiris between the emblems of Anubis:
George A. Hoskins Watercolour - Thebes. West Bank. Tomb TT 50
A tomb relief scene from the hallway of the early 18th Dynasty tomb of Neferhotep (TT50) at the west bank of Thebes. This scene comes from register I, and shows a young son making an offering to his seated parents and relatives, each of whom have a funerary cone on their head and are embracing one another:
George A. Hoskins Drawing - Thebes. West Bank. Tomb TT 50
Relief scene from the passageway of the early 18th Dynasty tomb of Neferhotep (TT50) at the west bank of Thebes. This scene shows part of three registers, the majority of these containing text on festival processions and rituals. The text is interspersed with images of the seated tomb-owner and his wife, the divine barque and other funerary ritual scenes:
George A. Hoskins Drawing - Thebes. West Bank. Tomb TT 50
Relief scene from the passageway of the early 18th Dynasty tomb of Neferhotep (TT50) at the west bank of Thebes. This scene shows part of three registers, the top complete with text and the two below including images of the seated tomb-owner and his wife, and images of the divine barque. The text is concerned with festival processions and rituals:
George A. Hoskins Drawing - Soleb
View of the courtyard area of the temple of Amun and Amenhotep III at Soleb:
George A. Hoskins Watercolour - Botanical Drawing
The plant Tephrosia Apollinea:
George A. Hoskins Watercolour - Flower Painting
A group of pink, yellow and purple flowers (unidentified):
George A. Hoskins Watercolour - Botanical Drawing
An identified plant:
George A. Hoskins Drawing - Thebes. West Bank. 'Colossi of Memnon'
Colossi of Memnon, located at the site of the temple of Amenhotep III at Kom el-Hetan on the west bank at Thebes:
George A. Hoskins Watercolour - landscape, probably Italian
View of an unidentified landscape, possibly Italian. At the lower left side several figures have been outlined in pencil but left incomplete:
George A. Hoskins Drawing - Cairo
View of Cairo, including the madrasa of Sultan Hasan and the mosque of Amir Akhor:
George A. Hoskins Watercolour - Thebes. West Bank
View of the landscape of west bank of Thebes:
George A. Hoskins Drawing - River View
River view:
George A. Hoskins Drawing - Study of a Man
Study of a male figure seated and with a pipe:
George A. Hoskins Watercolour - Gebel Barkal
View of the pyramid field area at Gebel Barkal, with several pyramid structures visible in the distance:
Griffith Notebook "Gamaiyemi and Nebesha, 1885-6"
Notes by Griffith on the archaeology of Nabesha (Tell el-Farʿun) [TopBib 401-150]:
-p. 1-3: List of tombs (numbered 1 to 50) with one line descriptions.
-p. 4-5: Plans of structures with detail of bricked-archway.
-p. 6: Small Temple of Amasis. Sketches of blocks of stela dedicated to Min from Temple of Amasis with accompanying notes.
-p. 7: Temple of Goddess Buto. Sketch of granite column and of text from column of Merneptah.
-p. 8-9: Sketch of gateway with accompanying note.
-p. 10-11: Temple of Goddess Buto. Sketch of inscribed limestone block (of Ramses III) built into pavement of the gateway.
-p. 12: Cemetery, Tomb 77, a. Dyn. XXVI. Sketch of inscription from basalt sarcophagus of Psamthek, Dyn. XXVI.
-p. 13: Sketch of figures from sarcophagus of Psamethek, probably Dyn. XXVI.
-p. 14: Sketches of pots and the layout of an inscription.
-p. 15: Sketches of pottery assemblage found in a foundation deposit of the building in the cemetery.
-p. 16: Cemetery. Tomb 77, b, c. Dyn. XXVI. ‘out of order’ sketches of inscription from “side” of limestone sarcophagus of Psammethek-menkh-ib, Dyn. XXVI.
-p. 17: Cemetery. Tomb 77, b, c. Dyn. XXVI. Sketches of inscription from “side” of sarcophagus of Psammethek-menkh-ib, Dyn. XXVI.
-p. 18: Cemetery. Tomb 77, b, c. Dyn. XXVI. Sketches of inscription from “body” of sarcophagus of Psammethek-menkh-ib, Dyn. XXVI.
-p. 19: Cemetery. Tomb 77, b, c. Dyn. XXVI. Sketches of inscription from “back” of sarcophagus of Psammethek-menkh-ib, Dyn. XXVI.
-p. 20: Cemetery. Tomb 42. Dyn. XXVI. Sketch of inscription from lid of sarcophagus of Pedamun (incorrectly labelled #49).
-p. 21 [facing]: Cemetery. Tomb 42. Dyn. XXVI. (presumably). Sketch of sarcophagus outer case and capstone cross-section with measurements and notes respectively.
-p. 21: Sketch of “quad tomb on NB” with “inexact measurements”.
-p. 22: Sketch “on cover of sarcophagus”.
-p. 72: Notes regarding funerary objects found in rubbish on the South side of (?). Sketch of pottery assemblage, and accompanying notes and list, found in NW corner foundation deposits (presumably of the building of the cemetery).
-p. 73: Sketch of assemblage and list of plaques from the SE corner foundation deposits (presumably of the building of the cemetery).
-p. 74: Sketch of assemblage and list of plaques from the SW corner foundation deposits (presumably of the building of the cemetery).
-p. 86: Notes relating to the “great tomb” of Amun Qeniat Amun (?), possibly Dyn. XX.
-p. 95: Notes describing gilded and inlaid artefacts.
-p. 96: List of squeezes: 30 (temple gateway), 32 (standard of Amonis), 33 (basalt sarcophagus of Psamtek), 34 (limestone sarcophagus of Psamtekh-menkh-ib[?]).
-p. 97: Sketch of inscription (?).
-p. 98: Note concerning the Euphrates-Tigris and Nile.
-p. 99-100: Notes in Arabic and calculations.
-Back Cover: Notes describing; purchase of artefacts, a building, and location of artefact found there.
Griffith Notebook Tell el-Yahadiyeh
Griffith Notebook Tukh. Tell Basta.
Griffith Notebook Karnak inscriptions
Griffith Notebook Transcriptions of various papyri
Griffith Notebook Miscellaneous
Griffith Notebook Coptic and Demotic Glossary
Griffith Notebook Demotic graffiti. Topographical list of graffiti at Philae, and some copies.
Griffith Notebook Hand-copies of Calendars of Offerings
Griffith Notebook Rough list of (?)Meroitic antiquities to be packed
Richard Bruce Parkinson Collection
1) Unfinished manuscript of 'The Life of Sinuhe: A Reader's Commentary on the Middle Kingdom Version(s)' (September 2020) (print out and relevant Word documents and PDFs). Updated version August 2022 (Word documents and PDFs).
2) Drawings of reconstructions of the Theban tomb-chapel of Nebamun, now in the British Museum in London, including sketches, tracings and a measured perspective acrylic (1997).
3) Correspondence: Letter from Esmé Little (née Peet; niece of T. E. Peet) to Richard B. Parkinson dated 30 January 1989.
4) 35mm Kodachrome slides mainly from Nile cruises with Bales Worldwide and British Museum Traveller (c. 2000–2006) [1 oversize box].
See also H. Parkinson MSS 9-10.
Parkinson, Richard Bruce
Hector Horeau Watercolour - Alexandria
Part of Hector Horeau Collection
View of Alexandria, including Pompey's Pillar:
Hector Horeau Watercolour - Cairo
Part of Hector Horeau Collection
Series of panoramic city views of Cairo, lower image includes several important sites within the city: