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Smith, William Stevenson - correspondence

2 letters from W. S. Smith, 2 carbon copies of letters from Černý to W. S. Smith.
Professional as well as personal matters:

  • Old Kingdom archaeology - Queen Meresankh, attribution of pyramids at Dahshur and Maidum
  • ostraca research, Černý asking for a photograph of an ostracon in Boston, Museum of Fine Arts, 11.1498

Vercoutter, Jean - correspondence

6 letters from Vercoutter, 1 carbon copy of a letter from Černý to Vercoutter.
Photographs of texts from Egypt and the British Museum; exchange of research materials; personal matters.

Westendorf, Wolfhart - Černý correspondence

6 letters from Westendorf, 3 carbon copies of letters from Černý to Westendorf.
Ostraca in Berlin, publication plans for the Coptic Etymological dictionary, as well as Westendorf's own Coptic dictionary; the offer of the Berlin Academy to publish the Coptic Etymological dictionary.

Martin, Geoffrey Thorndike - correspondence

4 letters from G. T. Martin, 1 carbon copy of a letter from Černý to Martin, 1 carbon copy of a letter from Fiona Strachan (Griffith Institute secretary) to Martin informing him of Černý's death.
Martin's studies, research projects, and a British Academy grant for the Amarna Royal tomb project.

Middleton, Russell - correspondence

1 letter from Middleton, 1 carbon copy of a letter from Černý to Middleton.
Consanguineous marriage in antiquity and some papyrological questions. For the latter, Černý recommended contacting Claire Préaux.

Plumley, J. Martin - correspondence

15 letters from Plumley, 3 carbon copies of letters from Černý to Plumley.
Professional as well as personal matters:

  • Coptic studies
  • Plumley's publication, Plumley, J. M., An Introductory Coptic Grammar (Sahidic Dialect) (1948) (OEB 1487)
  • hieratic papyri research in Cambridge, of interest to Černý
  • Plumley's promotion.
  • personal and family matters of both correspondents
  • mutual visits
  • meetings

Poellnitz, F. - correspondence

1 letter from Poellnitz, 1 carbon copy of a letter from Barbara Sewell (Griffith Institute secretary), sent in Černý's absence.
Book exchange and a visit to Oxford by Poellnitz.

Polotsky, Hans Jacob - correspondence

7 letters from Polotsky, 1 carbon copy of a letter from Černý's secretary to Polotsky, sent in Černý's absence.
Professional as well personal matters:

  • linguistics
  • Coptic etymologies
  • travels of Polotsky and Černý
  • 1968, an oblique reference to the Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia
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