"Hatshepsut: Foremost of Noble Women"* 14 single-sided pages Two drafts for a general article or lecture on Hatshepsut's background, reign, monuments and buildings, annotated typescripts. Uphill's section headings:
Hatshepsut: Foremost of Noble Women, earlier draft
Introduction
Family background
Politics. The succession problem
Names and titles
Representation on royal monuments
Punt expedition
The Sed festival
Great officials
Lesser officials
Daily life
Foreign trade and intercourse
Buildings and monuments
Private monuments
Burial equipment
Changes in art
Eradication of the names and inscriptions of the queen
Later deletion from the King Lists
Hatshepsut monument survey. With Nubia
Ma'etkare Hatshepsut dates
Hatshepsut: Foremost of Noble Women, later draft incorporating corrections from the earlier one
Same headings as the earlier draft, it ends with the section 'Later deletion from the King Lists' and does not include the final two sections present in the earlier draft
*Uphill's description for this group as recorded on the original housing. This note has been retained.
"Domestic architecture and its urban setting in ancient Egypt. Part II: Palaces"* 192 pages (187 single-sided + 5 double-sided) Incomplete drafts, typewritten with annotations, the palaces of ancient Egypt form the second section of a planned but unpublished publication. See Uphill MSS 4.24 for the first part. There is a publication plan, a primary publication draft incorporating carbon copies, a few drafts for additional chapters, a revised draft for the chapter on Malkata, appendices and notes. Uphill's section headings:
Publication plan with notes, 10 pages (9 single-sided + 1 double-sided), quarto size paper, handwritten and typewritten with annotations
Part II. Palaces
Generalities
Old Kingdom
Middle Kingdom
New Kingdom
Malkata
Amarna
Nineteenth Dynasty
Palace of Ramesses II in Ramesseum
Twentieth Dynasty
Ramesses III at Medinet Habu
Nineteenth Dynasty (sic)
Palace of Merneptah at Memphis
Twenty-Sixth Dynasty
Palace of Apries
Short summary to conclude
Illustration lists
Palaces. Sizes
Primary publication draft, 115 single-sided pages, quarto size, typewritten, annotated with some drawings, and one handwritten note. All chapters include the original typewritten draft along with its carbon copy except for 'The imperial city' section at the end
The early dynastic palaces
The Old Kingdom palace
The Middle Kingdom palace
Deir el Ballas
Malkata
Site plan
The temple (pr) of Amun
The audience pavilion
The harem and servant's quarters
The west villas and officials' houses
The middle palace
The private palace of the king
The south palace and dependencies
Construction
Decoration
The imperial city
Table 1. W. Asia capitals
Table 2. Egyptian capitals and residences
Table 3. Aegean citadels and walled enclosures
Chapter draft, 11 single-sided pages, quarto size paper, typewritten with annotations, perhaps produced later than the primary publication draft
The royal palaces of El Amarna
Introductory
Generalities
Residence boundaries
Great north palace
North palace
Central palace
Coronation hall
The bridge
The "estate" palace
Maru Aten
Conclusions
Chapter draft, 11 single-sided pages, A4 size paper, typewritten with annotations, produced later than the primary publication draft
The Delta residence of Ramesses II
Introductory
Exploration
Khatana
Qantir
Reconstruction of the city site
The palace - temple sector
The palace
Public halls and rooms
Private apartments
The temples
Conclusions
Revised draft of the Malkata chapter from the primary text draft (see above), 36 single-sided pages, A4 size paper, typewritten with annotations
"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
Uphill's notes made during meetings, lectures and conferences, including notes made by others 87 typewritten pages (59 single-sided + 28 double-sided)
"Egypt Through the Eyes of John Gardiner Wilkinson', lecture given by Jaromir Malek, Egypt Exploration Society, 01/11/1978
5 typewritten pages, notes on lecture and the slides used
Created by "PR", who notes, "Notes do not show the artistry and delicacy with which the simple facts were woven together, nor the great respect the speaker felt for his subject"
"Lectures 20 July 1993"
1 typewritten page
Notes on papers presented: "Jebel Haridi" , Christopher Kirby, and "The Monuments of Ahmose at Abydos Recent Excavations", Stephen Harvey
"Ramesses II Libyan Fortress", Stephen Snape, University College London, 23/11/1994
"Searching for Solomon: the Bible and Archaeology", Jonathan Tubb, British Museum, 10/10/2002, and "Tel Rehov: the excavations and their implications for the Archaeology of the Early Monarchy in Israel", Amihai Mazar, University College London, 07/10/2002
1 typewritten page
"Goliath's People", Jonathan Tubb, British Museum, 17/10/2002
2 typewritten pages
"The Origins of Ancient Egyptian Civilisation", Michael Rice, 12/02/2004, Egyptian Embassy, London
2 typewritten pages
"The Elamites and their contribution to the creation of Iran", lecture by D. Potts, 29/04/2004, SOAS University of London
1 typewritten page
"Piramesse Capital of Ramesses the Great and Portal to the E. Med", lecture by Edgar Pusch, Sackler Lecture, British Museum, July 2005
1 typewritten page
"Autobiography as self explanation", Miriam Lichtheim, Turin, date not recorded
1 typewritten page
[Kerma], [Charles] Bonnet, Meroitic Congress, British Museum, date not recorded, probably 1999
1 typewritten page
Handwritten notes and associated documentation, including flyers and programmes, relating to other Egyptological conferences and seminars, including:
"Early Egypt Colloquium" British Museum, 22/07/1993
Notes for papers on "The earliest evidence for writing", Gunter Dreyer; "The elite graves at Hierakonpolis", Barbara Adams; "The ceremonial centre at Hierakonpolis", Renée Friedman; "The Predynastic site of Adaima", Beatrix Midnant-Reynes; "Relative chronology of the Naqada Period", Stan Hendrickx; "Mishat Abu Omar", Karla Kroeper; "Town and state in the early Old Kingdom", Stephan Seidlmayer
Papers given at the Eighth Egyptologists Congress in Cairo, 28 March - 3 April 2000
11 typewritten pages with annotations
"Egypt and the Hittites: contacts, conflict and diplomacy in the Late Bronze Age", British Museum, International Colloquium 2005
12 typewritten and photocopied pages (9 single-sided + 3 double-sided)
Includes a copy of the abstracts and typed notes for other speakers, including "Forerunners of the Hattusili-Ramesses treaty", Dietrich Surenhagen and "The Eternal Treaty from the Hittite Perspective" T. R. Bryce, also two maps
"The Heavens on Earth: Astronomy and Ancient Egypt", Egypt Exploration Society Study Day, [17/08/2006]
12th International Conference on Nubian Studies organised by the British Museum and Naga-Project and Friends of the Egyptian Museum and Papyrussammlung, Germany, 1-6/08/2010
Uphill's CV, and his notes and records on the Uphill family's genealogy. 90 pages (42 single-sided + 48 double-sided) Contents include:
Eric Uphill curriculum vitae, no date but created after 2004, with the annotated date "2006-8"
3 typewritten, single-sided pages with annotations
Handwritten notes on various topics relating to family history
5 handwritten, double-sided pages
Miscellaneous photocopies from publications including maps of the Hampshire area, notes on Cheshire family history and typed notes from Society of Genealogists Family History Tracts and a letter from the Society to Eric Uphill in May 1994 electing him as a Town member of the society. Also, handwritten notes with family member names and connections and some related correspondence
27 pages (20 single-sided + 7 double-sided)
Handwritten notes on Guphill Pedigree and Bellas
9 handwritten, double-sided pages
Handwritten, and a few typewritten, notes on family generations, some information taken from the 1850 census. Includes a diagram for the family tree of John Whinfield Parrington (1773-1857) and Rebecca Harker (1775/76 - 1865), also Pattison, Etchells [Ecculs], notes on Charles Darwin, Salisbury Cathedral, and memorials of Westminster Abbey
Photographs and photostats from the collections of Robert Huntington, Thomas Marshall and James Fraser collections held at the Bodleian Library, University of Oxford. File includes:
Two drafts, one with comments by M. F. Laming Macadam, of A text of the Benedicite in Greek and Old Nubian from Kasr el-Wizz (JEA 60 (1974), pp. 206-211), and drafts for footnotes.
