Bakir, Abdel Mohsen - correspondence
- Bakir - Černý MSS 21.17, 237-8
- File
- 1946-1948
Part of Jaroslav Černý Collection
3 letters from Bakir.
-texts from Dendera and A. Bakir's thesis
-Černý also consulted Bakir's transcriptions
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Bakir, Abdel Mohsen - correspondence
Part of Jaroslav Černý Collection
3 letters from Bakir.
-texts from Dendera and A. Bakir's thesis
-Černý also consulted Bakir's transcriptions
Barns, J. W. B. - correspondence
Part of Jaroslav Černý Collection
6 letters from Barns, 1 carbon copy of letter from Černý to Barns
Correspondence mainly Barns consulting Černý regarding research and seeking Černý's advice on philological aspects and transcriptions.
Boardman, John - correspondence
Part of Jaroslav Černý Collection
1 carbon copy of a letter from Černý to Boardman.
Correspondence concerned with Greek and Egyptian religion, Černý particularly interested in the tradition of carrying cult images on sacred barges.
Botti, Giuseppe - correspondence
Part of Jaroslav Černý Collection
5 letters from Botti.
Publication and off-prints exchange, social contacts and personal matters, as well as the compilation of Italian entries for Who was Who in Egyptology. Botti also refers to a congress of Oriental Studies held in Prague in 1949, which Černý did not attend.
Burton-Brown, T. - correspondence
Part of Jaroslav Černý Collection
2 letters from Burton-Brown.
Correspondence concerned with artefacts from the Manchester Museum (University of Manchester) collections, and the potential of infra-red photography.
Calverley, Amice Mary - correspondence
Part of Jaroslav Černý Collection
2 letters from Calverley and a note by Černý to introduce A. Calverley for her lecture given at the Egypt Exploration Society.
Abydos, personal matters, preferred pencils for epigraphy work (the Koh-i-noor brand). The introductory note for Calverley emphasises her achievements at Abydos.
Dalglish, Edward R. - correspondence
Part of Jaroslav Černý Collection
1 letter from Dalglish.
Dalglish, a Biblical scholar, was interested in the text of Instructions of Amenemope.
Davies, Nina de Garis - correspondence
Part of Jaroslav Černý Collection
8 letters from N. de Garis Davies, 1 carbon copy of a letter from Černý to N. de Garis Davies.
Publications, professional and personal matters.
Demarée, Robert J. - correspondence
Part of Jaroslav Černý Collection
2 letters from Demarée, with enclosures.
Reading of hieratic documents from Deir el-Medîna, particularly ostraca.
Drioton, Étienne - correspondence
Part of Jaroslav Černý Collection
5 letters from Drioton, Černý's draft for his obituary for Drioton.
Professional and personal matters, the situation in Egypt after the Second World War (WWII). A draft of Černý's obituary for Drioton.
Part of Jaroslav Černý Collection
43 letters from Edel, 7 carbon copies of letters from Černý to Edel.
-philology
-publications
-CEDAE expeditions
-etymologies, including Coptic
-the Nubian campaign - texts from Amara and Abu Simbel
-Aswan fieldwork of Edel, hieratic texts on vessels from Aswan
-book exchange
-communication between European and Egyptian Egyptologists
Edwards, Iorwerth Eiddon Stephen - correspondence
Part of Jaroslav Černý Collection
55 letters from Edwards to Černý.
11 letters to Marie Černý from Edwards, 2 draft letters from M. Černý to Edwards.
Professional as well as personal matters. Philology, publication of Abusir papyri, objects from the British Museum collections, Nubian campaigns; academic examinations and positions, including Černý's transfer from London to Oxford; family matters.
Particular issues include:
-purchases of publications in Cairo
-following Černý's death, Edwards corresponded with Marie Černý concerning the transfer of Černý's library to Prague
-T. G. H. James to be recommended as The Lady Wallis Budge Fellow
-the Palmer Holland squeezes material
-papyri at Kingston Lacy
-Coptic etymologies
-Edwards' candidature for the British Academy, supported by Černý
-stela of Rudjahau, in London, British Museum, EA 159, TopBib v.95-6
Part of Jaroslav Černý Collection
1 letter from Ellul, 1 carbon copy of a letter from Černý to Ellul.
Book purchase and exchange.
Fairman, Herbert Walter - correspondence
Part of Jaroslav Černý Collection
66 letters from Fairman, 16 carbon copies of letters from Černý to Fairman.
Pprofessional and personal matters, book purchases and exchange, books being lent, often to Fairman or Liverpool library.
Particular topics: - Černý asked to obtain books on some of his international travels, e.g. books from the IFAO during his Egypt sojourns.
-Objects in Manchester Museum,1759 and 4588
-Nubian sites, Amara (West) (TopBib vii.159?, 1961), Abu Simbel
-Exchange of opinions on papers by E. Edel, B. Grdseloff and others
-Černý invited to be an external examiner for Liverpool, exchange of evaluations of individual students, notably K. Kitchen. J. Ruffle, M. A. M. Asfour.
-Administration of the Egypt Exploration Society (EES)
-Nubian campaign and UNESCO
-Coptic etymology, reading of Ptolemaic texts
-Personal and family matters
Garnot, Jean Sainte Fare - correspondence
Part of Jaroslav Černý Collection
37 letters from Sainte-Fare Garnot, 3 carbon copies and 1 draft of letters from Černý to Sainte-Fare Garnot.
Professional as well as personal matters:
-Coptic etymologies, including publication, Černý, J., 'Some Coptic etymologies III', in Bulletin de l'Institut Français d'Archéologie Orientale 57 (1958), 203-13 (OEB 6080).
-ostraca
-reading of texts
-Deir el-Medîna
-impact of the Suez crisis and the aftermath, 1956-7
-personal meetings, visits, family news
Gillings, R. J. - correspondence
Part of Jaroslav Černý Collection
1 letter from Gillings.
Ancient Egyptian mathematics; R. J. Gillings published extensively on this topic.
Giveon, Raphael - correspondence
Part of Jaroslav Černý Collection
2 letters from Giveon.
Sinai material, particularly the site of Serabît el-Khâdîm.
Grapow, Hermann - correspondence
Part of Jaroslav Černý Collection
3 letters from Grapow, 4 carbon copies of letters from Černý to Grapow.
Exchange of research information, book exchange; Grapow refers to wartime conditions. Černý promoting networking and sustained contact among Egyptologists.
Gray, Dorothea H. - correspondence
Part of Jaroslav Černý Collection
3 letters from Gray.
The story of Wenamun and Egyptian naval terminology.
Grdseloff, Bernhard - correspondence
Part of Jaroslav Černý Collection
14 letters from Grdseloff, 4 carbon copies of letters from Černý to Grdseloff.
2 letters from Misha Grdseloff (brother of B. Grdseloff).
1 letter from Leonard Grdseloff (brother of B. Grdseloff).
Professional as well as personal matters.
-Grdseloff's work plans
-personal news of other Egyptologists (H. W. Fairman, J. Leibovitch and H. J. Polotsky)
-exchange of off-prints and other publications
-most significant topic is Deir el-Medina fieldwork and finds of ostraca, including the Cairo love songs (O. DeM 1266 + CGC 25218), published by G. Posener, see Posener, G. Catalogue des ostraca hiératiques littéraires de Deir el Médineh II: Nos 1227-1266 (1972) (OEB 15763), and later Fox, M. V. 'The Cairo love songs', in Journal of the American Oriental Society 100 [2] (1980), 101-9, (OEB 22733)
-another significant topic is Grdseloff's illness (stomach cancer), Černý sent his own rations of Hovis bread to Egypt to Grdseloff as it was one of the few foods Grdseloff could still digest
Gunn, Battiscombe G. - correspondence
Part of Jaroslav Černý Collection
68 letters from Gunn, 1 carbon copy of a letter from Černý to Gunn.
Regular exchange of professional information, including:
-Černý's publications, and publications exchange
-purchase of books from Alec Dakin
-A Festschrift for A. Gardiner - negotiating with authors, application to potential sponsors (considered Chester Beatty, John D. Rockefeller, IFAO, etc.), major sponsors declined so the idea was transformed into a dedicated volume of the Journal of Egyptian Archaeology
-reading of Egyptian literary texts, including Černý coming to attend seminars at Oxford
-mutual consultations
-advising each other's students - P. Massart, E. Jelínková(-Reymond), Z. Žába
Hamilton, Robert William - correspondence
Part of Jaroslav Černý Collection
1 letter from Hamilton to Marie Černý.
Egyptian artefacts - papyri and ostraca - that were given to the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford.
Hauman, Eugénie - correspondence
Part of Jaroslav Černý Collection
1 letter from Hauman.
Reimbursement for Černý from the administration of the Institut des Hautes Études de Belgique.
Helck, Hans Wolfgang - correspondence
Part of Jaroslav Černý Collection
1 letter from Helck, 1 carbon copy of a letter from Černý to Helck.
Correspondence represents the smaller part of a larger exchange (existing letters contain references to other letters) concerning Helck's publication: Helck, W. Zur Verwaltung des Mittleren und Neuen Reichs (1958) (OEB 6234). Following this publication, Černý decided not to publish his planned paper on Viziers (see Černý MSS 5.7-8), which Helck regretted.
Hintze, Friedrich - correspondence
Part of Jaroslav Černý Collection
3 letters from Hintze.
History of ancient Egyptian language, etymologies; book and off-prints exchange. Černý obtained H. J. Polotsky's books for Hintze.
Hornblower, G. D. - correspondence
Part of Jaroslav Černý Collection
7 letters from Hornblower, 2 carbon copies of letters from Černý to Hornblower.
Egyptian mythology studies, especially Osiris; publications exchange.
James, Frances W. - correspondence
Part of Jaroslav Černý Collection
1 letter from F. W. James, 1 carbon copy of a letter from Černý to F. W. James.
Planned publication of F. W. James on the site of Beth Shan (Beisan, TopBib vii.376).
James, Thomas Henry Garnet (Harry) - correspondence
Part of Jaroslav Černý Collection
30 letters from T. G. H. James, 3 carbon copies of letters from Černý to T. G. H. James.
4 letters from T. G. H. James to Marie Černý.
Correspondence concerned with their respective research topics:
-proofs and index of the volumes, Gardiner, A. H., Peet, T. E. and Černý, J., The Inscriptions of Sinai, Part 1 (1952) (OEB 3261), and Černý, J., The Inscriptions of Sinai from Manuscripts of Alan H. Gardiner and T. Eric Peet, Part 2 (1955) (OEB 4432)
-T. G. H. James as Editor of the Journal of Egyptian Archaeology, Černý as author and reviewer
-Černý mediating photography from the British Museum for researchers elsewhere
-reading of hieratic texts, including dockets from KV 62, Tutankhamun
T. G. H. James letters to Marie Černý concerned with the preparation and off-prints for the Černý obituaries.
Kahle, Paul E. Sr. - correspondence
Part of Jaroslav Černý Collection
1 letter from Kahle P. E. (Kahle senior) to Černý, 1 carbon copy of a letter from Černý to Kahle (senior).
Coptic manuscripts, Černý recommends contacting Plumley.
Kahle, Paul Jr. - correspondence
Part of Jaroslav Černý Collection
1 letter from Paul Kahle (junior).
Coptic.