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Shore, Arthur Frank (Peter) - correspondence

5 letters from Shore to Černý.
1 letter from Shore to Marie Černý, 1 draft of a letter from Marie Černý to Shore.
Studies in Coptic etymologies, and Demotic studies; finds from Deir el-Medîna.
Shore exchange with Marie Černý - off-prints of J. Černý obituaries.

Simpson, William Kelly - correspondence

8 letters from Simpson, 3 carbon copies of letters from Černý to Simpson.
2 letters exchanged between Černý and C. Cann (Queen's College) regarding Simpson's proposed stay in Oxford.
Simpson negotiating a PhD position at Oxford, although Simpson eventually decided to do his PhD in the United States; Simpson's research into Egyptian accounts and accounting, as well as a reference to the Reisner papyri; Simpson published extensively on the latter, see
Simpson, W. K., Papyrus Reisner I: The Records of a Building Project in the Reign of Sesostris I (1963) (OEB 10466), and
Simpson, W. K., Papyrus Reisner II: Accounts of the dockyard workshop at This in the reign of Sesostris I (1965) (OEB 11529).

Smith, Harry S. - correspondence

8 letters from H. S. Smith, 1 carbon copy of a letter from Černý to H. S. Smith.
4 letters exchanged between Černý and Brian Downs (1893-1984), Master of Christ's College, regarding H. S. Smith's application for the Lady Wallis Budge Fellowship in Cambridge.
H. S. Smith's professional development and research work; some notes Smith prepared for Černý on Coptic and Coptic etymologies; book exchange. In 1964, Smith discussed with Černý the plan for the A. H. Gardiner library bequest; which was shared between the Griffith Institute, Oxford, University College, London, Cambridge University and Liverpool University.

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

Other Coptic material in the UK

Preliminary and incomplete transcriptions, brief notes, lists and correspondence on papyri and ostraca in various collections.
British Library Or. 6206, 6049 and 9035 (Wadi Sarga papyrus and vellum items).
Crum ostraca.
Petrie’s Dendera ostraca in the Petrie Museum, University College, London.
Papyrus fragments at Corpus Christi College, Cambridge.
Papyri in the Bodleian Library, Oxford.
Ostraca in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford.
Papyri in Bristol Museum and Art Gallery.
Miscellaneous notes.

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