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Jaroslav Černý Collection
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Graffito from the tomb of Ptahshepses at Abusir

1 photograph, positive print, annotated on the back.
Photograph of a hieratic graffito of year 50 (probably of Ramesses II) of the scribe Ptahemwia and father Yupa, concerning their visit to Pyramid of Sahure and paying homage to the goddess Sekhmet. Graffito from room II (Second Portico) in the mastaba-tomb of Ptahshepses, Middle of Dyn. V, at Abusir. See TopBib iii2.342(8) and (9).

Varille, Alexandre - correspondence

1 carbon copy of a letter from Černý to Varille.
1 thank you note from Černý to Varille for Loret's obituary and for arranging a posthumous publication of Loret's book, see Loret, V., La résine de Térébinthe (SONTER) chez les anciens Égyptiens (1949) (OEB 2073).

Werblowsky, Raphael Judah Zwi - correspondence

1 letter from Werblowsky, 1 carbon copy of a letter from Černý to Werblowsky, 1 carbon copy of a letter from Fiona Strachan (Griffith Institute secretary) to Werblowsky, sent in Černý's absence.
Professional references for S. I. Groll. Černý providing a strong recommendation.

Williams, A. A. - correspondence

1 carbon copy of a letter from Williams to J. R. Harris, sent to Černý for reference.
A. A. Williams, Bursar of Queen's College, informing J. R. Harris, who had been recommended by Černý for a UNESCO project in Nubia, that the College supported Harris' participation in the project.

Williams, Evelyn M. - correspondence

2 letters from E. M. Williams, 1 carbon copy of a letter from Černý to E. M. Williams.
Ostraca and other objects from collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, in particular objects from the Theodore M. Davis excavations in the Valley of the Kings.

Yoyotte, Jean - correspondence

18 letters from Yoyotte.
Professional and personal matters:

  • exchange of offprints and publications
  • QV 53 publication by Yoyotte, see Yoyotte, J., 'The Tomb of a Prince Ramesses in the Valley of the Queens (No. 53)', in Journal of Egyptian Archaeology 44 (1958), 26-30 (OEB 6811)
  • Yoyotte's visits to the UK
  • situation of IFAO after the Suez crisis
  • personal matters

Jaroslav Černý Collection

  • Černý MSS
  • Collection
  • 1918-1988

Notebooks, notes, card indexes, copies of inscriptions, a corpus of transcribed hieratic ostraca and papyri, photographs, correspondence, and personal items.

  • Series 1 to 4, 6, 7 contain photographs, copies, transcriptions and translations of Egyptian texts, and photographs of objects and sites.
  • Series 5 contains articles and lectures, some unpublished.
  • Series 5 and 10 contain notes on Egyptian history.
  • Series 8, 14, 22, 24, 26 contain notes and indexes on lexicography and grammar and card indexes for a late Egyptian and general hieroglyphic dictionary.
  • Series 17 contains notebooks with transcriptions of texts from ostraca, graffiti, papyri and other monuments. There is a card index of ostraca with references to notebooks in series 28.
  • Series 18 and 23 contain Coptic notes and a card index for Coptic grammar.
  • Series 25 contains data on Egyptian personal names.
  • Series 33 is an etymological card index.

Černý, Jaroslav

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