Identity area
Reference code
Černý MSS 3
Title
Date(s)
- 1918-1970 (Creation)
Level of description
Series
Extent and medium
3 boxes
Context area
Name of creator
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
245 groups of documentation for papyri with hieratic inscriptions, and a small number of papyri with demotic inscriptions.
Most of the documents are photographs. The rest of the material consists of transcriptions, translations, colour transparencies, facsimiles, photostats, annotated off-prints, various notes, and a card index for Deir el-Medina papyri.
-Museums, Černý MSS 3.1-283, 3.300-777
-Private collections, Černý MSS 3.778-780, 782-792
-Location not known, Černý MSS 3.792A
-Miscellaneous groups and unidentified locations, Černý MSS 3.794-812
Subsections within series:
-Oracular amuletic decrees, Černý MSS 3.826-875
-Abusir papyri, Černý MSS 876-888
-Love poetry, P. Chester Beatty, Černý MSS 3.781, 793.1-5
-Other love poetry texts, Černý MSS 3.793.6-793.16
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Grouped in alphabetical order of museums then private collections; within individual groups, the arrangement is according to museum and collection inventory numbers.
Transcriptions located within other series are cross-referenced in the finding aid.
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Conditions governing reproduction
Language of material
Script of material
Language and script notes
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Finding aids
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
Related units of description
Notes area
Note
-Černý MSS 3.283.1-28 is a card index giving Černý notebook (MSS 17) references for Deir el-Medina Papyri 1-27.