Identity area
Reference code
COIP
Title
Date(s)
- 1924-1957 (Creation)
Level of description
Collection
Extent and medium
4 boxes
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
Archival history
Property of Chicago, Oriental Institute.
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Dr Moss' request for these photographs was part of the photographic exchange scheme between Oxford, Ashmolean Museum, and Chicago, Oriental Institute, 1950-1957.
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Black and white photographs of TT55, Qurna (Temple of Sethos I), Deir el-Shelwît (Temple of Isis), and Luxor Temple. Photographs taken by the University of Chicago, Oriental Institute Epigraphic Survey, Luxor, Egypt. See https://oi.uchicago.edu/research/projects/epigraphic-survey.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Kept as received.
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Property of the Griffith Institute. No restrictions. Consultation only.
Conditions governing reproduction
Copyright Chicago, Oriental Institute.
Language of material
Script of material
Language and script notes
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
No problems.
Finding aids
Handwritten catalogue and notebook compiled by Dr R. L. B. Moss.
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
Luxor, Chicago House and Chicago, Oriental Institute.
Existence and location of copies
Not known.
Related units of description
Publication note
-Some used in Chicago, Oriental Institute publications.