File Faulkner MSS 1 - Raymond Oliver Faulkner Collection

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Faulkner MSS 1

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Raymond Oliver Faulkner Collection

Date(s)

  • 1950s-1963 (Creation)

Level of description

File

Extent and medium

1 envelope

Context area

Name of creator

Archival history

Formerly in the possession of Mr G. L. Norsworthy. Norsworthy rented his property ‘Woodbridge’ to Faulkner, and the two men subsequently became friends. Mr Norsworthy gathered this documentation, which was left inside the property after Faulkner had vacated.

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

Donated by Mr Norsworthy’s step-granddaughter, Philippa J. De Palo, Brisbane, Australia, in June 2023.

Content and structure area

Scope and content

  • Faulkner's translation (not published) of the stela of King Kamose [Kamosi], with an account of a victory over the Hyksos, found in the foundations of the Second Pylon, Karnak, and two additional blocks (found separately), found in the vicinity of the Third Pylon, now in the Egyptian Museum, Cairo [TopBib ii2.37, 73]. 6 manuscript pages with later annotations (changes and corrections).

System of arrangement

Kept as received.

Conditions of access and use area

Conditions governing access

Property of the Griffith Institute. No restrictions.

Conditions governing reproduction

Copyright Griffith Institute, Oxford.

Language of material

  • Ancient Egyptian
  • angličtina

Physical characteristics and technical requirements

  • Paper is brittle. Requires careful handling.

Finding aids

None.

Allied materials area

Existence and location of originals

These are the originals.

Existence and location of copies

None or not known.

Related units of description

  • Černý MSS 4.15 (transcription of stela of Kamose [Kamosi])