Identificatie
referentie code
Titel
Datum(s)
- c. 1900-1963 (Vervaardig)
Beschrijvingsniveau
Omvang en medium
89 boxes, 74 card index boxes, 26 packages, 72 books, offprints, and albums.
Context
Naam van de archiefvormer
Biografie
British Egyptologist. Born, Eltham 1879. Died, Oxford 1963. Educated at Charterhouse, then studied Classics, Hebrew and Arabic at The Queen's College, Oxford. Worked with A. Erman on the preparation of material for the Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache and was sub-editor 1906-8. Laycock Studentship, Worcester College, Oxford, 1906-12. Edited many Egyptological publications, including the Journal of Egyptian Archaeology. Published extensively in the field of Egyptology. Honorary Secretary of the Egypt Exploration Society, 1917-20, Vice President and then President, 1959-63. He was awarded many distinctions during his career. Specialized in hieratic texts on papyri and ostraca. Gardiner published the 1st edition of his Egyptian Grammar in 1927, which is still one of the essential learning aids for Middle Egyptian. Gardiner was also a member of the Tutankhamun excavation team, recording inscriptions from objects found in the tomb during the first few seasons.
Geschiedenis van het archief
Bequeathed to the Griffith Institute by Sir A.H. Gardiner.
Additional material:
- A copy of My Early Years, by Sir Alan Gardiner. Typed, photocopied and bound by John Gardiner at Ballaghaue, Isle of Man, 1986. Includes Henry John Gardiner, … A very few reminiscences by his younger son, and The Tutankhamun tomb by Margaret Gardiner. Donated by Mr David Brown in 2004 (Gardiner MSS 41.11).
- Incomplete (Preface and pp. 1-27) typescript of Sir A.H. Gardiner's My Early Years, annotated by Gardiner himself, donated by Mr and Mrs Hulin in 2004 (Gardiner MSS 41.12).
- Copy of My Early Years presented by Professor John Baines in December 2013 (Gardiner MSS 41.13).
- A fourth copy of My Early Years (Gardiner MSS 41.14) accessed with a copy of My Working Years, by Sir Alan Gardiner (Gardiner MSS 41.15).
- A.H. Gardiner's copy of G. Maspero, Sur quelques inscriptions du temps d'Amenemhâit Ier au Ouady Hamamât (1891); bound together with H. Brugsch's copy of the article by V. Golenishchev, "Epigraficheskie ruzultaty poiezdki v Uadi Khammamât" (ca. 1888); interleaved pages with annotations of A.H. Gardiner; transferred from the Bodleian Art, Archaeology and Ancient World Library (formerly Sackler Library) on 14/05/2013 [Shelfmark: 383.3 Mas; Library Barcode: 302098243V; Aleph System Number: 011852561; https://solo.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/permalink/44OXF_INST/35n82s/alma990118525610107026] (Gardiner MSS 41.16).
- "The Gardiner Pamphlets": typescript with a catalogue of part of Gardiner's personal collection of pamphlets (offprints and small format publications), now on permanent loan to the Swansea University Library; transferred from the Bodleian Art, Archaeology and Ancient World Library (formerly Sackler Library) on 17/06/2014 and accessioned on 03/05/2016 (Gardiner MSS 41.17).
- A second and third copies of My Working Years, by Sir Alan Gardiner; transferred from the Bodleian Art, Archaeology and Ancient World Library (formerly Sackler Library) on 01/10/2021 [Shelfmark: 318 Gar; Aleph System Number: 012148408] (Gardiner MSS 41.18-19).
- Invitations to A.H. Gardiner's 80th birthday party; internal transfer from GI secretary's office records in March 2010 (Gardiner MSS 39.58).
Directe bron van verwerving of overbrenging
The estate of Sir A.H. Gardiner. Additional material, as stated above in Archival history.
Inhoud en structuur
Bereik en inhoud
Notebooks, notes, card indexes of the Pyramid Texts and Late Egyptian, copies of inscriptions, corpus of transcribed hieratic ostraca and papyri, photographs, drawings, correspondence, copies of his own publications, and portraits.
Waardering, vernietiging en slectie
Aanvullingen
Ordeningstelsel
Mostly kept as received. Correspondence has been arranged in alphabetical order.
Voorwaarden voor toegang en gebruik
Voorwaarden voor raadpleging
Property of the Griffith Institute. Access to correspondence is subject to prior approval by the Keeper of the Archive. The rest of the material is open access and available for consultation at the Griffith Institute Archive.
Voorwaarden voor reproductie
Copyright Griffith Institute, University of Oxford.
Taal van het materiaal
Engels
Frans
Duits
Schrift van het materiaal
Taal en schrift aantekeningen
And other European languages.
Fysieke eigenschappen en technische eisen
No problems.
Toegangen
Catalogue.
Verwante materialen
Bestaan en verblifplaats van originelen
These are originals, except where indicated in catalogue.
Bestaan en verblijfplaats van kopieën
Not known.
Related units of description
Notitie Publicaties
- Publication details indicated in catalogue.