Identity area
Reference code
Gunn MSS
Title
Date(s)
- c.1920s-1950 (Creation)
Level of description
Collection
Extent and medium
25 boxes, 3 outsize boxes, 8 purpose-made slip boxes, 1 package, and 2 rolls
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
British Egyptologist. Born, London 1883. Died, Oxford 1950. Studied hieroglyphs at University College, London, as a student of Margaret Murray. Assistant to Gardiner helping him with the lexicographical work on Onomastica. Excavated at various sites ... »
Archival history
Bequeathed by Professor B. G. Gunn to the Griffith Institute.
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
The estate of Professor B. G. Gunn. Various notes on Heqanakhte papers presented by Mr T. G. H. James in 1985.
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Notebooks, notes, articles (some unpublished), lecture notes, photographs, correspondence, squeezes, drawings, tracings, and casts.
System of arrangement
Mostly kept as received. Sir Alan Gardiner sorted the MSS before they were transferred to the Griffith Institute.
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
- English
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Some tracings, squeezes, and photographs need to be handled with great care.
Finding aids
Catalogue.
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
These are originals, except where indicated in Gunn catalogue.
Existence and location of copies
Copies of photographs and notes made from Gunn MSS., to be used in proposed publication by D. Magee and J. Malek. Kept in Topographical Bibliography room.
Publication note
- Publication details indicated in Gunn catalogue.