Identificatie
referentie code
Titel
Datum(s)
- c.1920s-1950 (Vervaardig)
Beschrijvingsniveau
Omvang en medium
25 boxes, 3 outsize boxes, 8 purpose-made slip boxes, 1 package, and 2 rolls
Context
Naam van de archiefvormer
Biografie
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 including Amarna, Haraga, and Saqqâra. Assistant Curator at the Egyptian Museum, Cairo in 1928-31. Curator of Egyptian Antiquities at the University Museum, Philadelphia, 1931-4. Professor of Egyptology, Oxford, 1934-50. Edited the Journal of Egyptian Archeology, 1934-40.
Geschiedenis van het archief
Bequeathed by Professor B. G. Gunn to the Griffith Institute.
Directe bron van verwerving of overbrenging
The estate of Professor B. G. Gunn. Various notes on Hekanakht papers presented by Mr T. G. H. James in 1985.
Inhoud en structuur
Bereik en inhoud
Notebooks, notes, articles (some unpublished), lecture notes, photographs, correspondence, squeezes, drawings, tracings, and casts.
Waardering, vernietiging en slectie
Aanvullingen
Ordeningstelsel
Mostly kept as received. Sir Alan H. Gardiner sorted the MSS before they were transferred to the Griffith Institute.
Voorwaarden voor toegang en gebruik
Voorwaarden voor raadpleging
Property of the Griffith Institute. No restrictions.
Voorwaarden voor reproductie
Copyright Griffith Institute, Oxford.
Taal van het materiaal
Engels
Frans
Duits
Schrift van het materiaal
Taal en schrift aantekeningen
Fysieke eigenschappen en technische eisen
Some tracings, squeezes, and photographs need to be handled with great care.
Toegangen
Catalogue.
Verwante materialen
Bestaan en verblifplaats van originelen
These are originals, except where indicated in Gunn catalogue.
Bestaan en verblijfplaats van kopieën
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.
Related units of description
Other archives:
- Correspondence with Alan Rowe (1892-1968) at the Penn Museum Archives, University of Pennsylvania, as part of the documentation related to the "University of Pennsylvania Museum Expedition to Meydum, Egypt" (catalogue: https://findingaids.library.upenn.edu/records/UPENN_MUSEUM_PU-MU.1013).
Notitie Publicaties
Aantekeningen
Aantekening
- The collection was partially catalogued by Elena Limongelli (2024-2025), under the supervision of Jen Turner.