Material collected for an article on the game Mehen. Includes translation of parts of Cairo Papyrus published in: Daressy, G., 'Notes et remarques', in Recueil de travaux 16 (1894), 128.
42 letters from Žába. Professional and personal matters:
Žába's studies in Prague and his dissertation on Ptahhotep (later published as, Žába, Z., Les maximes de Ptaḥḥotep (1956) (OEB 5487)) -Žába's plans to visit Oxford and study with B. Gunn -book exchange and purchases -the situation of the Egyptological seminar in Prague -Egyptian collections in Czechoslovakia -post-war Britain and Czechoslovakia -personal matters -the move of Černý's library to London
Lion with tongue out from the third scene of the lower register, in the Great Hall of the Great Temple of Ramesses II at Abu Simbel (TopBib vii.103.(39)-(40)):
pencil sketch on paper
loose
41.9 x 26.8 cm
[on sketch] '.ABOO SIMBEL.' (pencil note)
[on sketch] 'lyon de Sesostrifs' (pencil note)
[on sketch] encircled '9' (pencil note, almost certainly by Dr Moss)
[on verso] encircled '4' (pencil note, almost certainly by Dr Moss)
[on verso] 'Abu Symbel etc' (pencil note, almost certainly by Dr Moss)