Hand-drawn plan of a temple, probably Abahuda (see TopBib vii.119-120), mapped locations of graffiti (ancient Egyptian and Old Nubian) on recto, with further notes on verso.

1 page, handwritten on both sides:
-Brief notes on Spiegelberg graffiti 64 and 774
-Hieroglyphic transcriptions and doodles

1 tracing, with handwritten annotation, of a demotic graffito from the Inner Hall (South wall, left side), in the Temple of Sethos I at Redisseya. See TopBib vii.324 (22).

Tracing of a hieratic graffito from the façade (left side, 2nd, 3rd and 4th courses) of the Temple of Seti I at Redisseya. See TopBib vii.321(2).

1 card with two hieroglyphic transcriptions. Possibly graffiti from TT 106 and TT 178.

1 handwritten hieroglyphic transcription of line 4 of graffito 1944, and the complete graffito 1946.

1 photograph, positive print, annotated on the back.
Photograph of a hieratic graffito of year 50 (probably of Ramesses II) of the scribe Ptahemwia and father Yupa, concerning their visit to Pyramid of Sahure and paying homage to the goddess Sekhmet. Graffito from room II (Second Portico) in the mastaba-tomb of Ptahshepses, Middle of Dyn. V, at Abusir. See TopBib iii2.342(8) and (9).

Photograph of an ink graffito on a fallen pillar. Photograph annotated on verso "1836. 11.9.38". No provenance indicated.

1 typewritten and handwritten page.
Text of a Ramesside graffito from the temple of Hatshepsut ("scratched on door jamb of North Postern"), based on a copy by W. C. Hayes, transcribed by A. H. Gardiner and annotated by J. Černý and R. Moss.

1 inked tracing, 7 lines of a hieratic graffito from KV 9, tomb of Ramesses VI, Thebes, visited by scribes in year 9 of Ramesses IX. Scribe Amenhotep and his entourage, visiting the tomb (see TopBib i2.517).
Reference to a previous record made by Champollion, J. F., Notices descriptives ii (1889), 635 (OEB 136960).

1 inked tracing of 3 lines of a hieratic graffito, from the house of Amennakht (C.IV), Dyn. XX, at Deir el-Medina (see TopBib i2.702).
Tracing made by Michel Malinine.

Annotated off-print:
Murray, M. A., 'Notes on some genealogies of the Middle Kingdom', in Ancient Egypt (1927), 45-51 (OEB 145972).

Notebook containing handwritten notes on sites and monuments, and typewritten documents describing three sites
46 pages (26 notebook pages + 20 loose pages)

• Notebook, Uphill's headings
  • Heliopolis
  • Stela of year VIII Ramesses II
  • Obelisks
  • Temple model of Seti I
  • Mnevis bull cemetery
  • Old Kingdom tombs of high priests
  • Gebel Ahmar
  • Horemheb
  • Ramesses II
  • Peripheral site material
  • Iusaus
  • Arab el Hisn, royal and private monuments
  • Alexandria
  • Foundation of Iunu (Heliopolis)
  • Notes from Strabo Geographie
  • List of high priests
  • Tanis material
  • Tomb of Ramesses VI
  • Solar temples
• 12 typewritten pages with annotations, Uphill's headings
  • Tell el Amarna
  • general description, typewritten with annotations, dated 22-12- 1993
  • Some points about the Ezbet Helmi painting location
  • dated 20-07-1992
  • Beth Shan
  • typewritten notes made at a lecture given by Ami Mazor on 18-04-1996, and Robert M. Porter's notes on the Beth-Shan Heights with photocopied plans from a publication
• Related material, moved here from a miscellaneous group of Uphill's unsorted loose notes, 2 handwritten pages, brief notes, Uphill's headings
  • Saqqara. Pyramid enclosure
  • Ramesside tombs
  • Aksha cemetery
  • Toshka West
  • Mirgissa
  • Lisht
  • Behbeit el-Hagar
  • Sais
  • Nubian culture past and present
  • Djerukha [great lake of Amenhotep III]
  • Dorginarti
  • Mendes
  • Ramesseum
  • Nakhtnebef [Nectanebo I; Nektanebos I]
    • History
    • Additional site material
    • Tanis
    • Mendes
    • Hermopolis
    • Saqqara
    • Memphis
    • Karnak
    • Luxor
    • El Kab

Buildings - tombs
31 pages (16 single-sided + 15 double-sided), handwritten
Lists of royal and private tombs, mostly Old Kingdom and some Twelfth Dynasty, with area size calculations
Notes on the tombs of viziers located at several sites
Some additional related material has been moved here from a miscellaneous group of Uphill's unsorted records. Includes notes on Early Dynastic tombs at Abydos, including calculations and some plans, and genealogical lists for some early Dynastic royal families
Some notes are written on the verso of two letters:

• (?) Fulstone, Merton Park, London, 03/08/1974, regarding the will of Sarah Belzoni
• John Kirby, Crawley, not dated, reply to Uphill's invitation to a party

Notes on funerary complexes, temples, palaces, and forts are copied mainly from other publications. Perhaps preliminary notes for a project(s) or publication(s) with some brief descriptions, measurements and plans
68 pages (31 single-sided + 37 double-sided), handwritten and typewritten with annotations
Sites and monuments mentioned, including some of Uphill's headings:

• Step Pyramid Enclosure
• Qantir
• Tell Basta
• Malkata
• Memphis, Merneptah palace
• Palaces, areas
• Towns in Egypt and other places, notes from Herodotus and Diodorus
• Amarna
• Areas [of] West Bank funerary temples
• Per Ramesses
• Palaces
• Wadi Natrun fort
• New pyramid revealed at Giza
• Comparative sizes of Twelfth Dynasty pyramid complexes
• Babylon, circuit walls
• Copy of a student's(?) typewritten paper: Ann McRae, Morley College, "Mathematical correlation between two specific dimensions of the First Dynasty tombs at Saqqara and Abydos"

Notes on the comparative sizes of buildings in Egypt and Jerusalem.
20 pages (18 single-sided + 2 double-sided), typewritten with annotations, preliminary notes for a project or publication, comprising of brief descriptions, measurements and plans, also includes notes made from other publications
Uphill's headings:

• Comparative sizes of temples and platforms
• House of pharaoh's daughter [Solomon's wife]
• Onias temple
• Measures used in ancient tombs at Jerusalem
• Common factors shared by the Jerusalem temples
• Plans, hand-drawn

Notes mainly on some of the building and irrigation construction projects of Amenhotep III [Amenophis III] and Horemhab's [Haremhab; Horemhab]
15 pages (8 single-sided + 7 double-sided), typewritten and handwritten, preliminary notes for a project or publication, with brief descriptions, measurements and plans, also includes notes made from other publications
Uphill's headings:

• 8 pages (7 single-sided + 1 double-sided), typewritten with plans
  • "Amenhotep III's Paradise Garden"
    • Reconstruction schemes
    • Queen Tiy's [Queen Tuy] lake
  • Possible enlargement of Birket Habu and east bank basin
  • Ritual significance of voyages in the wooden barque of Amun
  • Stone structure in lake area
  • Three plans for lake
• 7 pages (1 single-sided + 6 double-sided), handwritten, including notes on
  • Birket Habu Reconstructions
  • Heliopolis enclosure
  • Horemheb site material

A group of miscellaneous notes on temples and tombs, mostly ancient Egyptian but also Solomon's temple, Jerusalem
46 pages (41 single-sided + 5 double-sided)
Preliminary notes for a project or publication, publication plan, with brief descriptions, measurements and plans
First group, 25 pages (20 single-sided + 5 double-sided)
Uphill's headings:

• "Further remarks on the Aten temples"
  • Sanctuary
  • Constructed & plan alterations
• Meket Re model portico
  • Cattle census yard
  • Cattle stable
  • Butcher shop
  • Granary
  • Brewery and bakery
  • Weaving shop
  • Carpenter's shop
• Heliopolis
• Hermopolis
• Hierakonpolis
• Abydos royal tombs, list with plans
• Jerusalem, Solomon's temple

Second group, related material moved here from a miscellaneous group of Uphill's unsorted loose notes
21 single-sided pages

• Notes on Heliopolis, typewritten, annotated
  • Temple of Ramesses II
  • Temple of Ramesses IV
  • Chapel of prince Nebmaatre [Nebmaetre] (son of Ramesses IX)
  • Habitable area at Heliopolis
  • Fort complex of Ramesses III
  • Photocopied maps and plans of Heliopolis, made from publications

Correspondence and documentation exchanged between Robert M. Porter and Uphill in 2002 and 2007.
25 pages (16 single-sided + 9 double-sided)
The first exchange in 2002 concerns the construction of Fourth Dynasty pyramids and Porter's article, which was written in response to another article published on the same subject.

• Dorka, Uwe E. 2002. "Lifting of stones in 4th Dynasty pyramid building". Göttinger Miszellen 189, 11-22 (OEB 49710)
• Porter, Robert M. 2003. "Pyramid building: a response to Dorka and others". Göttinger Miszellen 194, 105-107 (OEB 180943)
  The second group consists of a letter from Porter in 2007 relating to ramps used for the construction of Neferirkare's pyramid, along with a copy of Porter's paper "An easy way to build a pyramid," a conference paper presented at Current Research in Egyptology VIII, Swansea, 2007
• Also see Porter, Robert M. 1994. "An easy way to build a pyramid". Göttinger Miszellen 139, 93-94 (OEB 38447)

Three documents, perhaps part of, or related to, the project "Greatest Builders in History", which has a similar scope, see Uphill MSS 5.1.1 to 3, and perhaps some intended for conference papers or lectures
27 pages (26 single-sided + 1 double-sided)

Earlier Road Systems
6 pages, single-sided typewritten with annotations
Uphill's headings:

1. Earlier Road Systems
   1. Egyptian pharaonic
      • Pharaonic or pre-Roman road systems
      • A possible Ramesside post or road station
      • Ramesses III's "Green Policy"
   2. Persian - Darius I road system
   3. India - Mauryan Dynasty Asoka c.273-232 BC
   4. China
      • a. Qin Dynasty Qin Shin Huang Di 246-209 BC
      • b. Han Dynasty earlier period 208 BC-AD 220
      • c. The Mongol system in China under Kublai Khan 1260-1294 AD

Late Imperial Residences under the Tetrarchy
8 single-sided pages, typewritten with annotations
Uphill's headings:

• Summary of pre-Diocletianic defences erected Augustus - Probus
• Circuses
• Trajan Red Sea canal
• Papyrus manufacture
• Diocletian's buildings
• Roads
• Posting stations
• Related bibliographic references

Additional group of bibliographic notes
13 pages (12 single-sided + 1 double-sided), typewritten with annotations and some handwritten notes
Uphill's headings:

• Roman roads and post stations
• Blemmyes and Nobatae
• Reconquest of Britain
• Roads and post stations
• Egyptian irrigation and canals
• Year dating by Diocletianic accession date

Working notes, almost certainly collected for the project "Greatest Builders in History", see also Uphill MSS 5.1.1 and 5.1.2
48 pages (14 single-sided + 34 double-sided)
Working notes, all handwritten

• The notes have been arranged into the following sections:
  • Pyramids
  • Nubian pyramids and other monuments
  • Fortresses and fortress town
  • Temples
  • Cities
  • Walls
  • Tombs
  • Circuses
  • Irrigation

"Greatest Builders in History"
72 pages (8 single-sided + 64 double-sided)
Two handwritten drafts, probably intended for a publication

• First draft, preliminary text and notes. For the second draft, see below
  • 47 pages (6 single-sided + 41 double-sided)
  • These are working notes which have an informal and sometimes irregular arrangement
  • There are sections for different types of buildings, then sub-sections for each civilisation, usually beginning with ancient Egypt. Sub-sections are arranged chronologically. Monuments are listed at the beginning of a section, along with area measurements, then by building type
  • Uphill's sections and headings include the following:
    • Pyramids
    • Fortresses and forts
    • Temples
    • Palaces
    • Volumes comparison continued. Mainly earth constructions
    • City and town walls
    • City sizes
    • Great walls in history
    • Funerary complex figures
    • Royal tombs and burials in 'palace city' mounds
    • Conspectus [of] great earthworks, mounds etc.
• Second draft, probably for a publication, this only a partial text and does not represent all of the sections in the first draft. For the first draft, see above
  • 25 pages (2 single-sided + 23 double-sided)
  • There are sections for different types of buildings, then sub-sections for each civilisation, usually beginning with ancient Egypt. Sub-sections are arranged chronologically. Monuments are listed at the beginning of a section, along with area measurements, then by building type
  • Uphill's sections and headings include the following:
    • [Pyramids]
    • Tomb mounds for royal burials: sizes
    • By period: world's greatest builders and constructors
    • Greatest tombs and funerary monuments
    • Tomb mounds and earth funerary constructions
    • Earthworks & mounds
    • Comparative early wall sizes
    • Ramesses III conspectus of known constructions
    • World's greatest builders and constructors: all-time greats - by period
    • Great walls and defences

Notebook containing manuscript notes for a project on a world history of buildings and irrigation, probably for a publication.
The sections include the following, and Uphill's headings are used when appropriate:

• World history of irrigation, arranged chronologically, pp. 1-97
  • Egyptian constructions and buildings (Narmar (Menes) irrigation system; Twelfth Dynasty additional and enlarged systems; Palace or residence cities' royal estate parks - New Kingdom; Palaces; Ka-en-Kemet. Estate wall; Great temple enclosures; Maritine canal Wadi Tumilat; Lake Moeris area
  • Also: Sumer; Babylonia; Assyria; Syria; Hittites Anatolia; Elam; Persia; Crete; Greece; Israel; India; China; Britain; Sicily; Roman Empire; Spain; Morocco; Turkey; Burma (Myanmar); Thailand; Cambodia; Mongolia; Mexico; Peru; France; Germany; Austria; Portugal; Italy; Sweden; Russia; Tibet; Vietnam and Japan
• List of world temples with area sizes, arranged chronologically, pp. 98-150
  • Temples: ancient (Egypt; Israel); Greek period temples (Syria; Lebanon); Roman Empire; Medieval temples (India; Sri Lanka; Burma (Myanmar); Thailand; Cambodia; Indonasia; China; Iraq; conspectus of Justinian I works)
• Tombs and funerary constructions, arranged chronologically, pp. 151-190
  • Egypt; Persia; China; Roman Empire; Israel; Japan; India; Turkey

Uphill, E. P. 2003. Review: Lilyquist, Christine 2003. The tomb of three foreign wives of Tuthmosis III. New Haven, CT; London: Yale University Press. In Palestine Exploration Quarterly 137 [1]: 80-82.
4 pages, single-sided.

• 2 annotated typewritten drafts.

Uphill, E. P. Review: Kerisel, Jean 2001. The Nile and its masters: past, present, future. Source of hope and anger. Translated by Philip Cockle. Rotterdam; Brookfield, VT: A. A. Balkema (OEB 46099).
9 pages, single-sided.

• Annotated typewritten draft.
• It has not been established where the review was published.

Uphill, E. P. 1994. Review: Redford, Donald B. 1992. Egypt, Canaan, and Israel in Ancient Times. In Palestine Exploration Quarterly 126 [2]: 171-172
2 pages, single-sided.

• Annotated typewritten draft.

Uphill, E. P. 1994. Review: Maisels, Charles Keith 1993. The Near East: archaeology in the cradle of civilization. In Palestine Exploration Quarterly 126 [2]: 167-169.
2 pages, single-sided.

• Annotated typewritten draft.

Uphill, E. P. 1994. Review: Arnold, Dieter 1991. Building in Egypt: pharaonic stone masonry. New York; Oxford: Oxford University Press.
9 pages (8 single-sided + 1 double-sided).

• 2 typewritten drafts and 1 off-print.

Uphill', E. P. Review: Valbelle, Dominique 1990. *Les neuf arcs: l'égyptien et les étrangers de la préhistoire à la conquête d'Alexandre'. Paris: Armand Colin (OEB 33029)
9 pages

• Annotated typewritten draft.
• It has not been established where the review was published.