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George A. Hoskins Drawing - Soleb

View of the temple of Amun and Amenhotep III at Soleb:

  • pencil drawing
  • mounted
  • [on recto, bottom edge] 'Solib Temple of Amenoph Solib'. (pencil note)
  • [on mount, bottom edge] 'Temple of Solib Ethiopia'. (ink note)
  • 33.2 by 22.2 cm

George A. Hoskins Drawing - Philae

View of the temple of Isis at Philae, including the north enclosure wall of the Temple of Arsenuphis with First Court area and the first pylon of the Isis temple in the background:

  • pencil drawing
  • mounted
  • [on mount, bottom edge] 'Temple in the Island of Philae'. (ink note)
  • 46.8 by 31.3 cm

George A. Hoskins Watercolour - Thebes. West Bank. Medinet Habu

Relief scene (register 1, scene 2) from the second court area of the temple at Medinet Habu. The scene shows the king Ramesses III (in following part of register, Hoskins MSS 3.49) censing and libating to statue of Min during the Min festival, followed by rows of male figures including fan-bearers:

  • watercolour
  • mounted
  • [on recto, bottom left corner] 'No. 2'. (ink note)
  • [on mount, bottom edge] 'Grand procession Medenet Abou Thebes'. (ink note)
  • 47.2 by 30.4 cm

George A. Hoskins Drawing - Thebes. West Bank. Tomb TT 50

Relief scene from the passageway of the early 18th Dynasty tomb of Neferhotep (TT50) at the west bank of Thebes. This scene shows the seated tomb-owner and his wife on the left, with a smaller figure of their daughter beside them, with a table of offerings placed before them on the right side:

  • pencil drawing
  • hieroglyphs in ink
  • mounted
  • [on recto, top left corner] 'plate 7'. (ink note)
  • 34.0 by 24.0 cm

George A. Hoskins Watercolour - Thebes. West Bank. Tomb TT 50

Relief scene from the early 18th Dynasty tomb of Neferhotep (TT50) at the west bank of Thebes. This scene comes from register I, and shows the son of the tomb-owner making offerings to his seated parents and rows of seated relatives, who are shown embracing each other and wearing funerary cones:

  • watercolour
  • mounted
  • [on recto, top left corner] 'plate 5'. (ink note)
  • 33.9 by 22.1 cm

George A. Hoskins Watercolour - Study of a Man

A seated young man with his arms crossed over his chest:

  • watercolour
  • mounted
  • [on recto, bottom left corner] 'P 2'. (ink note)
  • [on recto, bottom edge] '[...] Sheakh [...] Son of a Sheakh'. (pencil note)
  • [on mount, bottom edge] 'Son of the Sheakh of the Bishary tribe'. (ink note)
  • 18.9 by 23.6 cm

George A. Hoskins Drawing - Luxor

Drawing of a row of baboons found detailed across the base of the east obelisk at Luxor temple. In between the baboons are details of the king's cartouche, and along the edge of the base is a row of hieroglyphs containing the royal titulary:

  • pencil drawing
  • mounted
  • [on recto, left side] Several notes of measurements (pencil notes)
  • [on recto, right side] Technical details (pencil notes)
  • 34.2 by 24.2 cm

George A. Hoskins Drawing and Watercolour - Philae

Figures from the forecourt area of the birthhouse and the exterior of the sanctuary at Philae. On the left is an image of the goddess Isis suckling the king from the birthhouse, and on the right is a harpist figure outlined in pencil from the sanctuary:

  • watercolour / pencil drawing
  • mounted
  • [on recto, left side] 'Sanctuary - Philae'. (ink note)
  • 24.2 by 30.0 cm

George A. Hoskins Drawing - Stelae

Drawing of two stelae. On the left side is the early 18th Dynasty stela of a man named Anen, likely from Thebes, showing Anen offering flowers to the seated god Amun-Re. On the right side the stela is from the 17th Dynasty of prince Ahmose, of unknown provenance, showing Ahmose seated with his pet dog in receipt of offerings. Along the bottom edge of the paper is another separate sketch of a bracelet consisting of various scarabs with inscribed bases:

  • pencil drawing
  • mounted
  • [on recto, below left side stela] 'Tablet in stone I gave to Mr Cohen'. (pencil note)
  • [on recto, right side] 'Belonging to Mr I Cohen Esq'.
  • 34.0 by 23.8 cm

Oliver Robert Gurney Collection

  • Gurney MSS
  • Collection
  • 1940s-1990s

Correspondence and notes relating to the geography of the Hittite Empire, Babylonian music, decipherment, and various other topics.

Gurney, Oliver Robert

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