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Phaistos Disc:

Correspondence:

• Correspondence to/from Bowden, Edgar (24 letters / 8 March 1995 - 20 April 2000), including:
  • Bowden's revised chapters of his monograph: Bowden, Edgar, Cybele and the axe-goddess: Alliterative verse, Linear B relationships and cult ritual of the Phaistos disc, Amsterdam (1992).
  • Offprints of sections of articles and other publications - mainly figures - annotated by Bowden; among those identified are: Amiet, Pierre, La Glyptique Mésopotamienne Archaïque, Paris (1980); Campbell, Joseph, The Masks of God: Creative Mythology, London (1968); Jackson, Joseph H., Pictorial Guide to the Planets, London (1965)
  • Website offprints with comments by Bowden handwritten on top: Bowden, Edgar, "Ancient Greek alliterative verse-metrics on the Phaistos Disk: an Anatolian cult of Cybele Axe-Goddess and Poseidon Hippios", and Bowden, Edgar, "Origin and meaning of the Pictish double-disc symbol".
• Correspondence from Davis, Simon (1 letter / 20 February 1994).
• Correspondence to/from Ferguson, Herbert (3 letters / 18 January 1994 - 9 April 1994).
• Correspondence from Heath-Brown, Roger (3 letters / 30 January 1998 - 4 February 1998).
• Correspondence from Hood, Martin Sinclair Frankland (3 letters / 8 May 1980 - 7 February 1994).

Notes:

• Notes on Phaistos Disc.
• Bibliographies.
• Photocopy of Davis, Simon, The Phaistos Disk and the Eteocretan Inscriptions from Psychro and Praisos, Johannesburg (1961), p. 17-20.
• Some annotated pages from booklet The Archaeological Museum of the Châtillon Region.

Offprints/photocopies:

• Bean, G. E., Lycian Turkey: An Archaeological Guide, London (1978), p. 197.
• Best, Jan and Fred Woudhuizen (eds.), Ancient Scripts from Crete and Cyprus, Leiden (1988), p. 50-51.
• Chadwick, John, "Review: Best, Jan and Fred Woudhuizen (eds.), Ancient Scripts from Crete and Cyprus, Leiden (1988)", Antiquity 63 (238) (1989), p. 181.
• Davis, Simon, The Decipherment of the Minoan Linear A and Pictographic Scripts, Johannesburg (1967), p. 99-101.
• Davis, Simon, "The Minoan Gold Ring from Mavro Spelio: An Interpretation", Athens Annals of Archaeology 7 (1) (1974), p. 111-112.
• Davis, Simon, "The Minoan Silver Pin from Mavro Spelio: An Interpretation", Athens Annals of Archaeology 6 (3) (1973), p. 491-493.
• Davis, Simon, "The Phaistos Disk: A Hittite Spell?", JUSŪR 2 (1986), p. 103-121.
• Davis, Simon, The Phaistos Disk and the Eteocretan Inscriptions from Psychro and Praisos, Johannesburg (1961), p. ?.
• Delekat, L., "Der Diskos von Phaistos: Entwurf einer Textlesung und -deutung", Ugarit-Forschungen 11 (1979), p. 165-178.
• Duhoux, Yves, ?, p. 62-65 ("§ 16. Abréviations bibliographiques").
• Ferguson, Herbert, "An Experiment in Making an Inscribed Clay Disc Like that of Phaistos", Kadmos 17 (2) (1978), p. 170-172.
• Ferguson, Herbert, "The Phaistos Disc - Cretan or Anatolian?" (1988), article not published.
• Ferguson, Herbert, "Thoughts on Sign 24 ('Pagoda') of the Phaistos Disc" (1979), article not published.
• Plates 4-5 of the Phaistos Disc Inscription (Ferguson Format 1975).
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., "Le disque de Phaestos: essai de déchiffrement", in: Colloquium Mycenaeurn. Actes du 6e colloque international sur les textes mycéniens et égéens, tenu à Chaumont-sur-Neuchâtel, du 7 au 13 septembre 1975, Neuchâtel and Genève (1979), p. 392-393.
• Hoschek, Rudolf, "Zur Schriftrichtung beim Diskos von Phaistos", Kadmos 20 (1981), p. 85-92.
• Ipsen, Gunther, "Der Diskus von Phaistos: Ein Versuch zur Entzifferung", Indogermanische Forschungen 47 (1) (1929), p. 1-40 (only p. 18-40).
• Macalister, Robert A. S., The Philistines, Their History & Civilizations: The Schweich Lectures, London (1913).
• Matev, Georgi and Athanas Matev, "Die Entzifferung der Inschrift auf dem Diskos von Phaistos", in: Dritter Internationaler Thrakologischer Kongress zu Ehren W. Tomascheks, 2.-6. Juni 1980, Wien, Sofia (1984), vol. I, p. 260-263.
• Schachermeyr, F., Die minoische Kultur des alten Kreta, Stuttgart (1964), p. 246-247.
• ?, "The Phaistos Disc: A Fresh View for Fresh Viewers", article not published.

The Poor Man of Nippur:

Correspondence:

• Correspondence to Alster, Bendt (1 letter / 16 July 1975).
• Correspondence to/from Faragó, József (2 letters / 23 January 1971 - 17 July 1971).
• Correspondence to/from Julow, Viktor (3 letters / 5 April 1958 - 18 July 1971).
• Correspondence to/from Noegel, Scott (2 letters / 15 May 1993 - 29 May 1993).
• Correspondence from Pasley, Malcolm (1 letter / 30 December 1971).
• Correspondence from Perry, B. E. (3 letters / 19 April 1958 - 1 January 1959).

Notes:

• Notes on Mundy, C. S., "The Poor Man of Nippur".
• Notes on the Icelandic story "Die Seeschafe" (also "Die Geschichte vom schlagfertigen Sigurdur").
• Two lists of bibliographic references.

Offprints/Photocopies:

• Cooper, J. S., "Structure, Humor, and Satire in the Poor Man of Nippur", Journal of Cuneiform Studies 27 (3) (1975), p. 163-174.
• Ellis, Maria deJ., "A New Fragment of the Tale of the Poor Man of Nippur", Journal of Cuneiform Studies 26 (2) (1974), p. 88-89.
• Faragó, József, "A Contribution to the Table Motif of the Bird Concealed in the Vessel: The First Revenge of the Poor Man of Nippur", Acta Ethnographica Academiae Scientarium Hungaricae 19 (1970), p. 147-159.
• Finet, Andre, "Les trois vengeances du pauvre homme de Nippur. Conte Babylonian", in Broze, M. and Ph. Thalon (eds), L'atelier de l'orfevre. Mélanges offerts à Ph. Derchain, Leuven (1992), p. 87-106.
• Julow, Viktor, "A nippuri szegény ember meséje és a Lúdas Matyi ó-romániai népmese-mintájának kérdése", Különlenyomat Az Irodalomtört Éneti Közlemények (1963), p. 678-690.
• Julow, Viktor, "The Source of a Hungarian Popular Classic and its Roots in Antiquity", Acta Classica Universitatis Scientiarum Debreceniensis 6 (1970), p. 75-84.
• Noegel, Scott, "Paranomasia in the Tale of the Poor Man of Nippur", article not published.
• Perry, B. E., "The Origin of the Book of Sindbad", Sonderdruck aus Fabula 3 (1) (1960), p. 1-94.

Sotheby's Auctions and Phillips Auction:

Receipt of private sale of lot 202 from Sotheby's (7 May 1980).

Watercolour "Shoulder of Ben Hee" by John Pedder:

• Note regarding the watercolour (31 May 1983).
• Correspondence from Bing, Michael at Sotheby's regarding the watercolour (1 letter / 6 June 1983).
• Recommendation for sale of watercolour (9 June 1983).
• Property receipt for watercolour (14 June 1983).
• Agreed reserve for watercolour (30 August 1983).
• Receipt for watercolour (30 August 1983).
• Settlement statement for watercolour (30 September 1983).

17th century cope hood:

• Recommendation for sale and property receipt from Sotheby's of 17th century cope hood (28 November 1983), with Gurney's handwritten note "asked for it back 12/5/84".

Wooded river landscape in the style of Edward Charles Williams:

• Correspondence from Williams, E. at Sotheby's (1 letter / 1 December 1983).
• Recommendation for sale of painting (22 December 1983).
• Receipt (16 February 1984).
• Receipt (23 February 1984).

Five ancient Egyptian pottery vessels:

• Correspondence to/from Sotheby's detailing Gurney's sale of the vessels, which had been presented to his parents in 1912 by his uncle Professor John Garstang after an excavation (3 letters / 17 April 1988 - 27 April 1988).
• Property contract for the sale of the vessels (26 May 1988).
• Recommendation for the sale of the vessels (10 June 1988).
• Details of agreed reserve for the vessels (12 December 1988).

Correspondence from Forge, Oliver at Sotheby's (1 letter / 4 January 1989).

Sale no. 27539 (Scripophily & Paper Money):

• Receipt of sale from Phillips (2 February 1989).
• Details of lot numbers from Phillips (2 February 1989).

Offprint/Photocopy:

• Sotheby Sale Catalogue (Catalogue of the Amherst Collection of Egyptian & Oriental Antiquities), London (13-17 June 1921), p. 74-79 ("Objects from Tell El Amarna").

Newspaper articles:

• Alberge, Dalya and Daniel McGrory, "Smuggled art clampdown by Sotheby's", ? (17 December 1997), p. ?.
• Farrell, Stephen, Dalya Alberge, Jill Sherman and Richard Owen, "Sotheby's suspends second employee: DTI inquiry into London art market", ? (7 February 1997), p. ?.
• Farrell, Stephen, "Secrets of the chandelier bids", The Times, (7 February 1997), p. 17.
• Watson, Peter, "Sotheby's must show it is clean", ? (3 March 1997), p. 20.
• ? , "A reasonable bid: Sotheby's imperfect inquiry has still yielded worthwhile results", The Times, (17 December 1997), p. ?.
• ?, "Art and Craft: How Sotheby's can clear its name", ? (7 February 1997), p. ?.

Stars:

Correspondence:

• Correspondence to/from Brown, David (8 letters / 29 April 1997 - 13 May 1998).
• Correspondence to/from Hunger, Hermann (2 letters / 29 August 1997 - 16 September 1997).
• Correspondence to/from Ingham, Michael (10 letters / 22 September 1996 - 30 August 1997).

Notes:

• Notes on Koch J., Neue Untersuchungen zur Topographie des babylonischen Fixsternhimmels, Wiesbaden (1989).

Newspaper cuttings:

• Hawkes, Nigel, "Scientist accuses Britain of ignoring asteroid threat", The Times (13 November 1996), p. 6.
• Hendrie, Michael J., "The night sky in May", ? (29 April 1997), p. ?.

Offprints/Photocopies:

• Parpola, Simo, Letters from Assyrian Scholars to the Kings Esarhaddon and Assurbanipal, Kevelaer (1970), p. 385-386.
• Shapley, Harlow (ed.), Climatic Change: Evidence, Causes, and Effects, Cambridge, MA (1953), p. 147.
• Walker, C. B. F. and H. Hunger, "Zwölfmaldrei", Mitteilungen der Deutschen Orientgesellschaft 109 (1977), p. 27-34.
• Webb, E. J., The Names of the Stars, London (1952), p. 36-55, 64-75, 86-95.
• ?, p. 58-59, 70-71, 86-91, 116-117.

Turkey:

Correspondence:

• Correspondence from Anlağan, Tanju (1 letter / 20 July 1978).
• Correspondence from Dönmez, Ahmet (1 letter / 25 August 1974).
• Correspondence from Ertem, Hayri (1 letter / not dated).
• Correspondence from Gümrükçüoğlu, Rahmi (1 letter / 9 December 1982).
• Correspondence from Ireland, Stanley (1 letter / 15 June 1995).
• Correspondence from Özgen, Engin (1 letter / 14 February 1992).
• Correspondence to/from Sevin, Veli (2 letters / 12 December 1995 - 15 February 1996).
• Correspondence from Süel, Aygül (1 greeting card / not dated).
• Correspondence to Teikinoz, ? (1 letter + 2-page photocopy of application form / 31 May 1979).
• Correspondence from Yardimci, Nurettin (1 letter / 18 November 1983).

Notes and Miscellaneous:

• Gurney's brief note titled "Report on a Visit to Yazilikaya" (26 September 1981).
• Contact details for Farouk El Omari.
• Visitor pamphlet "Ankara and its Environs".
• Flight details from London to Istanbul for Summer 1986.
• Circular from the "International Symposium on Settlement and Housing in Anatolia Through the Ages", Istanbul (5-7 June 1996).
• Information on the "Habitat II Conference", Istanbul (3-14 June 1996).
• Bibliography titled "Alevi/Alaouites".
• Booklet Atatürk Supreme Council for Culture, Language and History, Ankara (1986).
• Visitor pamphlet "Turquie: Anatolie Centrale".

Offprint/Photocpy:

• Caneva, Isabella, "Mersin-Yumuktepe 1993", Orient Express 1994 (1), p. 7-8.

Newspaper and magazine cuttings:

• Acar, Özgen and Melik Kaylan, "The Hoard of the Century", Connoisseur (1988), p. 74-83.
• Acar, Özgen and Suzan Mazur, "The Dig that is Shaking Ancient History", Connoisseur (1989), p. 148-151.
• Alpay, Şahln, "Şeriat gelsin diyen tek", SABAH (5 January 1994), p. 18-19.
• Alpay, Şahln, "Alevi kültürü Chumhuriyetçi ideolojiyle uyum halinde...", SABAH (6 January 1994), p. ?.
• Barchard, David, "Turkey’s unlikely hero", The Tablet (24 April 1993), p. 506-507.
• Bretschneider, Joachim, "Nabada: The Buried City", Scientific American (October 2000), p. 62-69.
• Davis, Derek, "The cave dweller of Capadoccia", Weekend Telegraph (18 May 1996), p. 28.
• Finkel, Andrew, "Ankara claims treasures in British Museum", The Times (13 November 1993), p. ?.
• Kaylan, Melik, "Who Stole the Lydian Hoard? A Case History Involving the Hottest Issue Confronting American Museums Today", Connoisseur (1987), p. 66-73.
• Mortimer, Edward, "Friend when in need: The west holds Turkey at arm's length but relies on its support", Financial Times (28 April 1993), p. 14.
• Saray, Thrace, "Simulators of the Lost Ark", The Economist (February 1995), p. ?.
• Tarhan, Taner, "Yumuktepe’nin Karar Günü", Mozaik (1993), p. 21-22.
• Ward, Diane, "In Anatolia, a massive dam project drowns traces of an ancient past", Smithsonian 21 (August 1990), p. 28-40.

Urkesh:

Newspaper articles:

• ?, "The identification of the Hurrian city of Urkesh with Tell Mozan (2300 B.C.)", ? (13 November 1995).
• Wilford, John Noble, "Lost Capital of a Fabled Kingdom Found in Syria", The New York Times (21 November 1995).

2 letters from Haardt Jr., 1 carbon copy of a letter from Černý to Haardt Jr.
Haardt Jr. research on Coptic grammar, publication options.

2 letters from Haardt Sr., 3 carbon copies of letters from Černý to Haardt Sr.
Coptic grammar.

4 letters from Habachi.
1 letter from Habachi to Marie Černý.
Publication exchange, social contacts, Černý's stay in Egypt in 1958, especially his sojourn in Nubia.
The letter to Marie Černý concerns copies of obituaries.

1 letter from Hacker, 1 carbon copy of a letter from Černý to Hacker.
Reference letter for Jürgen von Beckerath, also some personal matters, Černý had just retired.

1 letter from Hamilton to Marie Černý.
Egyptian artefacts - papyri and ostraca - that were given to the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford.

8 letters from Harari, 1 carbon copy of a letter to Harari from I. E. S. Edwards sent on behalf of Černý.
Professional and personal matters; the death of B. Grdseloff and Grdseloff's papers; book purchases; and Harari's work on the ancient Egyptian legal system.

Transcripts of diaries kept during his stay as a Commonwealth Fund Fellow at the University of Michigan 1926-8, and albums of photographs taken during trips to Italy, Tunisia and Egypt 1923-9.

Fifteen notebooks on Ethiopic.

1 letter from Harlé.
Arrangements for obtaining photographs from the Louvre.

15 letters from Harris, 5 carbon copies of letters from Černý to Harris.
An invitation from the Board of the Faculty of Oriental Studies to act as Supervisor to J. R. Harris, 1 carbon copy of a reply from Černý to the Secretary of Faculties.
A communication from Merton College (Elizabeth Ratcliff, College secretary) concerning a reference for J. R. Harris, 1 carbon copy of a reply from Černý to Merton College.
A communication from Christ Church College (Dean of Christ Church) concerning a reference for J. R. Harris, 1 carbon copy of a reply from Černý’s to the Dean of Christ Church College.
A communication from Brasenose College (the Principal) concerning a reference for J. R. Harris, 1 carbon copy of a reply from Černý to the Principal of Brasenose College.
1 payroll notice from the Committee of Advanced Studies, for Cerny, for the supervision of J. R. Harris.
1 Notice of appointment of Examiners for Černý concerning his student J. R. Harris.
2 letters from H. W. Fairman (University of Liverpool) concerning J. R. Harris' examination, 1 carbon copy of a reply from Černý to H. W. Fairman regarding the examination of J. R. Harris.
1 invitation from Černý to I.E.S. Edwards to act as examiner for J. R. Harris
Correspondence concerned mainly with J. R. Harris' studies, examinations and grant and scholarship applications.

1 letter from Hatto.
Egyptian literature.

1 letter from Hauman.
Reimbursement for Černý from the administration of the Institut des Hautes Études de Belgique.

Three albums containing drawings and watercolours.

Typescript copy of Hay's journal from 24th November 1824 to 27th October 1827, photographs of drawings made by Hay in the tomb of Neferhotp (TT49) (Griffith Institute photos. 3070-7), 13 mounted photographs made from Hay's drawings of el-Kâb, Philae, and Amada, and microfilm roll with copies of the Hay MSS once in the British Museum and now in the British Library.

10 letters from Hayes, 7 carbon copies of letters from Černý to Hayes.
Correspondence mainly concerned with professional matters:

• Deir el-Medina finds in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, notably from the tomb of Sennedjem, TopBib i2.5, photographs of the objects from the tomb
• question of ownership of a scribal palette in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 47.123, bought from the art dealer, John Tano
• 21st Dynasty chronology
• publications exchange
• Černý's plan to finalize his book on the royal workmen
• Hayes satisfied with Eric Young as their new team member, Young had been recommended by Černý
• also personal matters, including a planned visit by Černý to New York

Negatives of Egyptian antiquities, scenes of daily life, and landscapes.

6 letters from Heckel, 3 carbon copies of letters from Černý to Heckel.
Heckel organising her visit to Oxford, arranged with Černý's help.

1 letter from Heichelheim.
Ssources for economic history in antiquity; Heichelheim also refers to previous meetings.

1 letter from Helck, 1 carbon copy of a letter from Černý to Helck.
Correspondence represents the smaller part of a larger exchange (existing letters contain references to other letters) concerning Helck's publication: Helck, W. Zur Verwaltung des Mittleren und Neuen Reichs (1958) (OEB 6234). Following this publication, Černý decided not to publish his planned paper on Viziers (see Černý MSS 5.7-8), which Helck regretted.

Notebooks and notes on demotic and Meroitic, including copies of papyri and squeezes.

1 letter from Hickmann.
Resources for the study of ancient music.

3 letters from Hintze.
History of ancient Egyptian language, etymologies; book and off-prints exchange. Černý obtained H. J. Polotsky's books for Hintze.

2 letters from the Hlouškovi family to Černý'.
The Hlouškovi family, who lived in Boskovice (Moravia), were related to Marie Sargant (Černý's future wife).
Personal matters.