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Eric Parrington Uphill Collection

  • Uphill MSS
  • Collection
  • c. 1954-2018

Complete working papers, including notebooks, notes, card indexes, slides, photographs, correspondence and teaching notes.

Eric Parrington Uphill

'Treasures of Tutankhamun' exhibition, U.S.A. venues, 1976-1979: ephemera

Ephemera connected with the 'Treasures of Tutankhamun' exhibition, which toured the U.S.A. between 1976 and 1979 and was hosted at the following venues: the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.; the Field Museum of Natural History and the Oriental Institute of The University of Chicago; the New Orleans Museum of Art; the Seattle Art Museum; and the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

Film 'Tutankhamon: l'ultima mostra'

DVD copy of 'Tutankhamon: l'ultima mostra' (2022), a documentary on the discovery of Tutankhamun's tomb in 1922 and the preparations for the travelling Tutankhamun exhibition launched in Los Angeles in 2019. The film was released to mark the centenary of the discovery.

Replicas of the two sistra from Tutankhamun's tomb

Replicas of the two sistra found in Tutankhamun's tomb. The replica sistra were commissioned in 2022 and were used in the performances of James Whitburn's composition 'Zahr Al-Khayal', based an Egyptian love poem roughly contemporary with Tutankhamun.

Tutankhamun pin-badge

  • A round metal and cold enamel pin badge featuring Tutankhamun's mask [Carter 256a].
  • Goldtone metal decorated with enamel (black and blue).
  • Manufacturer, not known.
  • Presented to Dr Lilyquist when the Tutankhamun exhibition was hosted at the New Orleans Museum of Art in 1977-1978.

TUT belt

  • A reversible elasticated belt with a metal buckle decorated with a repeated "TUT" motif.
  • Woven blue (background) and gold ("TUT") elasticated fabric with a goldtone metal two-piece clasp buckle and a goldtone metal slide-adjustment bar.
  • Manufacturer, not known.

shen-amulet pin

  • A shen-amulet lapel, or dress, pin.
  • Bronze (shen) and silvertone metal (pin).
  • Created by Hermes Knauer, Metropolitan Museum Objects Conservation Department, who made a limited number of pins as presentation pieces for people closely connected with the organisation of the USA Tutankhamun exhibitions. Knauer presented this pin to Dr Lilyquist in New York in 1978.
  • The shen-amulet motif was used for other merchandise sold at the 'Treasures of Tutankhamun' exhibition.

Replica of puppy figurine

  • Replica of a puppy figurine.
  • Gold.
  • The original puppy figurine, made from black bronze and gold, comes from the tomb of Tutankhamun [Carter 620(51)]. It was formerly in Howard Carter's possession. Carter's niece, Phyllis Walker, presented it to the Metropolitan Museum in 1947 (no. 47.58.1). The Metropolitan Museum returned the figurine to Egypt in 2011. See https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/545993.
  • A sample replica was considered for reproduction as merchandise as a bracelet charm for the 'Treasures of Tutankhamun' exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, in 1976. However, it was not commissioned for commercial production.
  • This gold replica was privately commissioned by Dr Lilyquist and created by Bruce Hoheb, MMA Reproductions Studio, c. 1978.

Hector Horeau Watercolour - Karnak

Partial view of the columns and architraves of the west side of the forecourt of the Temple of Khons:

  • watercolour
  • mounted
  • [on recto, top right corner] '1'. (pencil note)
  • [on mount, verso] 'Comparaison des différents ordres Egyptiens'. (ink note)
  • 20.9 by 19.9 cm

Hector Horeau Watercolour - Karnak

Partial view of the pillars, columns and architraves of the Pillared Hall of the Festival Temple in the great temple at Karnak, with intricate details of relief scenes and inscriptions:

  • watercolour
  • mounted
  • [on mount, verso] 'Comparaison des différents ordres Egyptiens'. (ink note)
  • 14.5 by 16.8 cm

Hector Horeau Watercolour - Karnak

View of the columns and architraves of the west side of the hypostyle of the Temple of Khons:

  • mounted
  • [on mount, verso] 'Comparaison des différents ordres Egyptiens'. (ink note)
  • 22.1 by 16.4 cm

Mythology

Mythology:

Notes:

  • Lecture notes on mythology.
  • Notes on myths of the Ancient Near East: Sumerians, Akkadians, Hittites:
    • Myths of creation - Theogony, Theomachy - Ea and Apsu, The Birth of Marduk, Marduk and Tiamat, Creation of the World, Creation of man, Coronation of Marduk, Hymn to Marduk.
    • Tammuz and Ishtar.
    • Etana and the Eagle.
    • Nergal and Ereshkigal.
    • Epic of Irra.
    • Myth of Adapa.
    • Epic Lays.
    • Legend of Sargon.
    • Gilgamesh.
    • Hittite Myths.
    • Ugaritic Myths.
    • Conclusion.
  • Definitions of "myth".
  • Notes on Lambrechts Pierre, "Les fêtes 'phrygiennes' de Cybèle et d'Attis", Bulletin de l'Institut historique belge de Rome 27 (1952), p. 141-170, and on Landsberger, B. "Jahreszeiten Im Sumerisch-Akkadischen", Journal of Near Eastern Studies 8 (3-4) (1949), p. 248-272, p. 273-297.
  • Notes on Berghe, L. Venden, "Reflexions critiques sur la nature de Dumuzi-Tammuz", La Nouvelle Clio 6 (1954), p. 298-321.
  • Notes on Dumuzi from multiple publications by Kramer.
  • Notes on Ritual calendar.
  • Index cards with bibliographical references for Burkert, W. and Fontenrose, J.
  • List of references for comparative mythology.

Offprint:

  • Photocopy of the chapter "Cosmogony" in Schafer, Edward Hetzelon, Pacing the Void: T'ang Approaches to the Stars, Berkeley (1977).

Music

Music:

Correspondence:

  • Correspondence from ? at the Leeds General Infirmary (1 letter / 12 March 1974).
  • Correspondence from ?, Jill (1 letter / 1 October 1997).
  • Correspondence to ?, Edmond (1 letter / 12 November 1986).
  • Correspondence from B., B. (1 letter / not dated).
  • Correspondence from Kirkmann, G. (1 letter / June/July 1991).

Notes:

  • Footnotes on Babylonian music (p. 19).
  • Notes on Išme-Dagan V (3N-T 386).
  • Transliteration of Išme-Dagan V 2.5422.
  • Photocopy of facsimile of Sb 13931.
  • Transliteration and notes on Text XXI.

Offprints:

  • Wegner, Max, Griechenland: Musikgeschichte in Bildem Band II Musik des Altertums (Lieferung 4), 2nd revised ed. (Leipzig, 1970), p. 54-55.
  • Photocopy of section on "The Angular Harp" from unknown publication, p. 259.
  • Archaeologia musicalis 1/87, Study Group on Music Archaeology, International Council for Traditional Music (ICTM).
  • Bulletin of the International Council for Traditional Music 64 (April 1984).

Newspaper cuttings:

  • Collage of newspaper cuttings:
    • Fosburgh, Lacey, "Song heard again after 3,700 years", The Times (7 March 1974).
    • Gurney, O. R., "Assyrian Song", ? (11 March 1974).
    • Galpin, Brian, "Assyrian Song", ? (14 March 1974).
    • Lambert, W. G., "The Ugarit Tablet", ? (20 March 1974).
  • Ball, Ian, "3,700 yr-old love song is played again", Daily Telegraph (7 March 1974).
  • Eckert Jr., Thor, "Professor plays an 'oldy' - about 3,700 years: Assyrian discovery plucked on Sumerian lyre makes musical history", The Christian Science Monitor (date not known).
  • Fosburgh, Lacey, "World’s Oldest Song Reported Deciphered", The New York Times (6 March 1974).
  • Kilmer, Anne D. and Richard L. Crocker, "Assyrian Song", The Times (15 April 1974).
  • Spears, Lawrence M., "Musical Mystery: Was It the Rock of Ancients?", The National Observer (?).
  • Thayer, Paul, "Oldest Known Tune Performed", UC Clip Sheet 49 (29) (5 March 1974).

Metal

Metal:

Correspondence:

  • Correspondence from Crawford, O. G. S. (2 letters / 23 June 1938 - 22 July 1938).

Notes:

  • Notes for a project on "The history of ancient metallurgical processes; their development and their impact on history", for the Institute for Archaeo-Metallurgical Studies, by Beno Rothenberg (March 1972).
  • Index cards with notes on copper, tin, iron, arsenic, metallurgy, and Greek term.
  • Notes on amūtum.
  • Notes on himma.
  • Notes on tin and iron.
  • Additional notes.

Offprints:

  • Muhly, James D., "Sources of Tin and the Beginnings of Bronze Metallurgy", American Journal of Archaeology 89 (2) (1985), p. 275-291.
  • Rickard, T. A., "The Cassiterides and the Ancient Trade in Tin", Journal of the Royal Institution of Cornwall 22 (2) (1927), p. 201-251.
  • Zaccagnini, C., "La Terminologia Accadica del Rame e del Bronzo nel I Millennio", Oriens Antiquus 10 (2) (1971), p. 123-144.

Urkesh

Urkesh:

  • Notes on ‘The identification of the Hurrian city of Urkesh with Tell Mozan (2300 B.C.) (13 November 1995).

Turkey

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 / undated).
  • 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).
  • Greetings card from Süel, Aygül.
  • Correspondence to Teikinoz, ? (1 letter / 31 May 1979).
  • Correspondence from Yardimci, Nurettin (1 letter / 18 November 1983).

Notes and Miscellaneous:

  • Gurney’s notes ‘Report on a Visit to Yazilikaya’ (26 September 1981).
  • Gurney’s application form (30 May 1979).
  • Contact details for Farouk El Omari.
  • Visitor pamphlet to ‘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.
  • Bibliography titled ‘Alevi/Alaouites’.
  • Booklet on ‘Atatürk Supreme Council for Culture, Language and History’, Ankara 1986.
  • Visitor pamphlet on ‘Turquie Anatolie Centrale’.

Offprints:

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

Newspaper and magazine cuttings:

  • Acar, Özgen and Melik Kaylan (1988), “The Hoard of the Century”, Connoisseur, p. 74-83.
  • Acar, Özgen and Suzan Mazur (1989), “The Dig that is Shaking Ancient History”, Connoisseur, p. 148-151.
  • Alpay, Şahln (5 January 1994), “Şeriat gelsin diyen tek”, SABAH.
  • Barchard, David (24 April 1993), “Turkey’s unlikely hero”, The Tablet, p. 506.
  • Bretschneider, Joachim (October 2000), “Nabada: The Buried City”, Scientific American, p. 62-69.
  • Davis, Derek (18 May 1996), “The cave dweller of Capadoccia”, Weekend Telegraph, p. 28.
  • Finkel, Andrew (13 November 1993), “Ankara claims treasures in British Museum”, The Times.
  • Kaylan, Melik (1987), “Who Stole the Lydian Hoard? A Case History Involving the Hottest Issue Confronting American Museums Today”, Connoisseur, p. 66-73.
  • Mortimer, Edward (?), “Friend when in need: The west holds Turkey at arm’s length but relies on its support”.
  • Saray, Thrace (February 1995), “Simulators of the Lost Ark”, The Economist.
  • Tarhan, Taner (1993), “Yumuktepe’nin Karar Günü”, Mozaik, p. 21-2.
  • Ward, Diane (August 1990), “In Anatolia, a massive dam project drowns traces of an ancient past”, The Smithsonian, p. 28-40.

Stars

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. (1989), Neue Untersuchungen zur Topographie des babylonischen Fixsternhimmels (Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz).

Newspaper cuttings:

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

Offprints:

  • Parpola, Simo (1970), Letters from Assyrian Scholars to the Kings Esarhaddon and Assurbanipal (Kevelaer: Butzon & Bercker), p. 385-6.
  • Shapley, H. (ed.) (1953), Climatic Change: Evidence, Causes, and Effects (Cambridge: Harvard University Press), p. 147.
  • Walker, C. B. F. and H. Hunger (1977), “Zwölfmaldrei”, Mitteilungen der Deutschen Orientgesellschaft 109, p. 27-34.
  • Webb, E. J. (1952), The Names of the Stars (London: Nisbet).
  • A few untitled offprints.

Sotheby’s Auction and Phillips Auction

Sotheby's Auction and Phillips Auction:

  • Receipt of private sale dated 7 May 1980.

  • John Pedder Watercolour:

    • Note regarding John Pedder watercolour painting, dated 31 May 1983.
    • Correspondence from Bing, Michael at Sotheby’s regarding the John Pedder watercolour (1 letter / 6 June 1983).
    • Recommendation for sale of John Pedder watercolour ‘Shoulder of Ben Hee’ (9 June 1983).
    • Property receipt for John Pedder watercolour ‘Shoulder of Ben Hee’ (14 June 1983).
    • Agreed Reserve for John Pedder watercolour ‘Shoulder of Ben Hee’ (30 August 1983).
    • Receipt for John Pedder watercolour ‘Shoulder of Ben Hee’ (30 August 1983).
    • Settlement Statement for John Pedder watercolour ‘Shoulder of Ben Hee’ (30 September 1983).
  • 17th Century Cope Hood:

    • Recommendation for sale and property receipt of 17th century cope hood (28 November 1983), with Gurney’s handwritten note ‘asked for it back 12/5/84’.
  • Edward Charles Williams style wooded river landscape:

    • Correspondence from Williams, E. at Sotheby’s (1 letter / 1 December 1983).
    • Recommendation for sale of Edward Charles Williams style wooded river landscape (22 December 1983).
    • Receipt for FSS Paintings (16 February 1984).
    • Receipt for FSS Paintings (23 February 1984).
  • 5 ancient Egyptian pottery vessels:

    • Correspondence detailing Gurney’s sale of 5 ancient Egyptian pottery vessels. These pots had been presented to Gurney’s 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 5 Egyptian pottery vessels (26 May 1988).
    • Recommendation for the sale of 5 Egyptian pottery vessels (10 June 1988).
    • Details of agreed reserve for 5 Egyptian pottery vessels (12 December 1988).
  • Correspondence from Forge, Oliver at Sotheby’s (1 letter / 4 January 1989).

  • Sale of ?:

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

    • Sotheby, Wilkinson and Hodge (1921), Catalogue of The Amherst Collection of Egyptian and Oriental Antiquities (London: Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge). Section on ‘Objects from Tell Amarna’, p. 74-79.

Newspaper articles:

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

The Poor Man of Nippur

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 Perry, B. E. (3 letters / 19 April 1958 - 1 January 1959).

Notes:

  • Notes on Mundy, “The Poor Man of Nippur”.
  • Notes on Icelandic Story.
  • Lists of bibliographic references

Offprints:

  • Cooper, J. S. (1975), “Structure, Humor, and Satire in the Poor Man of Nippur”, Journal of Cuneiform Studies 27 (3), p. 163-74.
  • Ellis, Maria deJ. (1974), “A New Fragment of the Tale of the Poor Man of Nippur,” Journal of Cuneiform Studies 26 (2) p. 88-89.
  • Faragó, József (1970), “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, p. 147-159.
  • Finet, Andre (1992), “Les trois vengeances du pauvre homme de Nippur. Conte Babylonian”, L’atelier de L’orfevre, eds. M. Broze and Ph. Thalon (Louvain: Peeters) p. 87-106.
  • Julow, Viktor (1963), “A nippuri szegény ember meséje és a Lúdas Matyi ó-romániai népmese-mintájának kérdése”, Különlenyomat Az Irodalomtört Éneti Közlemények, p. 678-690.
  • Julow, Viktor (1970) “The Source of a Hungarian Popular Classic and its Roots in Antiquity,” Acta Classica Universitatis Scientiarum Debreceniensis 6, p. 75-84.
  • Noegel, Scott, “Paranomasia in the Tale of the Poor Man of Nippur”, Unpublished Article.
  • Perry, B. E. (1960), “The Origin of the Book of Sindbad,” Sonderdruck aus Fabula 3 (1) p. 1-94.

Phaistos Disc

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 (1992), Cybele and the axe-goddess: Alliterative verse, Linear B relationships and cult ritual of the Phaistos disc (Amsterdam: Gieben).
    • Includes offprints of sections of articles which Edgar Bowden has annotated, several of which do not give publication details:
    • Amiet, Pierre (1980), La Glyptique Mésopotamienne Archaïque (Paris: Éditions du Centre national de la recherche scientifique).
    • Campbell, Joseph (1968), The Masks of God: Creative Mythology (London: Secker and Warburg).
    • Jackson, Joseph H. (1965), Pictorial Guide to the Planets (London: Museum Press).
    • Website offprint of webpage Bowden, Edgar, “Ancient Greek alliterative verse-metrics on the Phaistos Disk: an Anatolian cult of Cybele Axe-Goddess and Poseidon Hippios”.
    • Website offprint of webpage Bowden, Edgar, “Origin and meaning of the Pictish double-disc symbol”.
  • Correspondence from Davis, Simon (1 letter / 20 February 1994).
  • Correspondence from Ferguson, Herbert (3 letters / 18 January 1994 - 9 April 1994).
  • Correspondence from Heath-Brown, Roger (3 letters / 30 Jan 1998 - 4 Feb 1998).
  • Correspondence from (Hood?), Sinclair (3 letters / 8 May 1980 - 7 February 1994).

Notes:

  • Notes on Phaistos Disc.
  • Bibliographies.
  • Photocopy of Simon Davis’ decipherment of the Phaistos Disc, 1961.
  • Booklet on ‘The Archaeological Museum of the Châtillon Region’.

Offprints:

  • Bean, G. E. (1978), Lycian Turkey: An Archaeological Guide (London, Ernest Benn), p. 197.
  • Best, Jan and Fred Woudhuizen (eds.) (1988), Ancient Scripts from Crete and Cyprus (Leiden: Brill), p. 50-51.
  • Chadwick, John (1989), “Review of Best & Woudhuizen Ancient Scripts from Crete and Cyprus”, Antiquity 63, p. 181.
  • Davis, Simon (1967), The Decipherment of the Minoan Linear A and Pictographic Scripts (Johannesburg: Witwatersrand University Press), p. 99-101.
  • Davis, Simon (1974), “The Minoan Gold Ring from Mavro Spelio: An Interpretation”, Athens Annals of Archaeology 7 (1), p. 111-112.
  • Davis, Simon (1973), “The Minoan Silver Pin from Mavro Spelio: An Interpretation”, Athens Annals of Archaeology 6 (3), p. 491-493.
  • Davis, Simon (1986), “The Phaistos Disk: A Hittite Spell?”, JUSŪR 2, p. 103-121.
  • Davis, Simon (1961), The Phaistos Disk and the Eteocretan Inscriptions from Psychro and Praisos (Johannesburg: Witwatersrand University Press).
  • Delekat, L. (1979), “Der Diskos von Phaistos: Entwurf einer Textlesung und -deutung”, Ugarit-Forschungen 11, p. 165-178.
  • Duhoux, Yves (?) Bibliography.
  • Ferguson, Herbert (1978), “An Experiment in Making an Inscribed Clay Disc Like that of Phaistos”, Kadmos 17 (2), p. 170-172.
  • Ferguson, Herbert (1988), “The Phaistos Disc - Cretan or Anatolian?”, Unpublished article.
  • Ferguson, Herbert (1979), “Thoughts on Sign 24 (“Pagoda”) of the Phaistos Disc”, Unpublished article.
  • Plates of the Phaistos Disc Inscription (Ferguson Format 1975).
  • Georgiev, Vladimir, “Le disque de Phaestos: essai de déchittrement”.
  • Hoschek, Rudolf (1981), “Zur Schriftrichtung beim Diskos von Phaistos”, Kadmos 20, p. 85-92.
  • Ipsen, Gunther (1929), “Der Diskus von Phaistos: Ein Versuch zur Entzifferung”, Indogermanische Forschungen 47 (1), p. 1-40.
  • Macalister, Robert A. S. (1913), The Philistines Their History & Civilizations: The Schweich Lectures (England: Publication for the British Academy by H. Milford).
  • Matev, Georgi and Athanas Matev (1984), “Die Entzifferung der Inschrift auf dem Diskos von Phaistos”, Dritter Internationaler Thrakologischer Kongress.
  • Schachermayr, F. (1964), Die minoische Kultur des alten Kreta (Stuttgart: W. Kohlhammer).
  • “The Phaistos Disc: A Fresh View for Fresh Viewers”, Unpublished Article.

The Hittites - Publisher correspondence

The Hittites - Publisher correspondence (organised chronologically):

  • Memorandum of Agreement made for publishing rights with Penguin Books Ltd ([1946-1947]).
  • Correspondence from Day, Patricia at Penguin Books Ltd (1 letter / 31 October 1952).
  • Correspondence from Collings, G. R. at Penguin Books Ltd (4 letters / 13 January 1954 - 10 May 1954).
  • Correspondence from Nergal, O. Mazar at Tsuk Publications (1 letter / 9 December 1955).
  • Correspondence from Summers, H. at Penguin Books Ltd (1 letter / 13 April 1956).
  • Correspondence from Pevsner, Dieter at Penguin Books Ltd (1 letter / 13 January 1961).
  • Correspondence from Fortner, Rhonda at Church Service and Materials Division (1 letter / 10 September 1976).
  • Correspondence from Gurney, Oliver to Penguin Books Ltd (1 letter / 18 April 1978).
  • Correspondence from Carson, Peter at Penguin Books Ltd (5 letters / 18 July 1978 - 4 November 1985).
  • Correspondence from Velmans, Marianne at Penguin Books Ltd (1 letter / 16 February 1979).
  • Correspondence from Hill, Joy at Penguin Books Ltd (1 letter / 15 April 1981).
  • Correspondence from Ellis, Denise at Penguin Books Ltd (1 letter / 31 October 1983).
  • Correspondence from Gurney, Oliver to Penguin Books Ltd (1 letter / 3 August 1989).
  • Correspondence to/from Mirchandani, Ravi at Penguin Books Ltd (5 letters / 6 September 1989 - 19 December 1989).
  • Correspondence to/from Mitchell, Karen at Penguin Books Ltd (6 letters / 21 December 1989 - 5 February 1990).
  • Correspondence to/from McAllister, Miranda at Penguin Books Ltd (2 letters / 9 January 1989 - 5 February 1990).
  • Correspondence to Priddle, ? at Penguin Books Ltd (1 letter / 10 April 1990).
  • Correspondence from Rowe, Philip at Penguin Books Ltd (1 letter / 30 September 1993).
  • Correspondence to/from Rushby-Smith, Uli at Penguin Books Ltd (8 letters / 21 September 1994 - 14 January 1998).
  • Correspondence from Olcina, Emili at Editorial Laertes (1 letter / 23 January 1995).
  • Correspondence to/from Yegenaga, Ali at Adana Rotary Club (2 letters / 28 November 1997 - 3 December 1997).
  • Correspondence to/from Wright, Pippa at Penguin Books Ltd (4 letters / 11 August 1998 - 12 April 2000).
  • Memorandum of Agreement made for publishing rights with The Folio Society (3 September 1998).
  • Correspondence to/from Bradbury, Sue at The Folio Society (9 letters / 22 September 1998 - 5 October 1999).
  • Correspondence to/from Titman, Neil at The Folio Society (4 letters / 3 March 1999 - 12 March 1999).
  • Correspondence from Whitfield, Tim at Penguin Books Ltd (1 letter / 24 May 2000).
  • Correspondence from Levy, Susanna at Penguin Books Ltd (3 letters / 20 June 2000 - 28 June 2000).
  • Correspondence from Hobbs, Bethan at Penguin Books Ltd (1 letter / 20 December 2000).
  • List of amendments to Pelican Book.
  • List of captions for the book.

The Hittites

Content relating to the monograph The Hittites by O. R. Gurney (1951), in four sections:

  • Correspondence
  • Notes, reviews
  • Publisher correspondence
  • Royalty statements

The Hittites - Correspondence

The Hittites - Correspondence (organised alphabetically):

  • Correspondence from ?, John (1 letter / 25 October 1952).
  • Correspondence from ?, Richard (1 letter / 31 October 1952).
  • Correspondence from ? (1 letter / 19 November 1952).
  • Correspondence to the editor at Ankara Universitesi Dil ve Tarih-Coğrafya Fakültesi Dergisi (1 letter / 6 May 1953).
  • Correspondence from Albright, W. F. (1 letter / 11 April 1953).
  • Correspondence from Barnett, Richard David at the British Museum (1 letter / 4 November 1952).
  • Correspondence from Beer, Gavin de (2 letters / 25 October 1954 - 9 November 1954).
  • Correspondence from Blunt, Vernon (1 letter / 9 May 1968).
  • Correspondence from Boyd, Rev. Bob (1 letter / 26 May 1960).
  • Correspondence from Brasier-Creagh, E. B. (2 letters / 11 November 1964 - 6 December 1964).
  • Correspondence from Browett, Elizabeth (1 letter / 23 September 1956).
  • Correspondence from Caldi, Daniela and Torchi, Antoinetta (1 letter / 9 November 1961).
  • Correspondence from Caldi, Daniela (1 letter / 23 November 1961).
  • Correspondence from Campbell, William J. (3 letters / 16 November 1977 - 17 December 1977).
  • Correspondence from Conrad, Jack R. (1 letter / 27 February 1957).
  • Correspondence from Çilingiroğlu, Altan (2 letters / 7 October 1983 - 19 October 1983).
  • Correspondence from Fleissner, Herbert (1 letter / 18 November 1970).
  • Correspondence from Forbes, William T. M. (2 letters / 10 April 1956 - 2 May 1956).
  • Correspondence from Gaster, Theodor H. (1 letter / not dated).
  • Correspondence from Gerard, David E. (3 letters / 5 April 1962 - 23 February 1981).
  • Correspondence from Goldstein, Fred (1 letter / 24 January 1964).
  • Correspondence to/from Hare, Steve (2 letter / 8 April 1998 - 15 April 1998).
  • Correspondence from Hargrave, Stephen T. (4 letters / 27 October 1969 - 9 January 1970).
  • Correspondence from Kephart, Col. C. I. (1 letter / 21 January 1966).
  • Correspondence from Klodič, R. (1 letter / 14 June 1954).
  • Correspondence from Liddle, William C. (1 letter / 30 October 1955).
  • Correspondence from Mallowan, Max E. L. (1 letter / 14 July 1946).
  • Correspondence from Miller, Molly (1 letter / 7 May 1966).
  • Correspondence from Murray, Gilbert (1 letter / 3 November 1952).
  • Correspondence from Mussche, Joris (3 letters / 27 December 1967 - 23 March 1968).
  • Correspondence from Osler, M. J. (1 letter / 27 February 1957).
  • Correspondence from Perera, H. R. (3 letters / 15 December 1961 - 13 March 1962).
  • Correspondence to/from Postgate, P. E. (4 letters / 3 January 1962 - 14 July 1964).
  • Correspondence from Savitsky, W. (2 letters / 27 May 1954 - 7 March 1955 ).
  • Correspondence from Shankland, David (2 letters / 11 January 1994 - 21 January 1994).
  • Correspondence from Skriver, Preben (1 letter / 18 October 1966).
  • Correspondence from Staniland, Meaburn (1 letter / 9 January 1969).
  • Correspondence from Stasek, George (1 letter / ? December 1970).
  • Correspondence from Takahiva, Robert R. Y. (3 letters / 1 April 1981 - 16 April 1981).
  • Correspondence from Terry, John (1 letter / 20 September 1960).
  • Correspondence from Torchi, Antonietta (1 letter / 25 November 1961).
  • Correspondence from Wasson, R. Gordon (1 letter / 17 October 1953).
  • Correspondence to/from Wilder, J. de (2 letters / 6 September 1976 - 26 September 1976).
  • Correspondence from Young, Beale P. (2 letters / 24 August 1977 - 19 October 1977).

The Hittites - Notes and reviews

The Hittites - Notes and reviews:

  • Map and list with corrections.
  • Promotional page in "Ancient History Book Club Alternatives".
  • Reviews:
    • ?, part of "Brief Reviews", in: Greece & Rome 21 (63) (October 1952), p. 139-141.
    • Crossland, R. A., in: Bibliotheca Orientalis 10 (3-4) (1953), p. 121-123.
    • Fish, Thomas, in: The Manchester Guardian (30 December 1952).
    • Riemschneider, Kaspar K., in: Ethnographisch-Archäologische Zeitschrift 11 (1970), p. 470-471.

Griffith Institute Stereoscopic Photographs Collection

1) GI stereo photos 1-49 (only Egypt-related catalogued): 103 stereoscopic photographs published by Underwood & Underwood, consisting of views of Egypt (49), China (50), Europe (3), and India (1).
2) Sawyer's View-Master Model B, black bakelite (c. 1944-1947), and twelve View-Master reels with seven pictures of Egypt each (© 1950): 3301 'Cairo, Egypt'; 3302 'The Famous Mosques of Cairo, Egypt'; 3303 'The Great Pyramids and Sphinx, Giza, Egypt'; 3304 'The Tombs of the Kings, Thebes, Egypt'; 3305 'Treasures of King Tut-Ankh-Amen, Cairo, Egypt'; 3306 'The River Nile, Assuan to Cairo, Egypt'; 3307 'The Valley of the Nile, Egypt'; 3308 'People of the Nile Valley, Egypt'; 3309 'Sakkara and Memphis, Egypt'; 3310 'Luxor & El Karnak, Egypt'; 3311 'Ancient Thebes, Egypt'; and 3312 'Assuan on the Nile, Egypt'.
3) GI stereo photos 50-99: 50 stereoscopic glass positives accompanied by a handwritten numbered index of images and a Gaumont stereoscopic viewer. The positives were created in Egypt some time between 1900 and 1914. Views include Alexandria, Cairo (street scenes and inside the Egyptian Museum), the pyramids at Giza, the Luxor Temple, the Valley of the Kings, and Aswan.
4) GI stereo photos 100-123 (photos), 123a (viewer): 24 stereoscopic photographs accompanied by a black metal stereoscopic viewer, photographed by J. Dearden Holmes (published by Sunbeam Tours London), consisting of views of ancient and modern Egypt.

Underwood & Underwood

Hittite Tablets

Hittite Tablets:

  • Seven black and white photographs of Hittite tablets:
    • KUB. XXIII.1;
    • Six of KUB. XXVI.12 and KUB. XXI.42, capturing different sides and angles.
  • Facsimile and transliteration of tablet labelled "B".
  • Facsimile of tablet (not labelled).
  • Facsimile, transliteration, and translation of tablet bought from James Ede and presented to the Turkish Directorate of Antiquities, shown on Turkish television (7 January 1991).
  • Annotated photocopies of facsimiles of tablets (specific publication not known):
    • Nr 14 Vorderseite Columne I, Zeile 1-19;
    • Nr 14 Vorderseite Columne I, Zeile 20-66;
    • Nr 14 Vorderseite Columne II, Zeile 1-19;
    • Nr 14 Vorderseite Columne II, Zeile 20-44;
    • Nr 14 Vorderseite Columne II;
    • Nr 14 Vorderseite Columne II, Zeile 70-81;
    • Nr 14 Rückseite Columne III;
    • Nr 14 Rückseite Columne III, Zeile 26-50;
    • Nr 14 Rückseite Columne III, Zeile 51-75;
    • Column IV.
  • Transliteration of tablet KBD I.27.
  • Facsimile of tablet from Beatriz Alba del Rio, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
  • Annotated photocopies of facsimiles of tablets:
    • Keilschriftexte aus Boghazköi 11, Nr. 1*;
    • Keilschriftexte aus Boghazköi 11, Nr. 1 bis 3*.
  • Facsimiles of tablets from Mrs Helen Mellian-Smith, Surrey:
    • Kaniššuwan no. 5;
    • Kaniššuwan no. 12.
  • Transliteration, translations, notes, and offprints on tablet CTH 156.
  • Facsimiles of tablets Bogh. 4122, Bogh. 5080, Bo. 1575, and Bo. 1566.
  • Facsimiles of tablets:
    • Kaniššuwan no. 1, from Mary L. L. Combs;
    • Kaniššuwan no. 10, from Michael Ayrton;
    • Kaniššuwan no. 11, from Michael Ayrton;
    • Kaniššuwan no. 3, from Lady Morgan, Guildford;
    • Kaniššuwan no. 6, from Lady Morgan, Guildford:
    • Kaniššuwan no. 9, from John Hayman:
    • Kaniššuwan no. 7, from Mrs L. Sutcliffe, Surrey;
    • Kaniššuwan no. 13, from Mrs C. Timberlake, London;
    • Kaniššuwan no. 8, from Mr J. Goldsmith, Portsmouth;
    • Kaniššuwan no. 2, from Sir John Wolfenden;
    • Kaniššuwan no. 4, from Mr Dancy, Master of Marlborough College.
  • Facsimile of tablet 103051.
  • Photocopy with facsimiles of tables from Hout, Theo P. J. van den, "Texts and Fragments: Hittite Fragments in Dutch Collections", Journal of Cuneiform Studies 42 (2) (1990), p. 253-254.
  • Translation and notes on "The 'Tawagalawas' Letter".
  • Translation and notes on "The Speech of Ḫattusilis I".
  • Annotated photocopies of facsimiles of tablets:
    • Keilschriftexte aus Boghazköi.
    • Aleppo Treaty KBo.I 6.
    • KBo.III 7.

Gilgamesh

Gilgamesh:

Correspondence:

  • Correspondence from Driver, G. R. (1 postcard / ? 1957).
  • Correspondence from Lambert, W. G. (1 letter / 1 February 1975).
  • Correspondence from Wiseman, Donald J. (1 letter/ 10 October 1951).

Notes:

  • Transliteration of texts KAR 115+A, KAR 122+A, KAR 123+A, KAR 124+A, and KAR 135, from Epopée de Gilgameš - Sixième tablette - Version d'Assur.
  • Notes from Oberhuber.
  • Newspaper cutting of an image of a 17th century embroidered pillow case depicting Noah's ark.
  • Bibliography of Gilgamesh: Sumerian poems, Old Babylonian Gilgamesh, Babylonian texts of the late second millennium BC from sites in Babylonia, Babylonian texts of the late second millennium BC from outside Babylonia, Standard Babylonian Gilgamesh Epic, and Recent translations of the Babylonian texts.

Offprints:

  • Borger, R., "Review: Von Soden, Wolfram, Das Gilgamesch-Epos, Stuttgart (1958)", Orientalia 29 (1960), p. 345-346.
  • Diakonoff, I. M., "Review: Böhl, Liagre, Het Gilgamesj Epos, Amsterdam (1958); Matouš, Lubor, Epos O Gilgamešovi, Praha (1958)", Bibliotheca Orientalis 18 (1/2) (1961), p. 62-66.
  • Frankena, R. "Nouveaux fragments de la sixième tablette de l’épopée de Gilgameš", Gilgameš et sa légende: études recueillies par Paul Garelli à l’occasion de la VIIe Rencontre Assyriologique Internationale (Cahiers du Groupe François-Thureau-Dangin 1), Paris (1958), p. 113-122.
  • Matouš, L., "Review: Von Soden, Wolfram, Das Gilgamesch-Epos, Stuttgart (1958)", Bibliotheca Orientalis 17 (3/4) (1960), p. 188-189.
  • Renger, J. "Notes brèves, 14: Gilg. P ii 32 (PBS 10/3)", Revue d’assyriologie et d’archéologie orientale 66 (1972), p. 190.
  • Speiser, E. A., "Gilgamesh VI 40", Journal of Cuneiform Studies 12 (1) (1958), p. 41-42.

Facsimiles:

  • Photocopies of tablets from Langdon, Stephen, The epic of Gilgamish (The University Museum Publications of the Babylonian Section 10 (3)), Philadelphia (1917), plates LXIII-LXVIII.
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