Identity area
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- 1872-early 1930s (Creation)
Level of description
Extent and medium
2 boxes
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
British Assyriologist. Born, Shirehampton 1845. Died, Bath 1933. Educated at Grosvenor College, Bath, then Queen's College, Oxford. Hibbert Lecturer, 1887. Gifford Lecturer, 1900-2. Professor of Assyriology, 1891-1919. Rhind Lecturer, 1906. Huxley Lecturer, 1906. D.Litt. LL.D. DD. Specialised in Carian and Hittite languages, as well as Assyrian and West Asian archaeology and philology. Also worked in Egypt copying inscriptions, etc.
Archival history
Material other than photograph album probably with Professor J. Garstang at the time of Sayce's death. The photograph album was in the possession of Professor J. Garstang before being passed to Professor O. R. Gurney. Packet of correspondence presented by Professor O. R. Gurney.
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Photograph album (Egyptological) and other papers (non-Egyptological) presented by Professor O. R. Gurney in November 1987; the packet of correspondence probably handed over at the same time (info. Dr Jaromir Malek). The rest of the material was presumably presented by Professor J. Garstang in September 1949.
Three offprints of articles bound together and a loose one which is also accompanied by a letter and some loose notes were, presumably initially with Professor O. R. Gurney and transferred from Professor J. Dahl's office in April 2023 (non-Egyptological).
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Notes, photographs, squeezes, correspondence, and offprints. Contain, amongst others, references to Assyriological, Greek, Cypriot, and Egyptological material. Includes notes made by Petrie which were with Sayce at the time of his death.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Presumably kept as received.
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Property of the Griffith Institute. No restrictions.
Conditions governing reproduction
Copyright Griffith Institute, University of Oxford.
Language of material
English
Script of material
Language and script notes
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
No problems.
Finding aids
Paper catalogue (not complete).
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
These are originals.
Existence and location of copies
None.
Related units of description
Other Archives:
- Correspondence received by A. H. Sayce was deposited by him in the Bodleian Library, Oxford, in 1933. Contact the Bodleian Weston Library for access: http://www.bodley.ox.ac.uk/dept/scwmss/wmss/online/modern/sayce/sayce.html.
- Large group of papers, including notebooks, articles, essays, reports, lectures, sketches, photographs, tracings of inscriptions, correspondence, newspaper cuttings and other notes in The Queen's College, Oxford as part of the Library collection. Catalogue: http://www.griffith.ox.ac.uk/gri/SAYCE_MSS_in_Queen's_College_Oxford.pdf.