Identity area
Reference code
Sayce MSS
Nadpis
Date(s)
- 1872-early 1930s (Creation)
Level of description
Collection
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 ... »
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 ... »
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Photographs album and other papers 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. ... »
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.
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
- angličtina
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
Digital object metadata
Filename
Sayce_portrait.png
Media type
Image
Mime-type
image/png