Collection Sayce MSS - Archibald Henry Sayce Collection

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Sayce MSS

Title

Archibald Henry Sayce Collection

Date(s)

  • 1872-early 1930s (Creation)

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Collection

Extent and medium

2 boxes

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Name of creator

(1845-1933)

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

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. 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.

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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.

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Conditions governing access

Property of the Griffith Institute. No restrictions.

Conditions governing reproduction

Copyright Griffith Institute, University of Oxford.

Language of material

  • English

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Language and script notes

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No problems.

Finding aids

Paper catalogue (not complete).

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These are originals.

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None.

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  • Shelf: 0515A