Identificatie
referentie code
Schott MSS
Titel
Datum(s)
- 1920s-1940s (Vervaardig)
Beschrijvingsniveau
Collectie
Omvang en medium
9 A4 ring binders, 2 boxes, 5 notebooks, 1 sheaf of printed papers and 1 tin
Context
Naam van de archiefvormer
Biografie
German Egyptologist. Born, Berlin 1897. Died, Innsbruck 1971. Studied Egyptology under H. Ranke at Heidelberg, 1924, then with H. Junker and K. Sethe. Dr. Phil., 1926. Employed initially as an assistant in the Berlin Museum, and also worked at the German Archaeological Institute, Cairo. During his time in Egypt he translated texts collected by the German E. Delta expedition in 1929. Also worked for Chicago House, Luxor, as an epigraphist. Lecturer, Göttingen University, 1943. Professor of Egyptology, Heidelberg University, 1952. Professor of Egyptology, Göttingen University, 1956. Professor (emeritus), Göttingen University, 1965-71. Published extensively, especially religious texts.
Geschiedenis van het archief
(a) Professor Schott lent the original negatives to Dr R. L. B. Moss in 1950. They were used during the compilation of the second edition of the Topographical Bibliography, vol. i, Pt. 1.
(b) The original photographs made from these negatives are in the Abteilung Ägyptologie, University of Trier. There was an exchange of copies of photographs and negatives, completing some of the gaps in the Griffith Institute and Trier sets.
(c) Not known.
Directe bron van verwerving of overbrenging
(a) Professor Schott officially presented the negatives to the Griffith Institute in 1960.
(b) Photographs completing part of the Griffith Institute set were received in exchange from the Abteilung Ägyptologie, University of Trier (Professor E. Winter), in 1992.
(c) Transferred from the Sackler Library Archive Room in November 2018.
Inhoud en structuur
Bereik en inhoud
(a) Approximately 3,500 negatives recording scenes from private tombs at Thebes, accompanied by a concordance in five notebooks .
(b) There are also several hundred photographs which were received in exchange with the Abteilung Ägyptologie, Trier.
(c) Microfilm roll with copies of the negatives.
Waardering, vernietiging en slectie
Aanvullingen
Ordeningstelsel
Kept as received.
Voorwaarden voor toegang en gebruik
Voorwaarden voor raadpleging
Property of the Griffith Institute. No restrictions.
Voorwaarden voor reproductie
Copyright Griffith Institute, Oxford, and Abteilung Ägyptologie, FB III, Universität Trier, Universitätsring 15, D-54296 Trier.
Taal van het materiaal
- Duits
Schrift van het materiaal
Taal en schrift aantekeningen
Fysieke eigenschappen en technische eisen
The original nitrate negatives were copied onto 35 mm safety film and the originals destroyed. The consultation set of prints are contact sheets made from the 35 mm negatives.
Toegangen
Catalogue.
Verwante materialen
Bestaan en verblifplaats van originelen
The original negatives are in the Griffith Institute. The original photographs are in Abteilung Ägyptologie, Universität Trier.
Bestaan en verblijfplaats van kopieën
Trier, Abteilung Ägyptologie (http://www.schott.uni-trier.de).