Identity area
Reference code
Uphill MSS 4.16
Nadpis
Hyksos fortifications
Date(s)
- c. 1980s-2000s (Creation)
Level of description
File
Extent and medium
1 folder
Context area
Name of creator
(1929-2018)
Archival history
The estate of Eric Uphill.
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Donated by the executors of the estate of Eric Uphill in 2022.
Content and structure area
Scope and content
"Project XIV. Hyksos fortifications: a. Palestine; b. Lebanon; c. Syria; d. Egypt"*
26 pages (25 single-sided + 1 double-sided)
An almost complete publication draft on Hyksos fortifications, mostly typewritten with some handwritten pages and notes.
Uphill's section headings with additional descriptions:
- Hyksos fortifications, a handwritten table of contents(?) with a list of sites
- List of sites from Säve-Söderbergh, T. 1951. The Hyksos rule in Egypt. Journal of Egyptian Archaeology 37, 53-71 (OEB 3089)
- Hyksos fortifications gazetteer, a 19-page typescript with a few annotations, and three additional typed pages, perhaps appendices to the main text. The documentation includes the following sub-headings:
- Palestine
- Major military bases
- Large cities
- Large towns
- Small towns
- Small settlements
- Fortlets
- Towns of uncertain scale yet to be established
- Possible MBIIB sites with Hyksos forts
- MBIIA Period urban and fort sites
- Palestine
- Lebanon
- Large towns
- Syria
- Major military bases
- Large cities
- Scale uncertain and yet to be established
- MBIIA Period urban and fort sites
- Egypt
- Capital
- Possible large cities
- Possible cities for comparison
- Large towns
- Small towns
- Small settlements
- Fortlets
- Towns of uncertain scale yet to be established
- Possible MBIIB sites with Hyksos forts
- MBIIA Period urban and fort sites
- Hyksos scarabs from Palestinian locations, list of site names, perhaps an appendix to the main text
- Towns in Palestine apparently destroyed by Ahmose, list of site names, perhaps an appendix to the main text
- Sites burnt or destroyed in period 1550-1500 BC, and Sites continuing in LBI but possibly with some interruption and renewal, lists of site names, perhaps appendices to the main text
*Uphill's description for this group as recorded on the original housing. This note has been retained.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Kept as received.
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Property of the Griffith Institute. No restrictions.
Conditions governing reproduction
Copyright Griffith Institute, University of Oxford.
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Script of material
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Physical characteristics and technical requirements
No problems.
Finding aids
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Existence and location of originals
These are the originals.