Zone d'identification
Cote
Uphill MSS 4.16
Titre
Hyksos fortifications
Date(s)
- c. 1980s-2000s (Production)
Niveau de description
Dossier
Étendue matérielle et support
1 folder
Zone du contexte
Nom du producteur
(1929-2018)
Histoire archivistique
The estate of Eric Uphill.
Source immédiate d'acquisition ou de transfert
Donated by the executors of the estate of Eric Uphill in 2022.
Zone du contenu et de la structure
Portée et contenu
"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.
Évaluation, élimination et calendrier de conservation
Accroissements
Mode de classement
Kept as received.
Zone des conditions d'accès et d'utilisation
Conditions d’accès
Property of the Griffith Institute. No restrictions.
Conditions de reproduction
Copyright Griffith Institute, University of Oxford.
Langue des documents
Écriture des documents
Notes sur la langue et l'écriture
Caractéristiques matérielle et contraintes techniques
No problems.
Instruments de recherche
Zone des sources complémentaires
Existence et lieu de conservation des originaux
These are the originals.