Identity area
Reference code
Uphill MSS 4.18
Title
Date(s)
- c. 1960s-2000s (Creation)
Level of description
File
Extent and medium
1 folder
Context area
Name of creator
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 XVI. Israel - The Temples of Jerusalem: I. Solomon's; II. Ezekial's ideal-based one; III. Herod's including citadel platform, also 2nd post-exilic shrine"*
70 pages (52 single-sided + 18 double-sided)
Preliminary drafts and notes on Jerusalem temples, typewritten and handwritten notes, and includes summaries and notes of relevant publications.
Uphill's section headings:
- Middoth measurements
- Draft plans:
- Solomonic citadel and temple
- Middoth. Plan of Herod's and Solomon's altars
- The inner temple
- Ezekial temple, with plan of gate
- Bibliography and notes
- Notes on Harem
- Temple platform & court sizes
- Comparative plan of Solomonic + Herod inner temple courts using equal cubits
- Hecateus plan postexilic temple
- Reconstruction, typescript and a series of draft plans with accompanying notes:
- Josephus temple
- Middoth temple
- Reconstruction of citadel and temple
- Minimal citadel reconstruction
- The temple mount, typescript and a series of draft plans
- T. C. M. Mitchell notes on house of pharaoh's daughter
- Photocopies made from relevant publications
*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.
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
Script of material
Language and script notes
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
No problems.
Finding aids
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
These are the originals.