Identity area
Reference code
Nadpis
Date(s)
- c. 1980s-2000s (Creation)
Level of description
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 XVIII. Babylonia - Nebuchad-Nezzar II: Fortifications in and around Babylon; Also hydraulic works"*
4 pages (3 single-sided + 1 double-sided)
A preliminary document describing Nebuchadnezzar II's building projects, annotated typescript, includes brief descriptions with measurements of buildings and other structures with some plans, and summaries and notes from publications.
Uphill's section headings:
- Nebuchadnezzar fortifications at Babylon
- Hammurabi temple foundations
- Inundated area of Babylon
- Suggested solution
- Median wall
- Suggested size
- Outer city wall
- Inner city wall
- Babel platform
- Borsippa
*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.