File Uphill MSS 4.22 - Hatshepsut: biography and monuments

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Uphill MSS 4.22

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Hatshepsut: biography and monuments

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  • c. 1980s-2000s (Creation)

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1 folder

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The estate of Eric Uphill.

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Donated by the executors of the estate of Eric Uphill in 2022.

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"Hatshepsut: Foremost of Noble Women"*
14 single-sided pages
Two drafts for a general article or lecture on Hatshepsut's background, reign, monuments and buildings, annotated typescripts.
Uphill's section headings:

  • Hatshepsut: Foremost of Noble Women, earlier draft
    • Introduction
    • Family background
    • Politics. The succession problem
    • Names and titles
    • Representation on royal monuments
    • Punt expedition
    • The Sed festival
    • Great officials
    • Lesser officials
    • Daily life
    • Foreign trade and intercourse
    • Buildings and monuments
    • Private monuments
    • Burial equipment
    • Changes in art
    • Eradication of the names and inscriptions of the queen
    • Later deletion from the King Lists
    • Hatshepsut monument survey. With Nubia
    • Ma'etkare Hatshepsut dates
  • Hatshepsut: Foremost of Noble Women, later draft incorporating corrections from the earlier one
  • Same headings as the earlier draft, it ends with the section 'Later deletion from the King Lists' and does not include the final two sections present in the earlier draft

*Uphill's description for this group as recorded on the original housing. This note has been retained.

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Property of the Griffith Institute. No restrictions.

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Copyright Griffith Institute, University of Oxford.

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