Identity area
Reference code
Uphill MSS 4.24
Title
Domestic architecture in ancient Egypt: I: houses and towns
Date(s)
- c. 1970s-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
"Domestic architecture and its urban setting in ancient Egypt. Part I: Houses and towns"*
133 single-sided pages
Annotated typewritten draft on the houses and towns of ancient Egypt, forming the first section of an unpublished book. See Uphill MSS 4.25 for the second part.
Uphill's section headings:
- Draft, 2 + 131 pages, quarto size, typewritten with annotations
- Title page
- Table of contents
- Part I - Houses and towns
- Generalities
- The Predynastic villages
- The Early Dynastic house
- The Old Kingdom town
- The town of Queen Khent-kawes
- The Middle Kingdom town
- The town of Senusret II
- The town of Ahmose
- Akhetaten: the residence of Akhenaten and the city of the sun
- El Amarna: the house of Nakht
- El Amarna: the house of Hatiay
- El Amarna: a middle class house V.37.1
- El Amarna: the model house
- El Amarna: the eastern village
- Thebes: The southern capital and great metropolis of Upper Egypt
- The Theban house
- Medinet Habu: the temple town of Ramesses III
- The workmens' village at Deir el Medineh
*Uphill's description for this group.
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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No problems.
Finding aids
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
These are the originals.