Dossier Uphill MSS 4.25 - Domestic architecture in ancient Egypt: II: palaces

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Uphill MSS 4.25

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Domestic architecture in ancient Egypt: II: palaces

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  • c. 1970s-2000s (Production)

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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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"Domestic architecture and its urban setting in ancient Egypt. Part II: Palaces"*
192 pages (187 single-sided + 5 double-sided)
Incomplete drafts, typewritten with annotations, the palaces of ancient Egypt form the second section of a planned but unpublished publication. See Uphill MSS 4.24 for the first part.
There is a publication plan, a primary publication draft incorporating carbon copies, a few drafts for additional chapters, a revised draft for the chapter on Malkata, appendices and notes.
Uphill's section headings:

  • Publication plan with notes, 10 pages (9 single-sided + 1 double-sided), quarto size paper, handwritten and typewritten with annotations
    • Part II. Palaces
      • Generalities
      • Old Kingdom
      • Middle Kingdom
      • New Kingdom
      • Malkata
      • Amarna
      • Nineteenth Dynasty
        • Palace of Ramesses II in Ramesseum
      • Twentieth Dynasty
        • Ramesses III at Medinet Habu
      • Nineteenth Dynasty (sic)
        • Palace of Merneptah at Memphis
      • Twenty-Sixth Dynasty
        • Palace of Apries
      • Short summary to conclude
      • Illustration lists
      • Palaces. Sizes
  • Primary publication draft, 115 single-sided pages, quarto size, typewritten, annotated with some drawings, and one handwritten note. All chapters include the original typewritten draft along with its carbon copy except for 'The imperial city' section at the end
    • The early dynastic palaces
    • The Old Kingdom palace
    • The Middle Kingdom palace
    • Deir el Ballas
    • Malkata
      • Site plan
      • The temple (pr) of Amun
      • The audience pavilion
      • The harem and servant's quarters
      • The west villas and officials' houses
      • The middle palace
      • The private palace of the king
      • The south palace and dependencies
      • Construction
      • Decoration
    • The imperial city
      • Table 1. W. Asia capitals
      • Table 2. Egyptian capitals and residences
      • Table 3. Aegean citadels and walled enclosures
  • Chapter draft, 11 single-sided pages, quarto size paper, typewritten with annotations, perhaps produced later than the primary publication draft
    • The royal palaces of El Amarna
      • Introductory
      • Generalities
      • Residence boundaries
      • Great north palace
      • North palace
      • Central palace
      • Coronation hall
      • The bridge
      • The "estate" palace
      • Maru Aten
      • Conclusions
  • Chapter draft, 11 single-sided pages, A4 size paper, typewritten with annotations, produced later than the primary publication draft
    • The Delta residence of Ramesses II
      • Introductory
      • Exploration
      • Khatana
      • Qantir
      • Reconstruction of the city site
      • The palace - temple sector
      • The palace
      • Public halls and rooms
      • Private apartments
      • The temples
      • Conclusions
  • Revised draft of the Malkata chapter from the primary text draft (see above), 36 single-sided pages, A4 size paper, typewritten with annotations
    • Malkata
      • Site plan
      • The temple (pr) of Amun
      • The audience pavilion
      • The harem and servant's quarters
      • The west villas and officials' houses
      • The middle palace
      • The private palace of the king
      • The south palace and dependencies
      • Construction
      • Decoration
  • Notes on palaces, 6 pages (2 single-sided + 4 double-sided), A4 size ruled paper, handwritten
    • Palaces & palace complex areas, lists of palaces with area sizes
      • Egypt; Sumer; Babylonia; Assyria; Syria; Anatolia; Persia; Crete; Greece; Egypt. Ptolemic; Sicily; Rome
    • Ratio of sizes by area covered by buildings
      • Egypt; Sumer; Assyria; Babylonia; Syria; Anatolia; Persia; Sassanian; Crete; Greece. Mycenaeum; Egypt. Ptolemic; Rome
  • Related material, moved here from a miscellaneous group of Uphill's unsorted loose notes
    • 3 single-sided pages, quarto size paper, handwritten and hand-drafted
      • Plan of the temples and palaces on the Theban West Bank
      • Plan of the Malkata palace
      • Notes on the Malkata palace areas and a list of Theban West Bank temples

*Uphill's description for this group.

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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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These are the originals.

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