Identity area
Reference code
Uphill MSS 4.3
Title
Date(s)
- c. 1970-1990s (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
"Ramesses III: Last of the Great Pharaohs or Penultimate Great Pharaoh"*
87 pages (81 single-sided + 6 double-sided)
Documentation for Ramesses III's building projects and monuments, including typewritten and handwritten drafts and notes copied from relevant publications and some photocopies. In part, the same or similar in content to Uphill MSS 4.1-2.
Uphill's section headings include:
- Drafts, "Ramesses III: Last of the Great Pharaohs", three annotated typescripts, produced at different stages, varying in length (7, 12 and 10 pages), one dated June 1996
- Summaries and extracts from related publications
- Cities, fortresses and enclosures
- Conspectus of Ramesses III buildings in Egypt and other locations outside Egypt
- Foundations of Ramesses III in Asia from text and other sources
- Plans of sites photocopied from other publications
- Tree planting
- Possible road stations and rest houses or inns
- Comparisons [monuments in Egypt, Persia, India and China]
- The harem conspiracy
- The witchcraft plot
- Notes made at a K. A. Kitchen lecture at the E.E.S. 06-12-2003, 'Ramesses III: towards a true history?'
- Uphill's comments on Porter, Robert M. 2008. A note on Ramesses IV and 'Merneptah' at Beth Shean. Tel Aviv 35 (2), 244-248 (OEB 215340)
*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.