Identity area
Reference code
Uphill MSS 4.5
Title
11th Dynasty temples
Date(s)
- c. 1970-1990s (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
"Project III. Tod. The 11th Dynasty Temple"*
27 pages (20 single-sided + 7 double-sided)
Documentation for 11th Dynasty temples, including a typewritten draft, handwritten notes and a draft plan.
Description with Uphill's section headings where appropriate:
- Incomplete draft for "The Eleventh Dynasty Temple", annotated typescript, 17 pages, which has an introduction, then a listing with brief descriptions of the relevant temples by site:
- Abydos
- Dendera
- Ballas
- Thebes (Karnak, Qurneh)
- Armant
- Gebelein
- Handwritten notes which continue from the point the typescript finishes, with notes on:
- Gebelein (used for the Gebelein entry in the typescript)
- El Kab
- Sinai
- Tod
- Hierakonpolis
- Abydos
- Medamoud
- Heliopolis
- Hermopolis
- Ideas on 11 Dyn. temples
- Amenhotep I
- Thutmose IV
- Sandstone of Nebhepetre
- Limestone of Sankhkare
- Middle Kingdom - 12th Dyn. temples
- Draft plan of Tod temple
*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.