Identity area
Reference code
Uphill MSS 4.6
Nadpis
Hydraulics I: 'Hydraulic wonders of Egypt'
Date(s)
- c. 1990-2010s (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 IV. Hydraulic wonders of Egypt"*
72 pages (63 single-sided + 9 double-sided)
Documentation for ancient Egyptian waterways and irrigation schemes, and references mentioning these in texts, typewritten drafts with some handwritten notes.
Description with Uphill's section headings where appropriate:
- Nile heights. Breasted. Palermo Stone
- Palermo Stone water heights using Wilkinson
- Hydraulic projects I: Menes basin scheme
- Qusheisha dyke
- Suggested figures for "Menes" dykes
- Scheme for Menes dykes
- The original (?) basin system on the Nile - possible unification period date
- The Nubian province land area under cultivation
- Channels of the Nile through the Delta in antiquity
- Figures relating to lands watered by shaduf raising
- The dating of the Gisr Gadalla and Gisr Bahlawan and possible date of Qushesha dyke
- Fayum Lake levels
- Hydraulic projects II: Lake Moeris and the Biahmu statues of Amenemhat III
- The Fayum system
- Copy of a letter addressed to [Robert M. Porter], dated 05-11-2006, regarding Palermo Stone annals and Nile heights, with an attached draft, notes and relevant photocopies made from publications
- Photocopies made from publications, some annotated
*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.