Identity area
Reference code
Uphill MSS 4.9
Nadpis
Thebes and Memphis
Date(s)
- c. 1970s-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 VII. Thebes: a. General; b. 'Hanging Gardens'"*
26 pages (25 single-sided + 1 double-sided)
Draft of a planned article or lecture(?) on Thebes, including a general description of Thebes with sections on Memphis and the 'Hanging Gardens of Thebes', a draft with typewritten and handwritten sections.
Uphill's section headings with some descriptions:
- Summary of Diodorus's description of the geography, buildings and history of Thebes and Memphis
- Commentary: Thebes
- Tomb of Osymandias [Ozymandias]
- Memphis, four pages
- The Hanging Gardens of Thebes, five pages
- Mentuhotep
- Hatshepsut
- Amenhotep III
- Birket Habu: harbour - circus, naumachia, summaries of relevant publications
*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.