Identity area
Reference code
Uphill MSS 5.3
Title
Notes on temples and tombs
Date(s)
- c. 1960s-1970s (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent and medium
1 envelope
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
A group of miscellaneous notes on temples and tombs, mostly ancient Egyptian but also Solomon's temple, Jerusalem
46 pages (41 single-sided + 5 double-sided)
Preliminary notes for a project or publication, publication plan, with brief descriptions, measurements and plans
First group, 25 pages (20 single-sided + 5 double-sided)
Uphill's headings:
- "Further remarks on the Aten temples"
- Sanctuary
- Constructed & plan alterations
- Meket Re model portico
- Cattle census yard
- Cattle stable
- Butcher shop
- Granary
- Brewery and bakery
- Weaving shop
- Carpenter's shop
- Heliopolis
- Hermopolis
- Hierakonpolis
- Abydos royal tombs, list with plans
- Jerusalem, Solomon's temple
Second group, related material moved here from a miscellaneous group of Uphill's unsorted loose notes
21 single-sided pages
- Notes on Heliopolis, typewritten, annotated
- Temple of Ramesses II
- Temple of Ramesses IV
- Chapel of prince Nebmaatre [Nebmaetre] (son of Ramesses IX)
- Habitable area at Heliopolis
- Fort complex of Ramesses III
- Photocopied maps and plans of Heliopolis, made from publications
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.