Identity area
Reference code
Uphill MSS 5.4
Nadpis
Amenhotep III and Haremhab: buildings and construction projects
Date(s)
- c. 1980s-2000s (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
Notes mainly on some of the building and irrigation construction projects of Amenhotep III [Amenophis III] and Horemhab's [Haremhab; Horemhab]
15 pages (8 single-sided + 7 double-sided), typewritten and handwritten, preliminary notes for a project or publication, with brief descriptions, measurements and plans, also includes notes made from other publications
Uphill's headings:
- 8 pages (7 single-sided + 1 double-sided), typewritten with plans
- "Amenhotep III's Paradise Garden"
- Reconstruction schemes
- Queen Tiy's [Queen Tuy] lake
- Possible enlargement of Birket Habu and east bank basin
- Ritual significance of voyages in the wooden barque of Amun
- Stone structure in lake area
- Three plans for lake
- "Amenhotep III's Paradise Garden"
- 7 pages (1 single-sided + 6 double-sided), handwritten, including notes on
- Birket Habu Reconstructions
- Heliopolis enclosure
- Horemheb site material
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.