Identity area
Reference code
Uphill MSS 5.7
Title
Date(s)
- c. 1960s-1980s (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent and medium
1 envelope
Context area
Name of creator
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
Buildings - tombs
31 pages (16 single-sided + 15 double-sided), handwritten
Lists of royal and private tombs, mostly Old Kingdom and some Twelfth Dynasty, with area size calculations
Notes on the tombs of viziers located at several sites
Some additional related material has been moved here from a miscellaneous group of Uphill's unsorted records. Includes notes on Early Dynastic tombs at Abydos, including calculations and some plans, and genealogical lists for some early Dynastic royal families
Some notes are written on the verso of two letters:
- (?) Fulstone, Merton Park, London, 03/08/1974, regarding the will of Sarah Belzoni
- John Kirby, Crawley, not dated, reply to Uphill's invitation to a party
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.