Identity area
Reference code
Uphill MSS 6
Title
Papers and lectures
Date(s)
- 1970s - 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
Uphill's conference papers and lecture notes
83 pages (68 single-sided + 15 double-sided)
- "The Early Days of the Egypt Exploration Society"
- 21 quarto-sized pages, typewritten with annotations, plus 1 handwritten Thames & Hudson Ltd compliment slip, date not known
- "Comings and Goings"
- 5 photocopied A4 pages, typewritten extract(?) from a travel journal, recording a trip to Egypt. If this was used for one of Uphill's papers, the venue and date are not known
- "The Boundaries and Orientation of Akhenaten"
- 4 typewritten pages, two drafts of the same abstract(?), one references University College London, date not known
- "Hawara and the Fayum Residence of Amenemhat III"
- 5 typewritten pages with annotations (4 single-sided + 1 double-sided), marked as "Lecture", venue and date not known
- "Ramesses II Megalomaniac or Servant of the Gods"
- 5 typewritten pages with annotations (4 single-sided + 1 double-sided), including a list of slides used alongside the text, venue and date not known
- "Architectural Connections between Egypt and Mesopotamia c. 3100 BC"
- 1 typewritten page, British Association of Near Eastern Archaeology (BANEA), 1991
- "Per Ramesses", Liverpool. BANEA, 15/12/1992
- 1 page with a single typewritten paragraph with notes
- "The Hawara Labyrinth of Amenemhat III", British Museum, 22/02/1996
- 4 typewritten pages (3 single-sided + 1 double-sided)
- "Religion and Life at Buhen in Nubia"
- 6 pages (4 single-sided + 2 double-sided), 2 pages of typewritten notes + 2 photocopied maps + 2 pages handwritten notes, for a lecture for an event at Bristol, 24/05/1997
- "The Butic Canal: Its Date and Functions"
- 9 pages (7 single-sided + 2 double-sided), including typewritten pages of paper, extract, and guidelines for proceedings for the 8th International Congress of Egyptologists in 2000, and some handwritten notes
- "Great Ancient Egyptian canals"
- 1 page with a single typewritten paragraph, "From a lecture by Mr Eric Uphill, at the Egyptian Embassy, on 4th December, 2003"
- "The Instruction of King Amenemhat"
- 17 pages (9 single-sided + 8 double-sided), 2 quarto-sized pages of typewritten preliminary (student?) notes with annotations, 8 pages produced sometime after 2009, Uphill dedicates this version of the paper to John Tait. The group also includes 6 pages of handwritten notes and a photocopy of a line drawing of the stela of Ikhernofret from Abydos from a publication, venue not known
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.
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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.