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JT John Robert Towers (d. ?1979), Egyptologist

John Towers was educated at St Aidan's College, Birkenhead, 1906-9; Durham University, Licentiate of Theology, 1909; and Manchester University, MA, 1934, DD, 1935. He was ordained deacon, 1909, and priest, 1910. He served as a curate at Hoylake, 1909-12; Holy Trinity, Stirling, 1912-13; St Andrew, Glasgow, 1913-16; Buxton, 1916-19; and Gedling, 1919-22. He was appointed priest-in-charge of Chinley with Buxworth, 1922-43, and rector of Aston on Trent, 1943-56. He was interested in Egyptology, particularly the Amarna period. He died in Christchurch, Hampshire, ca. 1979.

Correspondence and papers, 1936-61

The collection mainly comprises manuscripts, articles, lectures, notes, correspondence, photographs, slides, postcards and drawings.

3 boxes and 1 box of slides

index of people, places and institutions

JT/1 Draft text on Ancient Egyptian poetry
undated
1 bundle, ms and typescript
Comprises transcriptions, translations and explanatory notes

JT/2 Draft text on Ancient Hebrew poetry
undated
1 bundle, ms and typescript

JT/3 Draft text on the source of the Hebrew Psalter
undated
1 bundle, ms and typescript

JT/4 Draft text on Genesis
undated
1 bundle, ms and typescript

JT/5 Draft text on proper names in the early books of the Old Testament
undated
1 bundle, ms and typescript

JT/6 Draft transcription of the Pyramid Texts
undated
1 bundle, ms and typescript
Utterances 1-572

JT/7 Draft transcription of The Tale of the Shipwrecked Sailor
undated
1 bundle
With 14 black-and-white photographs of the papyrus copy of the Tale (Papyrus St Petersburg 1115)

JT/8 Draft article on the Amarna letters
undated
1 bundle, ms and typescript
Includes a transcription and translation of Amarna letters K147 and K356

JT/9 Draft article on Hatshepsut, Tiy and Nefertiti
undated
1 sheaf, typescript

JT/10 Draft article on the term 'Lord' in the Old Testament
undated
12 sheets, typescript

JT/11 Draft article on the terms 'bless' and 'give thanks' in the New Testament
undated
7 sheets, typescript
Incomplete

JT/12 Draft article on the cleansing of the Temple
undated
9 sheets
Comprises an analysis of the following passages from the New Testament: St John, 2.13; St Matthew, 21.12; St Mark, 11.5; and St Luke, 19.45

JT/13 Draft talks on the Psalms
1961
1 bundle
A series of talks given during Lent
With a sheet of questions, typescript

JT/14 Letters to John Towers
undated, 1955
4 items, ms and typescript
With a programme of lectures of the Glasgow Egypt Society, 1936-7

JT/15 Drawings of wall paintings and inscriptions at Amarna
undated
18 sheets, pen and ink
With other miscellaneous drawings

JT/16 Photographs of miscellaneous Egyptian subjects
undated
13 prints, black and white and colour

JT/17 Slides of miscellaneous Egyptian subjects
undated
1 box containing 59 lantern slides
Mainly comprises slides of Tower's drawings of wall paintings and inscriptions at Amarna; a set of tourist slides of Abu Simbel, Luxor, Karnak and Aswan (some hand tinted); and a slide of an unidentified family group

JT/18 Postcards of miscellaneous Egyptian subjects
undated
1 bundle
Mainly from the British Museum, London

JT/19 Edith Boughey
Transcription and translation of The Tale of the Shipwrecked Sailor
undated
1 sheaf

JT/20 Winifred Crompton
Transcription and translation of the Hymn to Senusret III
undated
3 pamphlets
With corrections by Margaret Murray

JT/20/1 Part I, lines 1-6

JT/20/2 Part I, lines 6-11

JT/20/3 Part II [an error occurred while processing this directive]

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