John P. Peters Collection of Drawings and Plans of an Archeological Excavation at Nippur
Scope and Contents
Circa 55 archeological illustrations and 95 archeological plans collected by John P. Peters and relating to the excavation of Nippur in Iraq, circa 1888-1895. Drawings are of various architectural structures (primarily ziggurats) and antiquities.
Dates
- circa 1888-1895
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
John P. Peters Collection of Drawings and Plans of an Archeological Excavation at Nippur is the physical property of the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University. Literary rights, including copyright, belong to the authors or their legal heirs and assigns. For further information, consult the appropriate curator.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
From the Library of John Punnett Peters (Yale 1873), 1923.
Arrangement
Arranged by material size.
Extent
8.5 Linear Feet (5 boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Catalog Record
A record for this collection is available in Orbis, the Yale University Library catalog
Persistent URL
Abstract
Circa 55 archeological illustrations and 95 archeological plans collected by John P. Peters and relating to the excavation of Nippur in Iraq, circa 1888-1895. Drawings are of various architectural structures (primarily ziggurats) and antiquities.
Biographical / Historical
John P. Peters (1852-1921) (Yale 1873) was an Episcopal clergyman and a professor of Old Testament languages and literature at the Protestant Episcopal Divinity School in Philadelphia, and of Hebrew at the University of Pennsylvania. He conducted excavations at Nippur, an ancient Sumerian city, with John Henry Haynes and Hermann Volrath Hilprecht from 1888 to 1895.
Processing Information
Collections are processed to a variety of levels, depending on the work necessary to make them usable, their perceived research value, the availability of staff, competing priorities, and whether or not further accruals are expected. The library attempts to provide a basic level of preservation and access for all collections, and does more extensive processing of higher priority collections as time and resources permit.
These materials have been arranged and described according to national and local standards. For more information, please refer to the Beinecke Manuscript Unit Processing Manual.
Former call number: ZZ52 25.
- Title
- Guide to the John P. Peters Collection of Drawings and Plans of an Archeological Excavation at Nippur
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Sarah Lerner
- Date
- April 2022
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description note
- Finding aid in English.
Part of the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library Repository
Location
121 Wall Street
New Haven, CT 06511
Opening Hours
Access Information
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