Identity area
Reference code
Carter MSS v.149
Title
Notebook: hieratic palaeographic notes with hieroglyphic transcriptions
Date(s)
- c. 1899-1923 (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent and medium
1 notebook (13 pages)
Context area
Name of creator
(1874-1939)
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
This material was sent to the Griffith Institute by Mr. Walter Hauser from the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York in 1955.
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Howard Carter's notebook of hieratic palaeographic notes on individual signs, groups, royal names and a few longer texts, with hieroglyphic transcriptions.
Perhaps compiled during Carter's excavations and explorations (graffiti and inscribed objects).
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
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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Script of material
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Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Finding aids
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
Archived scans in Griffith Institute.