Identity area
Reference code
Carter MSS i.D.175-211
Title
Thebes. South-West Valleys: graffiti
Date(s)
- c. 1899-1922 (Creation)
Level of description
Part
Extent and medium
1 Western Manuscript folder
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 records on graffiti from the 'valley south of tombs of the queens', and ‘near the cliff (south) tomb of Hatshepsut’. Wâdi Sikket Tâqet Zaid, Wâdi Qubbânet el-Qirûd [Biban el-Gurud], Wâdi el-Gharbi and Wâdi Sikket el-Agaia, Thebes.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
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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
Language and script notes
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.
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Publication note
- See Carter, Howard 1917. 'A tomb prepared for queen Hatshepsuit and other recent discoveries at Thebes'. Journal of Egyptian Archaeology 4 (2/3), 107-114 pl. xix (map).
- See Černý, Jaroslav 1956. Graffiti hiéroglyphiques et hiératiques de la nécropole thébaine: nos 1060 à 1405.
- See TopBib i2.593-594.