Identity area
Reference code
Carter MSS i.E.306
Title
Notebook: hieratic palaeographic notes with hieroglyphic transcriptions
Date(s)
- c. 1899-1922 (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent and medium
1 notebook (approximately 50 pages with some affixed pages at the end)
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 manuscript notes on inscriptions. Palaeographic notes on hieroglyphic and hieratic signs, groups and inscriptions.
Part of Carter's records for monuments and objects from the Valley of the Kings, Thebes.
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.
Language of material
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.
Excluding hieroglyph/hieratic palaeographic section at the beginning of the notebook.