Identity area
Reference code
Carter MSS i.E.38-118
Title
Thebes. Valley of the Kings: copies of inscriptions from ostraca
Date(s)
- c. 1899-1922 (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent and medium
80 index-cards and 2 index card-dividers
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 card-index with transcriptions and notes for texts from ostraca featuring royal and private names, Valley of the Kings, Thebes. Many texts were copied from Daressy's publication.
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
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Finding aids
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
Not scanned by Griffith Institute.
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Publication note
- See Daressy, G. 1901. Ostraca: Nos 25001-25385. Catalogue général des antiquités égyptiennes du Musée du Caire.