Identity area
Reference code
Carter MSS i.F.80-82
Title
Thebes. Valley of the Kings. Carnarvon excavations: Ostraca - Site A, 3 ostraca
Date(s)
- c. 1917-1922 (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent and medium
1 page, and 2 grid-lined pages with 3 affixed photographs
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 with photographs of 3 ostraca found by Harry Burton in 1914 in the upper stratum of rubbish of Site A, Valley of the Kings, Thebes.
Part of Carter's records on ostraca from Thebes found during Carnarvon excavations.
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.