Identity area
Reference code
Carter MSS i.G.74
Nadpis
Date(s)
- 15-03-1904 (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent and medium
1 sheet
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
French architect and archaeologist. Born, Cairo 1874. Died, Cairo 1952. Trained at the national school of Arts et Métiers, Aix-en-Provence. Involved in the restoration and clearance of the Great Sphinx. Worked at many sites including Giza, Saqqara, Maidum, Abydos, Ashmunein, Kharga Oasis, Dendera, and Thebes where he worked in the Valley of the Kings, the Ramesseum, the Ptolemaic temple at Deir el-Medina, and especially the temple of Hatshepsut at Deir el-Bahri (Deir el-Bahari), Thebes. Also cleared parts of the Luxor temple and was involved in the Nubian temples salvage campaign.
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
Émile Baraize's annotated hand-drawn final plan for the tomb of Hatshepsut, KV 20, Valley of the Kings, Thebes. Signed and dated '15/3/04'.
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
- Scale not recorded
- 47.4 x 80.5 cm
- Housed in archival polyester L-Velope
Finding aids
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
Archived scan in Griffith Institute.
Related units of description
Publication note
- Davis, Theodore M. (ed.) 1906. The tomb of Hâtshopsîtû, pl. viii.
- See TopBib i2.548 (plan), 546.