Identity area
Reference code
Carter MSS i.G.81
Title
Thebes. Valley of the Kings and South-West Valleys (South of Valley of the Queens): map showing positions of graffiti found by Carter
Date(s)
- c. 1899-1922 (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent and medium
1 grid-lined sheet
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 hand-drawn map recording the positions of some of the graffiti found by him. Includes graffiti located in the South-West Valleys (south of the Valley of the Queens), and around 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
- Scale '8 cms to the 1000 ms'
- 43.4 x 64.8 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
- 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 Spiegelberg, Wilhelm 1921. Ägyptische und andere Graffiti (Inschriften und Zeichnungen) aus der thebanischen Nekropolis, Nos. 149-739.
- See Černý, Jaroslav 1956. Graffiti hiéroglyphiques et hiératiques de la nécropole thébaine: nos 1060 à 1405.
- See TopBib i2.590.
- See TopBib i2.593-594.
Notes area
Note
Note in the former Carter MSS catalogue, 'Numbers on map do not appear to correspond with numbers of graffiti from group Carter MSS i.D'.