Identificatie
referentie code
Carter MSS i
Titel
Datum(s)
- c. 1899-1922 (Vervaardig)
Beschrijvingsniveau
Reeks
Omvang en medium
9 boxes, 1 enclosure, 81 maps and plans
Context
Naam van de archiefvormer
Biografie
British Egyptologist. Born, London 1874. Died, London 1939. Privately educated. Employed by P. E. Newberry in 1891 working for the Archaeological Survey. Assisted in excavations for the Egypt Exploration Fund 1892-3, was with Petrie at Amarna in 1892, and as a draughtsman to the Deir el-Bahri expedition 1893-9. Appointed Chief Inspector of Antiquities of Upper Egypt 1899-1904. Discovered several royal tombs, including those of Hatshepsut, Tuthmosis IV and Amenophis I. Inspector of Lower Egypt 1905. Employed by Lord Carnarvon from 1909 onwards, to excavate in the Theban necropolis, the Delta and Middle Egypt. His most famous discovery, that of the intact tomb of Tutankhamun, was made in 1922. He spent the next ten years recording the tomb's contents. Most of Carter's records for Tutankhamun's tomb remain unpublished.
Geschiedenis van het archief
Directe bron van verwerving of overbrenging
This material was sent to the Griffith Institute by Mr Walter Hauser from the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, in 1955.
Inhoud en structuur
Bereik en inhoud
Work and excavations in Thebes:
- royal tombs
- private tombs
- caches
- graffiti
- inscriptions
- ostraca
- maps and plans
- excavations
- notes and records
Waardering, vernietiging en slectie
Aanvullingen
Ordeningstelsel
Voorwaarden voor toegang en gebruik
Voorwaarden voor raadpleging
Property of the Griffith Institute. No restrictions.
Voorwaarden voor reproductie
Copyright Griffith Institute, University of Oxford.
Taal van het materiaal
Schrift van het materiaal
Taal en schrift aantekeningen
Fysieke eigenschappen en technische eisen
Toegangen
Verwante materialen
Bestaan en verblifplaats van originelen
Bestaan en verblijfplaats van kopieën
Archived scans in Griffith Institute.
Related units of description
Notitie Publicaties
- Material relating to excavations undertaken by Lord Carnarvon and The Metropolitan Museum of Art at Thebes from 1911-1916, published by Christine Lilyquist, Excavations at Thebes: The Earl of Carnarvon and the Metropolitan Museum of Art at Carnarvon 62 and Surrounds, 1911–1916 (https://oi.uchicago.edu/research/individual-scholarship/individual-scholarship-christine-lilyquist (accessed 09/03/2022)).
- Carter MSS i.J partially published as part of 'The Search for Tutankhamun', see http://www.griffith.ox.ac.uk/gri/4search.html (accessed 09/03/2022).