Identity area
Reference code
Carter MSS ii.7
Title
Meir. Tombs. Carnarvon-Carter excavations: description of necropolis and definitions of cemetries A-E and O-P
Date(s)
- c. 1918-1919 (Creation)
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File
Extent and medium
8 pages
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 annotated typescript, with some additional manuscript notes, with a general description of the necropolis at Meir, and cemetery group areas A-E and N-P.
Dated 15 and 16 December 1918.
Part of Carter's records for the Carnarvon-Carter excavations, Old Kingdom and Middle Kingdom tombs, Meir.
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
Language and script notes
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Finding aids
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
Archived scans in Griffith Institute.
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Publication note
- See Blackman, Aylward M. 1914-1953. The rock tombs of Meir, vols. i-vi.
- See TopBib iv.247-258.