Identity area
Reference code
Carter MSS iv.3-50
Title
Date(s)
- 1913 (Creation)
Level of description
Part
Extent and medium
35 photographs mounted on 18 ruled lined pages and 30 loose photographic prints
Context area
Name of creator
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 photographs of the Carnarvon-Carter excavations at Tell el-Balamūn, in 1913.
Carter MSS iv.3-20
18 lined pages with affixed photographs accompanied by manuscript captions. Carter numbered these as plates ii-xviii to accompany his report, see Carter MSS iv.2.
Carter MSS iv.21-50
30 loose photographs, including some duplicates of photographs in Carter MSS iv.3-20.
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
Finding aids
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
The original negatives for the photographs are not in Griffith Institute. The current location of the negatives is unknown.
Existence and location of copies
Archived scans in Griffith Institute.
Related units of description
Publication note
- See TopBib iv.39A.