Pièce Carter MSS vi.2.10 - Autobiography (Autobiographical Sketches): Sketch III. Thebes; Sketch IV. The Tomb of the Horse; Sketch V. Summer life and a Tale from the Coffee hearth; Sketch VI. Three Milk White Camels; Sketch VII. A Fortuitous Discovery

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Carter MSS vi.2.10

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Autobiography (Autobiographical Sketches): Sketch III. Thebes; Sketch IV. The Tomb of the Horse; Sketch V. Summer life and a Tale from the Coffee hearth; Sketch VI. Three Milk White Camels; Sketch VII. A Fortuitous Discovery

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  • c. 1930-1939 (Production)

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1 notebook

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Nom du producteur

Carter, Howard
(1874-1939)

Histoire archivistique

Formerly in the possession of Howard Carter's niece Miss Phyllis Walker.
Loaned to the Griffith Institute in 1946-1947, and then returned to Miss Walker.

Source immédiate d'acquisition ou de transfert

Presented by Miss Phyllis Walker in June 1959.

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Portée et contenu

Howard Carter's autobiography, a notebook containing manuscript for Sketches III-VII, also some enclosures including loose manuscript notes, a typewritten note, and a newspaper cutting.

  • 76 numbered pages/openings, arranged with main text on right and notes on left
  • Carter's annotated page numbers, "73" to "149"
  • Sketch III - Thebes
    • Pages 73-86
    • Contains four subsections, I to IV
  • Sketch IV - The Tomb of the Horse
    • Pages 87-111
    • Contains three subsections, I to III
  • Sketch V. Summer life and a Tale from the Coffee-hearth
    • Pages 112-121
    • Contains one subsection, "The Rat and the Snake"
  • Sketch VI. Three Milk White Camels
    • Pages 122-141
  • Sketch VII. A Fortuitous Discovery
    • Pages 142-149

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Property of the Griffith Institute. No restrictions.

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Copyright Griffith Institute, University of Oxford.

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      Caractéristiques matérielle et contraintes techniques

      • Black leather binding
      • Ruled pages
      • 25.8 x 20.5 x 1.2 cms
      • Stamped manufacturer's logo on the outer back cover:
        • Positioned centrally, impressed/stamped/embossed square containing "C" enclosing the Earth (shows Europe, Africa, Asia and Australia)
        • Positioned lower right corner, impressed/stamped/embossed text "No. 1028"

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      Existence et lieu de conservation des copies

      • Archived scans in Griffith Institute.
      • Transcribed first in the late-1990s by Sue Hutchison (Griffith Institute Administrator), and again in 2006 by Dr Charlotte Booth. Both sets of transcription files are owned by the Griffith Institute.

      Unités de description associées

      • For an earlier draft of:
        • Pages 87-102 (The Tomb of the Horse), see Carter MSS vi.2.14.
        • Pages 102-111 (The Tomb of the Horse), see Carter MSS vi.2.12.

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      Formerly Carter notebook 16.

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