Item Carter MSS vi.2.11 - Autobiography (Autobiographical Sketches): Sketch VIII. The Valley of the Royal Tombs; Sketch IX. Tomb-Robberies and the Fate of the Royal Mummies; Sketch XI. The Finding of the Tomb of Amenophis I

1 notebook

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.

Presented by Miss Phyllis Walker in June 1959.

Howard Carter's autobiography, a notebook containing manuscripts for Sketches VIII-IX and Sketch XI.

• 69 numbered pages/openings, arranged with main text on right and notes on left
• Carter's annotated page numbers, "150" to "219"
• Sketch VIII. The Valley and the Royal Tombs
  • Pages 150-157
• Sketch IX. Tomb-Robberies and the Fate of the Royal Mummies
  • Original title A History of The Royal Mummies crossed through (cancelled)
  • Pages 158-194
  • Contains 7 subsections, II to VII
• [Sketch X. Freedom]
  • Carter's note on page 194 "For Sketch X. Freedom. Supp. ..."
• Sketch XI. The Finding of the Tomb of Amenophis I
  • Pages 195-219
  • Contains 1 subsection, II

Property of the Griffith Institute. No restrictions.

Copyright Griffith Institute, University of Oxford.

• Blue leather binding
• Ruled pages
• 25.8 x 20.4 x 1.3 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"

• 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.

Formerly Carter notebook 17.