Area dell'identificazione
Codice di riferimento
TAA i.2.2
Titolo
Date
- 14 November 1923 - 23 February 1924 (Creazione)
Livello di descrizione
Unità documentaria
Consistenza e supporto
1 loose-leaf ring-binder
Area del contesto
Nome del soggetto produttore
Nota biografica
British Egyptologist. Born, Glenorchy, Hobart, Tasmania 1874. Died, Haywards Heath, Sussex 1928. Educated, St Edward's School, Oxford, then Keble College, Oxford. BA, 1895. Worked with W. M. F. Petrie at Dendera, Hû, and Abydos, between 1897-1901. Assisted G. A. Reisner on the California University excavations at Gîza, 1901-6. From 1906 onwards, he spent of the rest of his career working for the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, culminating in the position of Associate Curator in 1922. He founded and directed the first Metropolitan Museum expedition to Egypt. Between 1922-4 he was engaged as an assistant to H. Carter during the early stages of excavating of the tomb of Tutankhamun. He was forced to resign this position due to poor health. He published several books and articles and collaborated with Carter on the first volume of the publication The Tomb of Tut.Ankh.Amen (1923).
Storia archivistica
Formerly in the possession of Howard Carter's niece Miss Phyllis Walker.
Modalità di acquisizione
Presented by Miss Phyllis Walker in 1945.
Area del contenuto e della struttura
Ambito e contenuto
Arthur C. Mace's journal for the tomb of Tutankhamun, 1923-1924, covers part of the second season.
- 32 numbered pages
- Manuscript (Mace)
- Complements Howard Carter's journal for the same dates. See TAA i.2.1
Valutazione e scarto
Incrementi
Sistema di ordinamento
Area delle condizioni di accesso e uso
Condizioni di accesso
Property of the Griffith Institute. No restrictions.
Condizioni di riproduzione
Copyright Griffith Institute, University of Oxford.
Lingua dei materiali
Scrittura dei materiali
Note sulla lingua e sulla scrittura
Caratteristiche materiali e requisiti tecnici
- 34 by 24 by 1 cm
- Journal is housed in its original black leather-bound ring-binder
- Ring-binder has a metal slide-fastening mechanism
- Binding stamped on the inside front cover: "Walker's Loose-Leaf Book, Cover Number 138"
- Loose-leaf plain [not ruled] pages
Strumenti di ricerca
Area dei materiali collegati
Esistenza e localizzazione degli originali
Esistenza e localizzazione di copie
Archived scans in Griffith Institute.
Unità di descrizione collegate
Area delle note
Nota
- Formerly catalogued as Tutankhamun MSS 2
- Also formerly referred to as:
- Mace notebook
- Carter notebook 2 (sic)
- Tutankhamun notebook 2