Identity area
Reference code
Nadpis
Date(s)
- 14 November 1923 - 23 February 1924 (Creation)
Level of description
Extent and medium
1 loose-leaf ring-binder
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
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).
Archival history
Formerly in the possession of Howard Carter's niece Miss Phyllis Walker.
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Presented by Miss Phyllis Walker in 1945.
Content and structure area
Scope and content
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
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
- 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
Finding aids
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
Archived scans in Griffith Institute.
Related units of description
Notes area
Note
- Formerly catalogued as Tutankhamun MSS 2
- Also formerly referred to as:
- Mace notebook
- Carter notebook 2 (sic)
- Tutankhamun notebook 2