Área de identidad
Código de referencia
Título
Fecha(s)
- 14 November 1923 - 23 February 1924 (Creación)
Nivel de descripción
Volumen y soporte
1 loose-leaf ring-binder
Área de contexto
Nombre del productor
Historia biográfica
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).
Historia archivística
Formerly in the possession of Howard Carter's niece Miss Phyllis Walker.
Origen del ingreso o transferencia
Presented by Miss Phyllis Walker in 1945.
Área de contenido y estructura
Alcance y contenido
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
Valorización, destrucción y programación
Acumulaciones
Sistema de arreglo
Área de condiciones de acceso y uso
Condiciones de acceso
Property of the Griffith Institute. No restrictions.
Condiciones
Copyright Griffith Institute, University of Oxford.
Idioma del material
Escritura del material
Notas sobre las lenguas y escrituras
Características físicas y requisitos técnicos
- 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
Instrumentos de descripción
Área de materiales relacionados
Existencia y localización de originales
Existencia y localización de copias
Archived scans in Griffith Institute.
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Área de notas
Notas
- Formerly catalogued as Tutankhamun MSS 2
- Also formerly referred to as:
- Mace notebook
- Carter notebook 2 (sic)
- Tutankhamun notebook 2