Zone d'identification
Cote
Titre
Date(s)
- 14 November 1923 - 23 February 1924 (Production)
Niveau de description
Étendue matérielle et support
1 loose-leaf ring-binder
Zone du contexte
Nom du producteur
Notice biographique
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).
Histoire archivistique
Formerly in the possession of Howard Carter's niece Miss Phyllis Walker.
Source immédiate d'acquisition ou de transfert
Presented by Miss Phyllis Walker in 1945.
Zone du contenu et de la structure
Portée et contenu
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
Évaluation, élimination et calendrier de conservation
Accroissements
Mode de classement
Zone des conditions d'accès et d'utilisation
Conditions d'accès
Property of the Griffith Institute. No restrictions.
Conditions de reproduction
Copyright Griffith Institute, University of Oxford.
Langue des documents
Écriture des documents
Notes de langue et graphie
Caractéristiques matérielle et contraintes techniques
- 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
Instruments de recherche
Zone des sources complémentaires
Existence et lieu de conservation des originaux
Existence et lieu de conservation des copies
Archived scans in Griffith Institute.
Unités de description associées
Zone des notes
Note
- Formerly catalogued as Tutankhamun MSS 2
- Also formerly referred to as:
- Mace notebook
- Carter notebook 2 (sic)
- Tutankhamun notebook 2