Area dell'identificazione
Codice di riferimento
Titolo
Date
- 28 September 1925 - 21 May 1926 (Creazione)
Livello di descrizione
Consistenza e supporto
1 ring-binder journal
Area del contesto
Nome del soggetto produttore
Nota biografica
British Egyptologist. Born, London 1874. Died, London 1939. Privately educated. Employed by P. E. Newberry in 1891 working for the Archaeological Survey. Assisted in excavations for the Egypt Exploration Fund 1892-3, was with Petrie at Amarna in 1892, and as a draughtsman to the Deir el-Bahri expedition 1893-9. Appointed Chief Inspector of Antiquities of Upper Egypt 1899-1904. Discovered several royal tombs, including those of Hatshepsut, Tuthmosis IV and Amenophis I. Inspector of Lower Egypt 1905. Employed by Lord Carnarvon from 1909 onwards, to excavate in the Theban necropolis, the Delta and Middle Egypt. His most famous discovery, that of the intact tomb of Tutankhamun, was made in 1922. He spent the next ten years recording the tomb's contents. Most of Carter's records for Tutankhamun's tomb remain unpublished.
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
Howard Carter's excavation journal for the tomb of Tutankhamun, 1925-1926, covering the fourth season.
- 111 numbered pages
- Manuscript (Carter)
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 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 3
- Also formerly referred to as:
- Carter notebook 3
- Tutankhamun notebook 3