Identificatie
referentie code
TAA i.3.18
Titel
Datum(s)
- c. 1925-1930 (Vervaardig)
Beschrijvingsniveau
Bestanddeel
Omvang en medium
1 folder
Context
Naam van de archiefvormer
Biografie
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 Most of Carter's records for Tutankhamun's tomb remain unpublished.
Geschiedenis van het archief
Formerly in the possession of Howard Carter's niece, Miss Phyllis Walker.
Directe bron van verwerving of overbrenging
Donated by Miss Phyllis Walker in 1945.
Inhoud en structuur
Bereik en inhoud
Objects found on Tutankhamun's body. Howard Carter's collected notes for the intended scientific publication of Tutankhamun's tomb.
- i. Carter's notes for the disposition of objects on Tutankhamun's body, 1 typescript page the rest are manuscript pages
- ii. Carter's drawings of a male figure with a grid, probably the original drawings and template used for the sixteen 'autopsy drawings' showing the position of jewellery on Tutankhamun's body (see TAA i.4.1-16).
- iii. Drawing of Tutankhamun's body with grid, probably the basis for the drawings described above, in ii.
- iv. Photostats and a precis of a lecture given by Dr Douglas Derry, Professor of Anatomy in the Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, and Mr Rex Engelbach, Keeper of the Cairo Museum, on "Akhenaton & Tutankhamon, manuscript.
- v. Photostats of a manuscript "Anatomical Report on the Mummy of King Tut ankh Amon. By Dr D. E. Derry and Dr Saleh Bey Hamdi."
Waardering, vernietiging en slectie
Aanvullingen
Ordeningstelsel
Voorwaarden voor toegang en gebruik
Voorwaarden voor raadpleging
Property of the Griffith Institute. No restrictions.
Voorwaarden voor reproductie
Copyright Griffith Institute, University of Oxford.
Taal van het materiaal
Schrift van het materiaal
Taal en schrift aantekeningen
Fysieke eigenschappen en technische eisen
Toegangen
Verwante materialen
Bestaan en verblifplaats van originelen
Bestaan en verblijfplaats van kopieën
Archived scans in Griffith Institute.
Related units of description
Notitie Publicaties
- Not published by Howard Carter.
- http://www.griffith.ox.ac.uk/gri/4tutmum.html