Identity area
Reference code
TAA i.3.26
Title
Date(s)
- c. 1923-1939 (Creation)
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Extent and medium
1 folder
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
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 Most of Carter's records for Tutankhamun's tomb remain unpublished.
Archival history
Formerly in the possession of Howard Carter's niece, Miss Phyllis Walker.
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Donated by Miss Phyllis Walker in 1945.
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Third shrine (238). Howard Carter's collected notes for the intended scientific publication of Tutankhamun's tomb.
- i. Carter's report on the shrine, its construction, measurements, copies of ‘guide’ marks, note on seal impressions, drawing of roof and cornice showing tongues for attachment. Not published by Carter.
- ii. Carter's drawing of shrine detail, noting construction.
- iii. Harry Burton's photographs of the shrine. Taken in the Egyptian Museum in Cairo.
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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.
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Finding aids
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
Archived scans in Griffith Institute.
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Publication note
- Not published by Howard Carter.
- http://www.griffith.ox.ac.uk/gri/4tutshr26.html