The Ancaster Mallowan Collection

'Agatha Christie delivers another mystery beyond the grave' proclaimed the Telegraph in February 2010, when it transpired that an auction of some of the contents of Greenway House, in Churston Ferrers, Devon (Agatha's holiday home), had contained more than the auctioneers realised. They had unwittingly sold a locked trunk that was later revealed to contain Agatha's family jewellery. 

 At the same sale, other boxes of 'treasure' from Greenway House were sold, not the sparkly kind, but evidence of Max Mallowan's (Agatha's second husband) career as a prominent archaeologist; this website brings together some of this evidence, so that it can be enjoyed by a wider audience. 

Notebook 1 Tell Arbid, Khabur River Basin, Syria, 1936 There are some drawings and sketches in the rear of the notebook. (OB2).	Notebook 2   Chagar Bazar, Khabur River Basin, Syria, 1937   There are some notes on  workmen in the rear of the notebook.   (OB8).	Notebook 3   Crak (a mound to the east of Tell Brak) and Tell Brak, Upper Khabur Plain, Syria, 1937   There are some notes on workmen in the rear of the notebook. (OB10).
Notebook 4   Tell Brak, Upper Khabur Plain, Syria, 1938   There are some notes in the rear of the notebook.   (OB3).	Notebook 5   Tell Brak, Upper Khabur Plain, Syria, 1938   There are some notes in the rear of the notebook.   (OB6).	Notebook 6  Tell Sahlan, Tell Aswad and  Tell Hammam, Balikh River Valley, Syria, 1938   There are some bakshish recordings in the rear of the notebook.   (OB1).
Notebook 7   Tell Jidle, Tell Sahlan and Tell Hammam, Balikh River Valley, Syria, 1938   The picture shows some headed note paper from Greenway House with some notes presumably made by Max Mallowan. This was found inserted within the notebook.   There is one page of notes in the rear of the notebook.   (OB4).	Notebook 8   Tell Jidle, Tell Aswad, Tell Sahlan and Tell Hammam, Balikh River Valley, Syria.  Tell Halaf and Tell Brak, Upper Khabur Plain, Syria, Autumn 1938   There are some bakshish notes and other notes in the rear of the notebook.   (OB9).	Notebook 9   Tell Brak and Chagar Bazar, Khabur Region, Syria, Notes and Queries for Proofs   (OB5).