Identity area
Reference code
TAA ii.6.21a
Title
Hathor-cow couch outside Tutankhamun's tomb, postcard
Date(s)
- 1923 (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent and medium
1 postcard
Context area
Name of creator
(1874-1939)
Name of creator
(1879-1940)
Name of creator
(1874-1928)
Name of creator
(1867-1945)
Name of creator
(1879-1963)
Name of creator
(23 April 1869 - 7 August 1949)
Archival history
Formerly in D. Basil W. Alexander Collection (label affixed to the back of postcard).
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Presented by Elizabeth Fleming in September 2022.
Content and structure area
Scope and content
- Postcard
- Photograph, photographer not known.
- Photograph taken on 24 January 1923.
- Howard Carter, assisted by Walter Hauser, manoeuvring one side of the cow-headed couch (73) into a packing case for transfer to the nearby 'laboratory' (tomb KV15, of Sethos II).
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
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.
Language of material
Script of material
Language and script notes
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Finding aids
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
Archived scan in Griffith Institute.
Related units of description
Publication note
- http://www.griffith.ox.ac.uk/gri/4anacpho.html (TAA ii.6.21).