Item Carter MSS i.A.167-196 - Thebes. Dra Abu el-Naga. Tomb ANB. Amenophis I and Ahmosi Nefertere: objects

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Carter MSS i.A.167-196

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Thebes. Dra Abu el-Naga. Tomb ANB. Amenophis I and Ahmosi Nefertere: objects

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  • 1914-1922 (Creation)

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29 index cards and 1 publication cutting

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(1874-1939)

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This material was sent to the Griffith Institute by Mr Walter Hauser from the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York in 1955.

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Index cards with manuscript notes and affixed annotated publication cuttings and tracings of objects from publication for objects found in the tomb. Part of Howard Carter's records on tomb ANB, Amenophis I and Ahmosi Nefertere, Dra Abu el-Naga, Thebes.
Includes article cuttings of:

  • Carter MSS i.A.167-8, 171 - Excerpts of text, from Journal of Egyptian Archaeology 3 (2/3), pp. 151 n. 1, 153.
  • Carter MSS i.A.169 - Plate illustrating a head of Amenophis I, from Journal of Egyptian Archaeology 3 (2/3), pl. xvii.
  • Carter MSS i.A.170 - Plate illustrating a bust of Queen AhmosI Nefertari, from Journal of Egyptian Archaeology 3 (2/3), pl. xviii.
  • Carter MSS i.A.170 - Carter's manuscript note, "Vases & Pottery. About fifty could be recognised from fragments - Alabaster, green felspar, yellow limestone, red conglomerate and serpentine discovered in tomb."
  • Carter MSS i.A.173-4, 176-82, 186-7, 189, 194-5 - Tracings, used for line drawings of vessel fragments, most inscribed, see Journal of Egyptian Archaeology 3 (2/3), pl. xxi [1-14].
  • Carter MSS i.A.175 - Carter's manuscript note, "40 fragments of an alabaster vase, shape *, about 30 cms in height..." etc.
  • Carter MSS i.A.183-5, 188, 190-3 - Tracings of vessel fragments, inscribed, not published in Journal of Egyptian Archaeology 3 (2/3).
  • Carter MSS i.A.196 - Plate illustrating vessel types found in tomb, annotated by Carter, from Journal of Egyptian Archaeology 3 (2/3), pl. xxii.

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Property of the Griffith Institute. No restrictions.

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Copyright Griffith Institute, University of Oxford.

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  • Publication cuttings and tracings from Carter, Howard 1916. 'Report on the tomb of Zeser-ka-Ra Amenhetep I, discovered by the Earl of Carnarvon in 1914'. Journal of Egyptian Archaeology 3 (2/3), 147-154 with 7 plates (OEB 136404).
  • See TopBib i2.599-600.
  • Carter MSS i.A.183-5, 188, 190-3, see TopBib i2.599A.

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