Identity area
Reference code
Carter MSS i.A.277-278
Title
Thebes. Valley of the Kings. Carnarvon-Carter excavations. Site A: objects (faience)
Date(s)
- c. 1899-1922 (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent and medium
2 grid-lined pages
Context area
Name of creator
(1874-1939)
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
This material was sent to the Griffith Institute by Mr Walter Hauser from the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York in 1955.
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Howard Carter's handwritten records with drawings for faience objects, Carnarvon-Carter excavations, found near the entrance to the tomb of Merneptah-Siptah, KV 47, "Site A", Valley of the Kings, Thebes.
Includes:
- Carter MSS i.A.277 [351, H. 20] - Model coffin fragments of Tia, wife of Amenophis II, mother of Tuthmosis IV, faience
- Carter MSS i.A.278 [352, H. 20] - Vase fragments with hieratic text of Sethos I
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 scans in Griffith Institute.
Related units of description
Publication note
- Both objects, see TopBib i2.588.