Identity area
Reference code
Carter MSS i.B.188-191
Title
Thebes. Valley of the Kings. KV 56. Owner not know ('Gold Tomb'): records
Date(s)
- c. 1899-1922 (Creation)
Level of description
Part
Extent and medium
3 envelopes
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 records for the 'Gold Tomb', not inscribed, KV 56, Valley of the Kings, Thebes ['pit tomb K. 16'].
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
- See Davis, Theodore M. (ed.) 1908. The tomb of Siphtah; the monkey tomb and the gold tomb, p. 35-46.
- See Daressy, G. 1902. Fouilles de la Vallée des Rois (1898-1899): Nos 24001-24990. Catalogue général des antiquités égyptiennes du Musée du Caire.