Identity area
Reference code
Carter MSS i.C.169-173
Title
Thebes. Valley of the Kings. KV 8. Tomb of Merneptah: Cache of vessels. Vessel 1.257 (Cairo Museum JE 46706)
Date(s)
- c. 1920-1922 (Creation)
Level of description
Object
Extent and medium
6 envelopes
Context area
Name of creator
(1874-1939)
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 an alabaster vessel of Merneptah [1.257], now in Cairo, Egyptian Museum, JE 46706. Part of Carter's records for the cache of Merenptah and Ramesses II vessels found near the entrance of KV 8, Merneptah, Valley of the Kings, Thebes.
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.
Allied materials area
Existence and location of copies
Archived scans in Griffith Institute.