Identity area
Reference code
Carter MSS i.C.207-210
Title
Thebes. Valley of the Kings. KV 8. Tomb of Merneptah: Cache of vessels. Vessel 13.269 (Carnarvon collection)
Date(s)
- c. 1920-1922 (Creation)
Level of description
Object
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 an alabaster vessel of Merneptah [13.269], formerly in Lord Carnarvon collection, then Bloomfield Hills MI, Cranbrook Academy of Art Museum, 1940.32, then C. Pankow collection, and at Sotheby's (New York) in 2004.
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.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
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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.
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Script of material
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Finding aids
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
Archived scans in Griffith Institute.
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Publication note
- See TopBib i2.509.