Item Carter MSS i.G.12 - Thebes. Valley of the Kings. KV 62. Tomb of Tutankhamun: preliminary draft plan of Antechamber with couches in situ

Identity area

Reference code

Carter MSS i.G.12

Title

Thebes. Valley of the Kings. KV 62. Tomb of Tutankhamun: preliminary draft plan of Antechamber with couches in situ

Date(s)

  • 1922-1923 (Creation)

Level of description

Item

Extent and medium

1 sheet

Context area

Name of creator

(1883-1969)

Biographical history

American draughtsman. Born, Portland OR, 1883. Died, Portland OR, 1969. Studied architecture at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and in 1913 joined the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Egyptian Expedition as a draughtsman. Loaned by the Expedition to the Tutankhamun tomb excavation in 1922-1923.

Name of creator

(1893-1959)

Biographical history

American archaeologist and architect. Born, Middlefield MA, 1893. Died, New York NY, 1959. Trained as an architect at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and then joined the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Egyptian Expedition, mainly working at Deir el-Bahri and at Kharga Oasis. Loaned by the Expedition to the Tutankhamun tomb excavation in 1922-1923.

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

Lindsley Foote Hall and Walter Hauser's preliminary draft plan for part of the Antechamber recording the couches (lion, cow and hippopotamus) with objects found on top of them, in situ along the West wall, with their assigned numbers, tomb of Tutankhamun, KV 62, Valley of the Kings, Thebes.
Used for compiling the draft and final plans of Antechamber, see Carter MSS i.G.10 and 11.

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

  • Scale [1:10]
  • 51.5 x 85.5 cm
  • Tracing paper
  • Fragile
  • Housed in archival polyester L-Velope

Finding aids

Allied materials area

Existence and location of originals

Existence and location of copies

Archived scan in Griffith Institute.

Related units of description

Notes area

Alternative identifier(s)

Access points

Subject access points

Place access points

Name access points

Genre access points

Description control area

Description identifier

Institution identifier

Rules and/or conventions used

Status

Level of detail

Dates of creation revision deletion

Language(s)

Script(s)

Sources

Accession area

Related subjects

Related people and organizations

Related genres

Related places