Identity area
Reference code
Carter MSS i.G.15
Title
Date(s)
- 1922-1923 (Creation)
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Item
Extent and medium
1 grid-lined page
Context area
Name of creator
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
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 sketches recording the position of objects (nos. 32-34, 36-40) in situ under the lion couch (no. 35), found in the Antechamber, tomb of Tutankhamun, KV 62, Valley of the Kings, Thebes. Annotated by Howard Carter?
On verso, a sketch of parts of a stool (no. 142b) found under the lion couch (no. 35).
Used for compiling the draft and final plans of Antechamber, see Carter MSS i.G.10 and 11.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
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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.
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Script of material
Language and script notes
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
- Scale 1:10
- 30 x 23.6 cm
- Housed in archival polyester L-Velope
Finding aids
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
Archived scans in Griffith Institute.