Item Carter MSS i.G.15 - Thebes. Valley of the Kings. KV 62. Tomb of Tutankhamun: preliminary sketch of objects under lion couch in situ in Antechamber

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Carter MSS i.G.15

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Thebes. Valley of the Kings. KV 62. Tomb of Tutankhamun: preliminary sketch of objects under lion couch in situ in Antechamber

Date(s)

  • 1922-1923 (Creation)

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Item

Extent and medium

1 grid-lined page

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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 ... »

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 ... »

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?
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Conditions governing access

Property of the Griffith Institute. No restrictions.

Conditions governing reproduction

Copyright Griffith Institute, University of Oxford.

Physical characteristics and technical requirements

  • Scale 1:10
  • 30 x 23.6 cm
  • Housed in archival polyester L-Velope

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Existence and location of copies

Archived scans in Griffith Institute.

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