Item Carter MSS i.G.17 - Thebes. Valley of the Kings. KV 62. Tomb of Tutankhamun: preliminary sketch of objects on top of hippopotamus couch in situ in Antechamber

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Carter MSS i.G.17

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Thebes. Valley of the Kings. KV 62. Tomb of Tutankhamun: preliminary sketch of objects on top of hippopotamus couch in situ in Antechamber

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  • 1922-1923 (Creation)

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1 grid-lined page

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(1883-1969)

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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.

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(1893-1959)

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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.

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This material was sent to the Griffith Institute by Mr Walter Hauser from the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, in 1955.

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Lindsley Foote Hall and Walter Hauser's sketch recording the position of objects (nos. 100-102) in situ on top of the hippopotamus couch (no. 137), found in the Antechamber, tomb of Tutankhamun, KV 62, Valley of the Kings, Thebes.
Sketches of chairs? on verso.
Used for compiling the draft and final plans of Antechamber, see Carter MSS i.G.10 and 11.

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Property of the Griffith Institute. No restrictions.

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Copyright Griffith Institute, University of Oxford.

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      • Scale not recorded [1:10?]
      • 23.6 x 30 cm
      • Housed in archival polyester L-Velope

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