Item Carter MSS i.G.26 - Thebes. Valley of Kings. KV 22. Tomb of Amenophis III: draft drawings of chariot wheel

Identity area

Reference code

Carter MSS i.G.26

Title

Thebes. Valley of Kings. KV 22. Tomb of Amenophis III: draft drawings of chariot wheel

Date(s)

  • c. 1920 (Creation)

Level of description

Item

Extent and medium

1 sheet

Context area

Name of creator

(1874-1939)

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 annotated hand-drawn diagram, with pasted labels 'nave and radial bars' and 'flange', of a chariot wheel, from the tomb of Amenophis III, KV 22, Valley of the Kings, Thebes.

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.

Physical characteristics and technical requirements

  • Scale not recorded
  • 38.8 x 31.8 cm
  • Housed in archival polyester L-Velope

Allied materials area

Existence and location of copies

Archived scan in Griffith Institute.

Notes area

Note

  • Formerly catalogued as 'Thebes. Valley of the Kings. KV 62. Tomb of Tutankhamun: labelled drawings of chariot wheel details probably from Antechamber'.