Identity area
Reference code
Carter MSS i.G.38
Title
Date(s)
- c. 1923-1930 (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent and medium
1 sheet
Context area
Name of creator
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
Howard Carter's hand-drawn draft plan of the sepulchral shrines (nos. 207, 237-239) and sarcophagus (no. 240) in situ in the Burial chamber, tomb of Tutankhamun, KV 62, Valley of the Kings, Thebes.
Includes objects in situ between the third and fourth shrines, and magical figures in [sealed] niches in chamber's walls.
Also Carter's list of objects for inclusion on plan, written along the left side of sheet.
Used for compiling the final plan of Burial chamber, see Carter MSS i.G.31.
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 not recorded
- 55.5 x 81.2 cm
- 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.
