Item Carter MSS i.G.42 - Thebes. Valley of the Kings. KV 62. Tomb of Tutankhamun: draft drawings with notes on niches containing magical figures in walls of Burial chamber

Identity area

Reference code

Carter MSS i.G.42

Nadpis

Thebes. Valley of the Kings. KV 62. Tomb of Tutankhamun: draft drawings with notes on niches containing magical figures in walls of Burial chamber

Date(s)

  • c. 1930 (Creation)

Level of description

Item

Extent and medium

1 grid-lined 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 hand-drawn draft plan with drawings and notes on the magical figures (nos. 257-260) sealed in niches in the walls of the Burial chamber, tomb of Tutankhamun, KV 62, Valley of the Kings, Thebes.
On verso, drawings of objects in situ ... »

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 [1:10?]
  • 30 x 23.7 cm
  • Housed in archival polyester L-Velope

Allied materials area

Existence and location of copies

Archived scans in Griffith Institute.