Item MSS Carter i.G.48 - Thebes. Valley of the Kings: Carnarvon excavations, 1920-1921, plans for tombs KV 48 to KV 52

Identity area

Reference code

MSS Carter i.G.48

Title

Thebes. Valley of the Kings: Carnarvon excavations, 1920-1921, plans for tombs KV 48 to KV 52

Date(s)

  • 1920-1921 (Creation)

Level of description

Item

Extent and medium

1 sheet

Context area

Name of creator

Carter, Howard
(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 plan for Carnarvon excavations, 1920-1921, Valley of the Kings, Thebes, with plans for KV 48 to KV 52.
NB The numbering of Carter's tombs 48 and 49, are different to the modern numbering system: Carter 48 = KV 49 and Carter 49 = KV 48.

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
  • 24 x 35.5 cm
  • Housed in archival polyester L-Velope

Allied materials area

Existence and location of copies

Archived scan in Griffith Institute.

Related descriptions

Publication note