Identity area
Reference code
Carter MSS i.G.51
Title
Thebes. Valley of the Kings: plan of the south branch of the East Valley, Carnarvon excavations 1920-1921
Date(s)
- 1920-1921 (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent and medium
1 sheet
Context area
Name of creator
(1874-1939)
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 later hand-drawn map for the Carnarvon excavations, 1920-1921, south branch, East Valley, Valley of the Kings, Thebes.
Shows entrances to tombs: KV 32, KV 37 and KV 42, and includes the remains of the burial of Sennufer found in front of the entrance to KV 42.
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
- 45 x 65.5 cm
- 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.
Related units of description
Publication note
- http://www.griffith.ox.ac.uk/gri/gif-files/Carter_i_G_51.jpg
- See TopBib i2.495
- See TopBib i2.559 (KV 42)
- See TopBib i2.586 (Sennufer burial)
Notes area
Note
- Catalogued previously in error as 'Western Valley. KV 20, Hatshepsut.'