Identity area
Reference code
Carter MSS i.G.55
Title
Thebes. Valley of the Kings. KV 2. Tomb of Ramesses IV: plan and elevation overlaying Turin papyrus illustration
Date(s)
- c. 1899-1922 (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent and medium
Publication cutting
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
Publication cutting with Howard Carter's plan of the tomb of Ramesses IV, KV 2, Valley of the Kings, Thebes.
Plate illustration features a papyrus in Turin with an incomplete plan of the tomb, overlaid with Howard Carter's reconstruction of the whole tomb with elevation.
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
- 28.2 x 43.3 cm
- Fragile
- Housed in archival polyester L-Velope
Finding aids
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
Not known.
Existence and location of copies
Archived scan in Griffith Institute.
Related units of description
Publication note
- Carter, Howard and Alan H. Gardiner 1917. 'The tomb of Ramesses IV and the Turin plan of a royal tomb'. Journal of Egyptian Archaeology 4 (2/3), pl. xxix.
- http://www.griffith.ox.ac.uk/gri/gif-files/Carter_i_G_55.jpg
