Identity area
Reference code
Carter MSS i.G.67
Title
Thebes. Valley of the Kings. KV 2. Tomb of Ramesses IV: draft plan of tomb
Date(s)
- c. 1899-1922 (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent and medium
1 tracing-paper 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 traced plan of the tomb of Ramesses IV, KV 2, Valley of the Kings, Thebes. Used for plate published in Carter and Gardiner's article in Journal of Egyptian Archaeology. Outline traced on both sides of tracing.
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
- 26.1 x 34.2 cm
- Tracing paper
- Fragile
- Housed in archival polyester L-Velope
Finding aids
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
Archived scans in Griffith Institute.
Related units of description
Publication note
- See 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), pls. xxix, xxx.
- http://www.griffith.ox.ac.uk/gri/gif-files/Carter_i_G_67recto.jpg
- http://www.griffith.ox.ac.uk/gri/gif-files/Carter_i_G_67verso.jpg
- TopBib i2.497, 498 (plan).
