Identity area
Reference code
Carter MSS i.J.343-366
Title
Thebes. Valley of the Kings. Carnarvon-Carter excavations. East Valley. Between the tombs of Ramesses II (KV 7) and Ramesses VI (KV 9) ("Site A"): 2nd season (dated Dec. 1917-Jan. 1918), photographs
Date(s)
- December 1917-January 1918 (Creation)
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Part
Extent and medium
29 photographs
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 annotated photographs, 2nd season, dated between 3 December 1917 to 30 January 1918, show the progression of excavations, Carnarvon-Carter excavations, Valley of the Kings, Thebes.
Part of Carter's records for the 2nd season, 1 Dec. 1917 to 2 Feb. 1918, excavations in the East Valley between the tombs of Ramesses II (KV 7) and Ramesses VI (KV 9) ("Site A").
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
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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.
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Finding aids
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
Archived scans in Griffith Institute.
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Publication note
- The Search for Tutankhamun, gallery of photographs for 2nd season, http://www.griffith.ox.ac.uk/gri/cc/page/photo/2nd.html