Caskets [boxes] (21) and (540)+(551): Tutankhamun documentation
- TAA i.3.6
- Dossier
- 1951
Fait partie de Tutankhamun Archive
Tutankhamun documentation: Nina de Garis Davies' notes on boxes (21) and (540)+(551).
- Nina de Garis Davies's manuscript notes on the decoration of two boxes:
- Carter object (21), the "Painted Box" with battle and hunting scenes.
- Carter objects (540)+(551), with scenes of Tutankhamun and Ankhesenamun in a garden on the lid.
- Includes two small watercolour sketches and a line drawing, all created by Davies.
- This material was created in January and February 1951 when Davies visited the Egyptian Museum in Cairo.
- Davies's paintings of box (21) were subsequently published. See below for details.
Davies, Anna (Nina) Macpherson