Identity area
Reference code
TAA i.3.10
Title
Coffin (255): Tutankhamun excavation documentation - Carter's notes for planned publication
Date(s)
- 20 July 1932 (Creation)
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2 pages
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Biographical history
Archival history
Formerly in the possession of Howard Carter's niece, Miss Phyllis Walker.
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Donated by Miss Phyllis Walker in 1945.
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Coffin (255). Howard Carter's collected notes for the intended scientific publication of Tutankhamun's tomb.
- Typescript letter with an enclosed note from James R. Ogden to Howard Carter.
- Dated 20 July 1932.
- Notes the weight of the third (innermost) coffin (255) of gold, which is 110 kg.
- The coffins melt value in 1932, estimated by Ogden, was £20,337.
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Property of the Griffith Institute. No restrictions.
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Copyright Griffith Institute, University of Oxford.
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Archived scans in Griffith Institute.
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Publication note
- Not published by Howard Carter.
- http://www.griffith.ox.ac.uk/gri/4tutcof.html