Identity area
Reference code
TAA i.3.13
Nadpis
Date(s)
- 12-02-1931 (Creation)
- c. 1922-1939 (Creation)
Level of description
File
Extent and medium
1 folder
Context area
Name of creator
Name of creator
Biographical history
British Egyptologist. Born, London 1874. Died, London 1939. Privately educated. Employed by P. E. Newberry in 1891 working for the Archaeological Survey. Assisted in excavations for the Egypt Exploration Fund 1892-3, was with Petrie at Amarna in 1892, ... »
Name of creator
Biographical history
British chemist. Born, Chorlton-upon-Medlock 1867. Died, Luxor 1945. Educated, School of Mines, London, and the Royal College of Science. Worked for the British Government as an assistant chemist, until ill health prompted a move to Egypt. There he was ... »
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
Gesso. Howard Carter's collected notes for the intended scientific publication of Tutankhamun's tomb.
- i. Typescript letter from Dr Alexander Scott, December 1930, to Howard Carter, on animal tissue with gesso used under gold on the burial shrines. Also, ... »
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.
Allied materials area
Existence and location of copies
Archived scans in Griffith Institute.
Publication note
- Not published by Howard Carter.
- http://www.griffith.ox.ac.uk/gri/4tutges.html