File TAA i.3.13 - Gesso: Tutankhamun excavation documentation - Carter's notes for planned publication

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TAA i.3.13

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Gesso: Tutankhamun excavation documentation - Carter's notes for planned publication

Date(s)

  • 12-02-1931 (Creation)
  • c. 1922-1939 (Creation)

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Name of creator

Name of creator

(1874-1939)

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

(1867-1945)

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.

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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,
  • ... »

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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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