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TAA i.3.5
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- c. 1927-1939 (Creation)
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1 folder
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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, and as a draughtsman to the Deir el-Bahri expedition 1893-9. Appointed Chief Inspector of Antiquities of Upper Egypt 1899-1904. Discovered several royal tombs, including those of Hatshepsut, Tuthmosis IV and Amenophis I. Inspector of Lower Egypt 1905. Employed by Lord Carnarvon from 1909 onwards, to excavate in the Theban necropolis, the Delta and Middle Egypt. His most famous discovery, that of the intact tomb of Tutankhamun, was made in 1922. He spent the next ten years recording the tomb's contents. Most of Carter's records for Tutankhamun's tomb remain unpublished.
Archival history
Formerly in the possession of Howard Carter's niece, Miss Phyllis Walker.
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Donated by Miss Phyllis Walker in 1945.
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Canopic equipment. Howard Carter's collected notes for the intended scientific publication of Tutankhamun's tomb.
- Carter's eight annotated typewritten pages with a description of the equipment and two scale drawings:
- Carter's typewritten report on the canopic equipment;
- Carter's typescript notes on the miniature gold coffin from the north-east receptacle;
- Carter's drawing, the canopic canopy (266), shrine (266a), and chest (266b), plan with orientation, position of the goddess statues, scenes on shrine noting goddesses and genii, etc.;
- Carter's drawing, section showing the canopic canopy (266), shrine (266a), and chest (266b).
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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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- Not published by Howard Carter.
- http://www.griffith.ox.ac.uk/gri/4tutcan.html
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TAA_i_3_5_10and9.pdf
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