File TAA ii.10 - Tutankhamun cubit rods, photographs

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TAA ii.10

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Tutankhamun cubit rods, photographs

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(1934-2022)

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British Egyptologist and Chartered Librarian. Born, South Ockendon, 1934. Died, Cambridge 2022. Chartered Librarian (ALA), 1958-60. Cataloguer, British National Bibliography, 1957-60. BA in Ancient History, University College London, 1963. MA, PhD and Litt. D, Cambridge University. Budge Research Fellow in Egyptology at Christ's College, Cambridge, 1966-70. Lecturer in Egyptology, University College London, 1970-78. Reader in Egyptian Archaeology, 1978-87. Edwards Professor of Egyptian Archaeology and Philology, 1988-1993. Assisted at Egypt Exploration Society (EES) excavations: Buhen, Sudan, 1963. Saqqara, 1964-68, site director 1970-74, field director 1975-98. Field director of the Epigraphic Mission, Amarna, 1969 and 1980. Saqqara, Leiden excavations, 1999-2000, Joint field director, 1998-2001, field director, 2002. Cambridge Expedition to the Valley of the Kings, Thebes, field director 2005, joint field director 2014 onwards.
Publications include: Egyptian Administrative and Private-Name Seals, 1971; The Royal Tomb at El-Amarna, vol. 1, 1974, vol. 2, 1989; The Tomb of Hetepka, 1979; The Sacred Animal Necropolis at North Saqqara, 1981; (with V. Raisman) Canopic Equipment in the Petrie Collection, 1984; Scarabs, Cylinders and other Ancient Egyptian Seals, 1985; The Tomb Chapels of Paser and Raia, 1985; Corpus of Reliefs of the New Kingdom, vol. 1, 1987; (with A. El-Khouly) Excavations in the Royal Necropolis at El-Amarna, 1987; The Memphite Tomb of Horemheb, 1989; The Hidden Tombs of Memphis, 1991 (German edn 1994); Bibliography of the Amarna Period and its aftermath, 1991; The Tomb of Tia and Tia, 1997; The Tombs of Three Memphite Officials, 2001; Stelae from Egypt and Nubia in the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, 2005; Private Stelae of the Early Dynastic Period from the Royal Cemetery at Abydos, 2011; The Tomb of Maya and Meryt, I, 2012; Tutankhamun’s Regent, 2016. Festschrift: Another Mouthful of Dust, ed J. van Dijk, 2016.

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Formerly in the possession of Professor Geoffrey T. Martin.

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Presented by Professor Geoffrey T. Martin.

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  • Photographs of six cubit rods from the tomb of Tutankhamun.
  • All rods are made of wood.
  • Carter object numbers:
    • (50dd'), now in Cairo, Egyptian Museum, JE 61315.
    • (50dd''), now in Cairo, Egyptian Museum, JE 61316.
    • (50ee'), now in Cairo, Egyptian Museum, JE 61317.
    • (50ee''), now in Cairo, Egyptian Museum, JE 61318.
    • (50ff'), now in Cairo, Egyptian Museum, JE 61319.
    • (50ff''), now in Cairo, Egyptian Museum, JE 61320.

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Property of the Griffith Institute. No restrictions.

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Copyright G. T. Martin.

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      G. T. Martin.

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      Made from negatives taken by Dr G. T. Martin. Photocopies made from photographs in Chicago, Oriental Institute.

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