Identity area
Reference code
TAA ii.16.15
Title
Tutankhamun related documentation, other than excavation records: enclosure wall around the tomb, digital image
Date(s)
- 2004 (Creation)
- c. 1925-1939 (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent and medium
1 digital image
Context area
Name of creator
(1879-1940)
Biographical history
British archaeologist and photographer. Born, Stamford 1879. Died, Asyut 1940. Began his photographic career in Florence with the art historian Henry Hobart Cust. He was then engaged as a excavator at Thebes by Theodore Davis between 1910-14. Then from 1... »
Archival history
The acquisition of this negative was not recorded. Acquired at the same time as TAA ii.16.16 and TAA ii.16.17.
Content and structure area
Scope and content
- Digital image.
- Original negative made from a Lehnert & Landrock postcard, Cairo, probably late 1920s or 1930s.
- Original postcard features Burton photograph KV79.
- Postcard caption: 003 TUTANKHAMEN SERIES ENTRANCE TO TOMB
- View of the modern enclosure wall protecting the entrance to the tomb of Tutankhamun.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
The original negative was deaccessioned.
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.
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
Not known.
Existence and location of copies
The Griffith Institute only has a low-resolution jpeg (600dpi) digital scan for this image, and it is not possible to rescan the original, now deaccessioned, negative.