Identity area
Reference code
TAA ii.21
Title
The Tomb of Tut-ankh-amen: statement with documents: original documentation used for
Date(s)
- 1924 (Creation)
Level of description
File
Extent and medium
1 folder
Context area
Name of creator
(1874-1939)
Name of creator
(1879-1940)
Name of creator
(1874-1928)
Name of creator
(1867-1945)
Name of creator
(1879-1963)
Name of creator
(23 April 1869 - 7 August 1949)
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Presented by Sir Alan Gardiner in 1956. Formerly part of Carter MSS (Carter MSS vi.13A). Transferred to the Tutankhamun Archive in the 1990s.
Content and structure area
Scope and content
- Letters and documents relating to Howard Carter's dispute with the Egyptian Government after the European team members' wives were barred from entering the tomb to view the contents of Tutankhamun's sarcophagus after the lid had been lifted (12 February 1924).
- The dispute on the following day, 13 February 1924, eventually resulted in Howard Carter and the rest of the team being locked out of the tomb until 13 January 1925.
- Includes correspondence between Sir Alan Gardiner and the Foreign Office, Egyptologists and others in 1924.
- Referred to as the "Carter Affair" or "Tutankhamun Affair".
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
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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.
Language of material
Script of material
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Finding aids
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
Archived scans in Griffith Institute.
Related units of description
Publication note
- Carter, Howard 1999. Tut.ankh.amen: the politics of discovery (OEB 35822).