Identity area
Reference code
TAA ii.6.73
Title
Egyptian team transporting the 'candlesticks'
Date(s)
- 1923 (Creation)
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Item
Extent and medium
1 postcard
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(1874-1939)
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(1879-1940)
Name of creator
(1874-1928)
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(1867-1945)
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(1879-1963)
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(23 April 1869 - 7 August 1949)
Archival history
Formerly with an online postcard dealer in the U.S.A. in August 2023.
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
The Griffith Institute purchased the postcard in August 2023.
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Scope and content
- Postcard
- Photograph, photographer not known.
- The photograph was probably taken in early 1923; the production date of the postcard is not known, but it was almost certainly in the 1920s.
- An Egyptian team member carrying a tray containing the four 'candlesticks' (Carter 41a-d), transporting them from the tomb's Antechamber to the Laboratory. Each 'candlestick' is in the form of an anthropomorphic ankh with arms raised to either hold a bronze torch-cup or a small pottery cup.
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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 scan in Griffith Institute.
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Note
- Acquired with TAA ii.6.72, 74-87 (postcards from the same series).
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TAA_ii_6_73wm.jpg
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December 7, 2023 8:50 AM