Zone d'identification
Cote
TAA ii.6.77
Titre
Moving an ornamental vessel
Date(s)
- 1923 (Production)
Niveau de description
Pièce
Étendue matérielle et support
1 postcard
Zone du contexte
Histoire archivistique
Formerly with an online postcard dealer in the U.S.A. in August 2023.
Source immédiate d'acquisition ou de transfert
The Griffith Institute purchased the postcard in August 2023.
Zone du contenu et de la structure
Portée et contenu
- Postcard
- Photograph, photographer not known.
- The photograph was probably taken in early 1923; the postcard's production date is unknown, but it was almost certainly in the 1920s.
- Egyptian team members transporting one of Tutankhamun's elaborate vessels (Carter 57) from the King's tomb to the nearby 'Laboratory' set up in the tomb of King Sethos II (KV15). The large vessel, carved from a single piece of Egyptian alabaster, originally contained unguent, its contents stolen by the tomb robbers who entered the tomb in antiquity. The vessel's body is flanked by openwork side pieces incorporating bound papyrus and lotus flowers, symbolising Upper and Lower Egypt and its unification, as well as representing the King's sovereignty. The vessel's body is decorated with Tutankhamun's cartouches; the incised decoration has been filled with black pigment.
Évaluation, élimination et calendrier de conservation
Accroissements
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Conditions d'accès
Property of the Griffith Institute. No restrictions.
Conditions de reproduction
Copyright Griffith Institute, University of Oxford.
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Caractéristiques matérielle et contraintes techniques
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Existence et lieu de conservation des originaux
Existence et lieu de conservation des copies
Archived scan in Griffith Institute.
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Note
- Acquired with TAA ii.6.72-6, 78-87 (postcards from the same series).