Identity area
Reference code
TAA ii.6.79
Nadpis
Preparing one side of the cow-headed couch for transport
Date(s)
- 1923 (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent and medium
1 postcard
Context area
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.
Content and structure area
Scope and content
- Postcard
- Photograph, photographer not known.
- The photograph was taken on 24th January 1923, the day Carter recorded this couch being moved; the postcard's production date is unknown, but it was almost certainly sometime in the 1920s.
- Howard Carter (left), assisted by Walter Hauser (right), manoeuvring the right side of the cow-headed couch (Carter 73) into a packing case in preparation for its transfer to the nearby 'Laboratory' set up in the tomb of Sethos II (KV15).
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
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
Language and script notes
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Finding aids
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
Archived scan in Griffith Institute.
Related units of description
- http://www.griffith.ox.ac.uk/gri/carter/073.html
- Same photograph as TAA ii.6.21
Publication note
Notes area
Note
- Acquired with TAA ii.6.72-4, 76-87 (postcards from the same series).