Identity area
Reference code
TAA ii.6.85
Title
Manoeuvering a chariot wheel out of Tutankhamun's tomb
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.
Content and structure area
Scope and content
- 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 manoeuvering a tray loaded with a chariot wheel up the rock-cut steps leading out of Tutankhamun's tomb. The wheel is from one of the four chariots found in the Antechamber.
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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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- Similar photographs, see http://www.griffith.ox.ac.uk/gri/4anacpho.html
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Note
- Acquired with TAA ii.6.72-4, 76-87 (postcards from the same series).
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TAA_ii_6_85wm.jpg
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image/jpeg
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58.6 KiB
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