Identity area
Reference code
TAA ii.6.86
Title
Tutankhamun's outer coffin inside the sarcophagus
Date(s)
- 1924-1925 (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 probably taken in early 1923; the postcard's production date is unknown, but it was almost certainly in the 1920s.
- View showing the lid of Tutankhamun's outer coffin (Carter 253), still in situ inside the King's sarcophagus (Carter 240). This photograph was taken sometime between the sarcophagus lid being raised on 12th February 1924 and the removal of the outer coffin lid on 13th October 1925.
- This photograph was not taken by Harry Burton.
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
Publication note
- Similar photographs, see http://www.griffith.ox.ac.uk/gri/4anacpho.html
Notes area
Note
- Acquired with TAA ii.6.72-4, 76-87 (postcards from the same series).