The Griffith Institute
University of Oxford

Howard Carter's maps, plans and drawings of the tomb of Tutankhamun
(part of Carter MSS. i.G)

Concept & direction: Jaromir Malek
Scanning: Jenni Navratil
Cataloguing and editing: Elizabeth Fleming, Alison Hobby

Carter MSS. i.G.1
Thebes. KV 62, Tutankhamun.
Plan of entrance steps and Passage.
19.5 x 81.2 cm
Griffith Institute scan: Carter_i_G_1#6000.tif

Carter MSS. i.G.2
Thebes. KV 62, Tutankhamun.
Plan of entrance steps and Passage. Section.
45.2 x 81.4 cm
Griffith Institute scan: Carter_i_G_2#6000.tif

Carter MSS. i.G.3
Thebes. KV 62, Tutankhamun.
Plan of tomb.
56 x 81 cm
Griffith Institute scan: Carter_i_G_3#6000.tif

Carter MSS. i.G.4
Thebes. KV 62, Tutankhamun.
Plan of tomb, with measurements and orientation.
54 x 56.5 cm
Griffith Institute scan: Carter_i_G_4#6000.tif

Carter MSS. i.G.5
Thebes. KV 62, Tutankhamun.
Sketch plan of tomb.
35.7 x 50.8 cm
Griffith Institute scan: Carter_i_G_5#9000.tif

Carter MSS. i.G.7
Thebes. Carnarvon excavations 1922.
57.3 x 78 cm
Griffith Institute scan: Carter_i_G_7#6000.tif

Carter MSS. i.G.8 recto and verso
Thebes. KV 62, Tutankhamun.
Dimensions of Antechamber.
30 x 23.7 cm
Griffith Institute scans: Carter_i_G_8recto#6000.tif, Carter_i_G_8verso#6000.tif

Carter MSS. i.G.9
Thebes. KV 62, Tutankhamun.
Dimensions of Treasury.
30 x 23.7 cm
Griffith Institute scan: Carter_i_G_9#6000.tif

Carter MSS. i.G.10
Thebes. KV 62, Tutankhamun.
Antechamber. Plan of objects in situ.(Numbered.)
50.5 x 85.5cm
Griffith Institute scan: Carter_i_G_10#6000.tif

Carter MSS. i.G.11
Thebes. KV 62, Tutankhamun.
Antechamber. Plan of objects in situ. Final drawing, by L.F. Hall and W. Hauser.
52.5 x 85.8 cm.
Griffith Institute scan: Carter_i_G_11#6000.tif

Carter MSS. i.G.12
Thebes. KV 62, Tutankhamun.
Antechamber. Plan of couches (lion, Hathor, and Tueris), with objects in situ.
51.5 x 85.5 cm
Griffith Institute scan: Carter_i_G_12#6000.tif

Carter MSS. i.G.13
Thebes. KV 62, Tutankhamun.
Antechamber. Position of objects 41-6, 49, 74-6, 78, 138.
39 x 32 cm
Griffith Institute scan: Carter_i_G_13recto#6000.tif

Carter MSS. i.G.14
Thebes. KV 62, Tutankhamun.
Antechamber. Position of objects 77, 79, 153.
23.6 x 30 cm
Griffith Institute scan: Carter_i_G_14recto#6000.tif

Carter MSS. i.G.15
Thebes. KV 62, Tutankhamun.
Antechamber. Position of objects beneath couch (35).
30 x 23.6 cm
Griffith Institute scan: Carter_i_G_15recto#6000.tif

Carter MSS. i.G.16
Thebes. KV 62, Tutankhamun.
Antechamber. Position of objects 80-2.
23.6 x 30 cm
Griffith Institute scan: Carter_i_G_16#6000.tif

Carter MSS. i.G.17
Thebes. KV 62, Tutankhamun.
Antechamber. Position of objects 100-2, 137.
23.6 x 30 cm
Griffith Institute scan: Carter_i_G_17recto#6000.tif

Carter MSS. i.G.18
Thebes. KV 62, Tutankhamun.
Antechamber. Position of objects 55-6 in relation to couches 35 and 73.
30 x 23.6 cm
Griffith Institute scan: Carter_i_G_18#6000.tif

Carter MSS. i.G.19
Thebes. KV 62, Tutankhamun.
Antechamber. Tracing of sticks on bed 47.
26 x 32.6 cm
Griffith Institute scan: Carter_i_G_19#6000.tif

Carter MSS. i.G.20
Thebes. KV 62, Tutankhamun.
Antechamber.Chariot parts. Sketch.
23.6 x 30 cm
Griffith Institute scan: Carter_i_G_20#6000.tif

Carter MSS. i.G.21
Thebes. KV 62, Tutankhamun.
Antechamber.Chariot parts. Sketch.
30 x 23.6 cm
Griffith Institute scan: Carter_i_G_21#6000.tif

Carter MSS. i.G.22
Thebes. KV 62, Tutankhamun.
Antechamber.Chariot parts. Sketch.
30 x 23.6 cm
Griffith Institute scan: Carter_i_G_22#6000.tif

Carter MSS. i.G.25
Thebes. KV 62, Tutankhamun.
Antechamber. Chariot parts. Drawing.
33.7 x 27 cm
Griffith Institute scan: Carter_i_G_25#6000.tif

Carter MSS.i.G.27
Thebes. KV 22. Tomb of Amenophis III.
OR
Thebes. KV 62, Tutankhamun.
Drawing of complete chariot wheel.
47.5 x 57 cm
Griffith Institute scan: Carter_i_G_27#6000.tif

Carter MSS.i.G.28
Thebes. KV 22. Tomb of Amenophis III.
OR
Thebes. KV 62, Tutankhamun.
Preliminary drawing and section of a chariot wheel.
57 x 78 cm
Griffith Institute scan: Carter_i_G_28#6000.tif

Carter MSS. i.G.29
Thebes. KV 62, Tutankhamun.
Antechamber. Chariot parts. Tracing.
47 x 43.5 cm
Griffith Institute scan: Carter_i_G_29#2590.tif

Carter MSS. i.G.31
Thebes. KV 62, Tutankhamun.
Burial chamber. Objects in situ
55.6 x 81.2 cm
Griffith Institute scan: Carter_i_G_31#6000.tif

Carter MSS. i.G.32
Thebes. KV 62, Tutankhamun.
Burial chamber. Objects in situ. Detail.
25.4 x 52.2 cm
Griffith Institute scan: Carter_i_G_32#6000.tif

Carter MSS. i.G.33
Thebes. KV 62, Tutankhamun.
Burial chamber. Objects in situ. Detail.
51.8 x 24.9 cm
Griffith Institute scan: Carter_i_G_33#6000.tif

Carter MSS. i.G.34
Thebes. KV 62, Tutankhamun.
Burial chamber. Objects in situ. Detail.
23.7 x 49.3 cm
Griffith Institute scan: Carter_i_G_34#6000.tif

Carter MSS. i.G.35
Thebes. KV 62, Tutankhamun.
Burial chamber. Objects in situ. Detail.
28.2 x 20.4 cm
Griffith Institute scan: Carter_i_G_35#6000.tif

Carter MSS. i.G.36
Thebes. KV 62, Tutankhamun.
Burial chamber. Objects in situ. Detail.
28.2 x 20.1 cm
Griffith Institute scan: Carter_i_G_36#6000.tif

Carter MSS.i.G.37
Thebes. KV 62, Tutankhamun.
Burial chamber. Objects in situ. Detail.
30.5 x 31 cm
Griffith Institute scan: Carter_i_G_37#6000.tif

Carter MSS. i.G.38
Thebes. KV 62, Tutankhamun.
Burial chamber. Objects in situ.Preliminary drawing.
55.5 x 81.2 cm
Griffith Institute scan: Carter_i_G_38#6000.tif

Carter MSS. i.G.39
Thebes. KV 62, Tutankhamun.
Burial chamber. Pall framework (west end).
33.4 x 20.8 cm
Griffith Institute scan: Carter_i_G_39#6000.tif

Carter MSS. i.G.40
Thebes. KV 62, Tutankhamun.
Burial chamber. Notes on sarcophagus.
30 x 23.7 cm
Griffith Institute scan: Carter_i_G_40#6000.tif

Carter MSS. i.G.41 recto and verso
Thebes. KV 62, Tutankhamun.
Burial Chamber. Dimensions of sarcophaus.
30 x 23.7 cm
Griffith Institute scans: Carter_i_G_41recto#6000.tif, Carter_i_G_41verso#6000.tif

Carter MSS. i.G.42 recto and verso
Thebes. KV 62, Tutankhamun.
Burial Chamber
rectoNiches for magical figures (dimensions, etc.).
versoDrawings of objects from Burial Chamber.
30 x 23.7 cm
Griffith Institute scans: Carter_i_G_42recto#6000.tif, Carter_i_G_42verso#6000.tif

Carter MSS. i.G.43
Thebes. KV 62, Tutankhamun.
Burial Chamber. Plan showing position of magical figures, dimensions of chamber and of sarcophagus, and notes on wall-paintings.
23.7 x 30 cm
Griffith Institute scan: Carter_i_G_43#6000.tif

Carter MSS. i.G.44 recto and verso
Thebes. KV 62, Tutankhamun.
Note of dimensions of sarcophagus, Burial Chamber, Treasury, Antechamber and Annexe.
20.3 x 12.6 cm
Griffith Institute scans: Carter_i_G_44recto#6000.tif, Carter_i_G_44verso#6000.tif

Carter MSS. i.G.44 A
Thebes. KV 62, Tutankhamun.
Nina Davies drawing of box 540 (lid 551).
47.9 x 35.8 cm
Griffith Institute scan: Carter_i_G_44A#6000.tif

Carter MSS. i.G.44 B
Thebes. KV 62, Tutankhamun.
Nina Davies drawing of box 540 (lid 551).
26.7 x 52 cm
Griffith Institute scan: Carter_i_G_44B#6000.tif

Carter MSS. i.G.44 C
Thebes. KV 62, Tutankhamun.
Nina Davies drawing of box 540 (lid 551).
23.7 x 47.8 cm
Griffith Institute scan: Carter_i_G_44C#6000.tif

Carter MSS. i.G.44 D
Thebes. KV 62, Tutankhamun.
Nina Davies drawing of box 540 (lid 551).
15.7 x 35.4 cm
Griffith Institute scan: Carter_i_G_44D#6000.tif

Carter MSS. i.G.44 E
Thebes. KV 62, Tutankhamun.
Nina Davies drawing of box 540 (lid 551).
45.6 x 38.5 cm
Griffith Institute scan: Carter_i_G_44E#6000.tif

Carter MSS. i.G.44 F
Thebes. KV 62, Tutankhamun.
Nina Davies drawing of box 540 (lid 551).
23.7 x 57.1 cm
Griffith Institute scan: Carter_i_G_44F#6000.tif

Carter MSS. i.G.49
Thebes. Valley of the Kings.
Draft plan of Carnarvon Excavations, 1917 to early 1922.
56.5 x 66.7 cm
Griffith Institute scan: Carter_i_G_49#6000.tif

Carter MSS. i.G.52 left and right
Thebes.
Plan of Carnarvon Excavations, 1917 to early 1922.
65.9 x 99.6 cm
Griffith Institute scans: Carter_i_G_52left#6000.tif, Carter_i_G_52right#6000.tif


(July 2, 2021)

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