TAA i.3.10.2

Notebook
TAA i.3.10 (third (innermost) coffin)
Page number
2
Caption
Note for scientific publication on third (innermost) coffin
Creator
James R. Ogden
Date of creation
20 July 1932
Material
Ink
Paper
Measurements
20.6 x 13.0 cm (h x w)
Notes

Typescript note enclosed with a letter (TAA i.3.10.1) from James R. Ogden to Howard Carter on the third (innermost) coffin of gold.

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© Griffith Institute,

University of Oxford

Transcription

          The weight of the Coffin of Tutankhamen

Is 110 Kilogrammes – which means it

weighs 3536.9532 ozs. troy.

          The actual melting value at today’s 

price of 115/– per oz. fine, would be

£20, 337.19. 3d.

          Or translated into Avoirdupois – the

Coffin weights 2 Cwts. 1 Stone 4 lbs.

10 grains, 1.8 drams.

 

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