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Thebes. Valley of the Kings. KV 62. Tomb of Tutankhamun: scene from front of box (no. 551), Nina de Garis Davies drawing

Nina de Davies' annotated drawing of a scene with Tutankhamun seated on a chair holding an armed bow shooting fish and fowl, with Ankhesenamun squatting on a cushion at King's feet, on a panel from the front of box (no. 551), found in the Annex, tomb of Tutankhamun, KV 62, Valley of the Kings, Thebes.
Probably used for Davies tracing, see Carter MSS i.G.44C.

Davies, Anna (Nina) Macpherson

Thebes. Valley of the Kings. KV 62. Tomb of Tutankhamun: scene from front of box (no. 551), Nina de Garis Davies tracing

Nina de Davies' tracing of a scene with Tutankhamun seated on a chair holding an armed bow shooting fish and fowl, with Ankhesenamun squatting on a cushion at King's feet, on a panel from the front of box (no. 551), found in the Annex, tomb of Tutankhamun, KV 62, Valley of the Kings, Thebes.
Probably traced from Davies drawing, see Carter MSS i.G.44B.

Davies, Anna (Nina) Macpherson

Norman de Garis and Nina Davies Collection

  • Davies MSS
  • Collection
  • c.1900-1940

Papers, including notebooks, notes, tracings and squeezes, made in Theban tombs and elsewhere, photographs, collection of coloured hieroglyphic signs, indexes of scenes in Theban tombs, etc.

Davies, Norman de Garis

Caskets [boxes] (21) and (540)+(551): Tutankhamun documentation

Tutankhamun documentation: Nina de Garis Davies' notes on boxes (21) and (540)+(551).

  • Nina de Garis Davies's manuscript notes on the decoration of two boxes:
    • Carter object (21), the "Painted Box" with battle and hunting scenes.
    • Carter objects (540)+(551), with scenes of Tutankhamun and Ankhesenamun in a garden on the lid.
  • Includes two small watercolour sketches and a line drawing, all created by Davies.
  • This material was created in January and February 1951 when Davies visited the Egyptian Museum in Cairo.
  • Davies's paintings of box (21) were subsequently published. See below for details.

Davies, Anna (Nina) Macpherson

Thebes. Valley of the Kings. KV 62. Tomb of Tutankhamun: scene from lid (no. 540) from box (no. 551), Nina de Garis Davies drawing

Nina de Davies' drawing of a scene with Ankhesenamun offering flowers to Tutankhamun and a frieze with girls picking flowers below, from the lid (no. 540) of box (no. 551), found in the Annex, tomb of Tutankhamun, KV 62, Valley of the Kings, Thebes.
Probably used for Davies tracing, see Carter MSS i.G.44A.

Davies, Anna (Nina) Macpherson

Thebes. Valley of the Kings. KV 62. Tomb of Tutankhamun: scene from lid (no. 540) from box (no. 551), Nina de Garis Davies tracing

Nina de Davies' tracing, or drawing, of a scene with Ankhesenamun offering flowers to Tutankhamun and a frieze with girls picking flowers below, from the lid (no. 540) of box (no. 551), found in the Annex, tomb of Tutankhamun, KV 62, Valley of the Kings, Thebes.
Probably traced from Davies drawing, see Carter MSS i.G.44E.

Davies, Anna (Nina) Macpherson

Publication: Davies, N. de G. and A. Gardiner Tutankhamun’s painted box

  • Copy of Davies, Nina M. and Gardiner, Alan H. 1962. Tutankhamun’s painted box: reproduced in colour from the original in the Cairo Museum. Artwork by Nina M. Davies, with explanatory text by Alan H. Gardiner, published by Oxford University Press for Griffith Institute, Oxford [OEB 8995].
  • A group of duplicate plates (see below).

Gardiner, (Sir) Alan Henderson