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 carrying the body of one of Tutankhamun's chariots (Carter 122) from the King's tomb to the nearby 'Laboratory' set-up in the tomb of Sethos II (KV15). The chariot is also escorted by an armed guard and Howard Carter (background, wearing a bowtie and a pale-coloured hat with a dark band).
The photograph was probably taken in early 1923; the postcard's production date is unknown, but it was almost certainly in the 1920s.
(Carter 116)
Howard Carter (second from right, striding, wearing a hat with a black band) accompanying the wooden portrait figure of Tutankhamun (the so-called "mannequin"; Carter 116), which is carried by an Egyptian member of the team transporting the object to the "Laboratory" tomb (KV 15, of Sethos II) for cleaning and conservation.
Also present in the photograph is Lord Carnarvon (sitting on the wall at the far left), who watches as the group passes by. The man walking to the left of the Earl is Arthur Weigall (dark hat with a darker headband), a former Egyptian Antiquities Service Inspector now engaged as a journalist reporting on the excavation. The other Europeans present here are also journalists or tourists.
The portrait bust of Tutankhamun [Carter 116] was found in the tomb's Antechamber. The King is portrayed wearing a yellow flat-topped crown featuring the centrally positioned uraeus on the crown's temple band. The King also wears a close-fitting white garment.
The bust's purpose is unclear, but it probably displayed part of the King's regalia. A recent proposal is that it may have been originally used for supporting and storing the King's gold corset (Carter 54k) in the tomb. When thieves ransacked the tomb in antiquity, these robbers likely removed the corset from the bust before breaking the heavy regalia into smaller, portable pieces.
The photograph was probably taken in early 1923; the postcard's production date is unknown, but it was almost certainly in the 1920s.
(Carter 116)
An Egyptian team member carrying the wooden portrait figure of Tutankhamun, the so-called "mannequin", from the King's tomb to the nearby "Laboratory" tomb (KV 15, of Sethos II) for cleaning and conservation.
The portrait bust of Tutankhamun [Carter 116] was found in the tomb's Antechamber. The King is portrayed wearing a yellow flat-topped crown featuring the centrally positioned uraeus on the crown's temple band. The King also wears a close-fitting white garment.
The bust's purpose is unclear, but it probably displayed part of the King's regalia. A recent proposal is that it may have been originally used for supporting and storing the King's gold corset (Carter 54k) in the tomb. When thieves ransacked the tomb in antiquity, these robbers likely removed the corset from the bust before breaking the heavy regalia into smaller, portable pieces.
The photograph was probably taken in early 1923; the postcard's production date is unknown, but it was almost certainly in the 1920s.
Two Egyptian team members, accompanied by Howard Carter [wearing hat and waistcoat, left foreground], carry trays containing objects from the Antechamber of Tutankhamun's tomb while being pursued by tourists. The man on the left carries a decorated box (Carter 44), probably a footstool or stool, while the tray conveyed by the man contains two items, perhaps a box lid and a vessel (not identified). The objects are being transported to the nearby 'Laboratory' (the tomb of King Sety II, KV15).
The photograph was probably taken in early 1923; the production date of the postcard is not known, but it was almost certainly in the 1920s.
An Egyptian team member carrying a tray containing the four 'candlesticks' (Carter 41a-d), transporting them from the tomb's Antechamber to the Laboratory. Each 'candlestick' is in the form of an anthropomorphic ankh with arms raised to either hold a bronze torch-cup or a small pottery cup.
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 transporting one of Tutankhamun's elaborate vessels (Carter 57) from the King's tomb to the nearby 'Laboratory' set up in the tomb of King Sethos II (KV15). The large vessel, carved from a single piece of Egyptian alabaster, originally contained unguent, its contents stolen by the tomb robbers who entered the tomb in antiquity. The vessel's body is flanked by openwork side pieces incorporating bound papyrus and lotus flowers, symbolising Upper and Lower Egypt and its unification, as well as representing the King's sovereignty. The vessel's body is decorated with Tutankhamun's cartouches; the incised decoration has been filled with black pigment.
The photograph was probably taken in early 1923; the postcard's production date is unknown, but it was almost certainly in the 1920s.
An Egyptian team member, accompanied by Arthur Callendar [right, foreground] and an armed guard [centre, background], carries a tray containing a reed and papyrus box (Carter 42) and an ornamental box made of redwood inlaid with ebony and ivory. The objects are being transported from Tutankhamun's tomb to the nearby 'Laboratory' (the tomb of King Sety II, KV15).
The photograph was probably taken in early 1923; the production date of the postcard is not known, but it was almost certainly in the 1920s.
Members of the Egyptian team manoeuvring a large carrying tray out through the entrance to the modern enclosure wall constructed shortly after Tutankhamun's tomb was discovered. The team are carrying two black shrine-like boxes (Carter 37) and (Carter 38) and a gabled-roofed box (Carter 32), transporting them from the tomb's Antechamber to the Laboratory.
The photograph was probably taken in early 1923; the postcard's production date is unknown, but it was almost certainly in the 1920s.
Two Egyptian team members carrying a white chest (Carter 50) up the rock-cup steps leading out of Tutankhamun's tomb, with Howard Carter assisting (head visible behind the left shoulder of the man at the front). This chest contained many items of Tutankhamun's wardrobe.
[Lane's caption on page verso, at top left corner] illegible pencil note
Detail from a wall scene, gazelle suckling calf, probably from scenes of bringing fowl and young animals in boxes (including hare, hedgehog, gazelles, and gazelle and young, from room I in the tomb of Nebemakhet [LG 86], son of Khephren, in the Central Field at Giza.
Tomb wall scene, female musicians, from the hallway of tomb Amenhotep-si-se (TT75), Sheikh Abu el-Qurna. The musicians play a harp, lute, double-pipe, a girl dancing, lyre and a tambourine:
pencil drawing
mounted
17.7 x 10 cm
[Lane's caption on page verso, at top left corner] 'Female musicians & dancers — from the paintings at a tomb in the Hill of the shey'kh Abd El-Ckoor'n[eh]'.' (pencil note, 'eh' of 'Ckoor'neh' is cut off, presumably when the mounted drawings were bound)
Temple wall scenes from the hypostyle hall in the Great Temple of Amun at Karnak Left scene, Seti I spears Libyan chief on the battlefield, north exterior wall Right scene, Ramesses II binding Syrian captives, south exterior wall
Two pencil drawings
Drawings are mounted side-by-side
17.7 x 10.2 cm
[Lane's caption on page verso, at top left corner] 'Sculptures at Kar'nak' (pencil note)
Part of a temple wall scene from the forecourt of the Beit el-Wali temple at Kalabsha, two registers of Nubians, including women and children, bringing tribute with animals, [to Ramesses II]:
pencil drawing
mounted
17.8 x 10.2 cm
[Lane's caption on page verso, at top left corner] 'Sculpture on the left side-wall of the court before the rock-temple of Ckala'b'sheh.' (pencil note)
Tomb wall scene, upper register, sem priest with offerings before Qen and wife Meryt, with monkey eating dates under chair, followed by two rows of seated men and women, probably TT 59, Sheikh Abd el-Qurna, Thebes:
pencil drawing
mounted
17.7 x 10 cm
[Lane's caption on page verso, at top left corner] 'Painting in a tomb in the Hill of the shey'kh 'Abd El-Ckoor'neh' (pencil note)
Drawing of a detail from a battle scene, Seti I in a chariot charging Libyans on the battlefield, on the north exterior wall of the hypostyle hall in the Great Temple of Amun at Karnak:
black ink drawing
mounted
17.8 x 10.2 cm
Below the drawing are two small cartouches of the king (in ink)
[Lane's caption on page verso, at top left corner] 'Sculpture at Kar'nak' (pencil note)
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