A European-style fountain with a central ornament of four female figures with their arms raised supporting a foliform tier, with an additional sketch of an acanthus leaf tier or pedestal, sketched at an unidentified site in Egypt or perhaps sketched for a design:
A woman drinking from a jar while standing by the side of two pomegranate trees, detail of a scene from the tomb of Neferhotep (TT 49), probably temp. Ay, at El-Khokha in Thebes:
pencil drawing
mounted, together with Lloyd MSS 111
25.7 x 17.7 cm
[on mount] '54' (pencil note)
[on verso of drawing] 'Woman drinking. / From a painting in a tomb near the one marked A. / Assasief. / 15th July 1843. / This is also copied from a hasty sketch in my note book, and it / would be difficult to trace it as it is much decayed, except / the face and legs.' (pencil note)
The solar disk, emerging above the horizon of the mountains, is held by the arms of Nut and those of a personified ankh, with a dressed personified djad pillar supporting the whole group; this central group is adored by four baboons, kneeling Isis and Nephthys and two ba-birds, from a painted wall scene in the Ramesside tomb of Nefersekheru (TT 296), at El-Khokha in Thebes:
pencil drawing
mounted, together with Lloyd MSS 122
17.7 x 25.7 cm
[on mount] '63' (pencil note)
[on verso of drawing] 'From a tomb near the Scheich El Beleds. / Gurna. / 15th July 1843. / This is not very correct as I drew it from a rough sketch / in my Note Book, and as the place was extremely hard to / get to, I did not take the trouble of going there again. / It is painted, but I saw no cartouche. The style of the / tomb is bad, as are the statues in it. The tomb is possibly / of the time of Amenoph 3rd but it is impossible to judge / from the style the period. / G Ll.' (pencil note)
Oblong base of quartzite monument with tapering sides (called 'obelisk'), with dedication texts of Seti I and Ramesses II to Horus of Mesen commemorating Ramesses I, once at Tell Abu Seifa in el-Qantara, and now in Ismailia Museum, 2249; back, with remains of scene at top with a kneeling king offering to a seated [deity], and remains of four columns of text below with two lines of text at the bottom:
pencil drawing
mounted, together with Lloyd MSS 121
17.8 x 25.8 cm
[on recto of drawing] 'Upper side. / Obelisk at Abu Saiffie / 12th Feb 1843. / x' (pencil)
Oblong base of quartzite monument with tapering sides (called 'obelisk'), with dedication texts of Seti I and Ramesses II to Horus of Mesen commemorating Ramesses I, once at Tell Abu Seifa in el-Qantara, and now in Ismailia Museum, 2249; left side, right part, with remains of a scene at top with seated deity, and remains of six columns of text below and two lines of text at the bottom [drawn separately]:
pencil drawing
mounted, together with Lloyd MSS 123
18.8 x 25.8 cm
[on recto of drawing] 'No 1 a / 1 ft 6 in / x 4 ft. 8 in / a/ a - 1ft. 9 in - 2ft. 6 in' (pencil note)
[on recto of drawing] 'Obelisk at Abu Saiffie. 12th Feb 1843. / x' (pencil note)
Oblong base of quartzite monument with tapering sides (called 'obelisk'), with dedication texts of Seti I and Ramesses II to Horus of Mesen commemorating Ramesses I, once at Tell Abu Seifa in el-Qantara, and now in Ismailia Museum, 2249; fragments from [at least] two sides with remains of scenes of kings kneeling before deities:
pencil drawings
mounted, together with Lloyd MSS 125
25.7 x 17.7 cm
[on recto of drawing] 'a / a / Fragments of the Obelisk at Abu Saiffie. / a and a are different sides of the angle. / 12th Feb 1843. / x' (pencil note)
Two rows of female mourners squatting on the ground, detail from a funerary scene in the tomb of Haremhab (TT 78), temp. Tuthmosis III to Amenhotep III, at Sheikh Abd el-Qurna in Thebes:
pencil tracing with edges folded in on two sides (top and right <twice>)
mounted
38.1 x 44.8 cm
[on recto of tracing] 'Women mourners wailing. / Tomb at Thebes. / No. 16 ? / 11th July 1843' (pencil note)
Female lute player, detail from a scene with female musicians performing for guests at a banquet in the tomb of Kha (TT 8), temp. Amenhotep II, Tuthmosis IV and Amenhotep III, at Deir el-Medina in Thebes:
pencil tracing with right edge folded in twice [right side of album page]
41.8 x 66 cm
[on recto of tracing] 'Woman playing and dancing. / 19th (or perhaps 10th) July 1843 [lower part of date lost]' (pencil note)
Tutankhamun object cards with accompanying photographs, notes (some group notes listed below) and letters, compiled by Howard Carter and other members of the excavation team [TAA i.1.1-620]
Most cards are manuscript records, as well as many original typescript records
Many cards are illustrated with drawings of objects, or details of objects, by Howard Carter and A. C. Mace
The object cards record:
Object number, main description of the object, location in the tomb, measurements, description of the object - Howard Carter and A. C. Mace (1922-1925)
Hieroglyphic inscriptions, transcriptions and translations - Mostly Alan H. Gardiner and P. E. Newberry, but some inscriptions are transcribed by Carter
Conservation records - Alfred Lucas and A. C. Mace (1922-1925)
Botanical and textile notes - P. E. Newberry
Photographic documentation - Harry Burton
Other groups of notes filed with the object cards include:
Notes on the [ancient] robberies, by Howard Carter, Alfred Lucas and Lord Carnarvon
Notes on various aspects of the Annexe by Howard Carter (1-4, 10-43, 47-64), Alfred Lucas (5-9, 44-6) and A. H. Gardiner (41)
Notes and memoranda on various aspects of the tomb by Alfred Lucas
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 postcard's production date is unknown, but it was almost certainly in the 1920s.
Egyptian excavation team members transport some of Tutankhamun's food provisions from the King's tomb to the nearby 'Laboratory' set up in the tomb of King Sethos II (KV15) in the Valley of the Kings.
Forty-eight boxes (Carter 62) containing choice cuts of meat and whole geese were prepared to accompany the King's burial and were placed in a neat pile beneath one of the ceremonial couches in the Antechamber. They were some of the first items Howard Carter saw when he looked into the tomb for the first time on 26th November 1922, recording them as "a heap of large curious white oviform boxes".
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 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.
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