Eurasian oystercatcher (Haematopus ostralegus) at Asyut:
watercolour
mounted, together with Lloyd MSS 033
17.4 x 12.1 cm
[on mount] 'Shot near the Nile.' (ink note)
[on mount] encircled '32' (pencil note)
[on verso of watercolour] 'Shot near Siut on the Nile. / '22 April 1843' (pencil note)
[on verso of watercolour] 'It has webbed feet and / the beak is very singular. / The size is about half as / large again as the Sterna / Nilotica' (pencil note)
Letter from T. E. Peet to Lawrence W. Grensted. Athens, no date (no envelope). Comments on literature (Shakespeare, novels); reference to his work on Cycladic and Mycenaean period.
Letter from Mary Atkinson asking Newberry to give a friend, Brian Melland, an introduction at Tel el Amarna, and a following letter thanking him for his help.
Material relating to: Ainalof: Vyz Vrewm IX138 on Strygowsky Ainalof: Vyz Vrem IX152 on de Buck Bell / Thompson: “A Greek/Coptic Glossary to Hosea and Amos” JEA XI (1925), 151 ff. Bouriant: Rec. XI132-135
Material relating to: Hall: “Two Coptic Acknowledgements of Loans” PSBA XXXIII Heer: “Neue Griechische Koptische Evangelien Fragmente” Jernsted: “Die Koptischen Papyri des Asiatischen Museums” Krall: “Neue Koptische und Griechische Papyrus” Lopareff: review: The Christian East - the Patriachate of Alexandria I Lange: “Ein Faijumischer Beschwörungstext” Studies Presented to F. Ll. Griffith, 162ff. Munier: “Les Actes du Martyre de Saint Isidore” BIF XIV pp. 97 ff. Libri: Mons. Inédits 1862 XXXIX
Pellegrini “Piccoli Testi Copto-sa’îdici del Museo Archeologico di Firenze” Sphinx X Piehl “Ostracon Piehl no. 1” Sphinx VI p.60 Reitzenstein: “2 Religionsgeschichtliche Fragen” St. Paul Girard: “Ostracon from Mazoura” ASAE. XXVII 62 Schmidt: “Das Koptische Didache - Fragment des British Museum” ZNTW XXIV (1925) 81 ff. Schmidt: “Die Paulusacten” Neue Heidelberger Jahrbücher VII (1897) 117 ff. Till: “Zu Wiener koptischen Zaubertexten” Orientalia IV (1935) 195 ff.
Handwritten notes by Griffith, possibly draft of a lecture or speech, reviewing his career. Possibly linked to the presentation of his Festschrift (OEB 151195) at the Egypt Exploration Society in 1932.
Howard Carter's autobiography, a notebook containing manuscript for Sketches I-II, also some enclosures including loose manuscript notes, a typewritten note, and a newspaper cutting.
Sketches
72 numbered pages/openings, arranged with main text on right and notes on left
Carter's annotated page numbers, "1" to "72"
A Summary of Egyptian Chronology
Pages 1-2
Sketch I - Introductory
Pages 3-18
Contains one subsection, II, the title of this subsection, The Temporary Dwellings, is crossed through (cancelled)
Howard Carter's autobiography, a notebook containing Carter's annotated manuscript recording his discovery in 1898, and excavation of, in 1900, the tomb of Nebhepetre Mentuhotep (Mentuhotp-Nebhepetre), Bâb el-Ḥoṣân (Bab el-Hosan), Deir el-Bahri (Deir el-Bahari).
Titled El Bab El Hosân ["The Tomb of the Horse"]
13 numbered pages/openings, arranged with main text on right and notes on left
Carter's annotated page numbers, "1"-"23"
All pages are crossed through (cancelled)
Continuation, see Carter MSS vi.2.12
Earlier draft of Carter MSS vi.2.10 (pages 87-102): "Sketch IV. The Tomb of the Horse"
Howard Carter's autobiography, draft typescript, a notebook containing a draft manuscript, and an annotated newspaper cutting. The typescript has the following section/chapter headings:
El-Bab El-Hosân. "The Tomb of the Horse"
31 pages, annotated typescript, most pages, except title page, are crossed through (cancelled)
1 section/chapter title page, numbered here as [137]
30 typescript pages, numbered [138]-166 (NB Carter annotated the first pages in this section "1-8", the page numbers [138]-[145] were assigned in Griffith Institute)
The Rat and the Snake: Being a tale from the coffee hearth
5 pages, annotated typescript, none of the pages are crossed through (cancelled)
Howard Carter's autobiography, a notebook containing manuscript for Sketches III-VII, also some enclosures including loose manuscript notes, a typewritten note, and a newspaper cutting.
76 numbered pages/openings, arranged with main text on right and notes on left
Carter's annotated page numbers, "73" to "149"
Sketch III - Thebes
Pages 73-86
Contains four subsections, I to IV
Sketch IV - The Tomb of the Horse
Pages 87-111
Contains three subsections, I to III
Sketch V. Summer life and a Tale from the Coffee-hearth
Howard Carter's autobiography, draft typescript and draft manuscript, with the following headings:
The Cemetery of the Queens
23 pages, annotated typescript, none of the pages are crossed through (cancelled)
1 section/chapter title page
22 typescript pages, numbered 215-236
[Sketch XII]
January 1938 - A Sketch
3 pages, annotated manuscript, none of the pages are crossed through (cancelled)
No page numbering
Carter's description of King Farouk's marriage to Safinaz Zulficar (after Queen Farida) on 10 January 1938, and the festivities celebrating their marriage
Howard Carter's autobiography, annotated draft typescript and some inserted draft manuscript pages:
The Finding of the Tomb of Amenophis the First
42 pages, annotated typescript with some inserted manuscript pages, most pages, except title page and 3 inserted pages between pages 200 and 201, are crossed through (cancelled)
1 section/chapter title page
34 typescript pages, numbered 186-214, and 3 inserted pages between pages 200-201 (Carter annotated these pages "15", "16" and "64")
Howard Carter's autobiography, draft typescript, a notebook containing a draft manuscript, and an annotated newspaper cutting. The typescript has the following section/chapter headings:
The Valley of the Tombs of the Kings
5 pages, annotated typescript, pages [59]-61 are crossed through (cancelled)
1 section/chapter title page
4 typescript pages, numbered [59]-62
A History of the Theban Royal Mummies
Decadence and Destiny: I to IX
"Sketch IX" (Carter's annotation on page [63]
82 pages, annotated typescript, most pages, except title pages, are crossed through (cancelled)
4 section/chapter title pages
78 typescript pages, numbered [63]-136
Notebook
19 pages, draft manuscript, all pages are crossed through (cancelled)
4 loose pages with additional manuscript notes, all pages are crossed through (cancelled)
draft manuscript used for the preparation of part of the preceding typescript
Newspaper cutting
Egyptian Mail Jan. 5. 1937 (Carter's annotation)
"Mummies May Be Re-Buried In Valley Of Kings | Selim Bey Hassan's Proposal"
Cutting from a single page, page number not recorded
Howard Carter's autobiography, a notebook with enclosed notes, containing Carter's annotated manuscript recording his archaeological training with Sir W. M. F. Petrie
43 numbered pages/openings, arranged with main text on right and notes on left
Carter's annotated page numbers, "28"-"70"
All pages are crossed through (cancelled)
Earlier draft of Carter MSS vi.2.9 (pages 36-72): [Sketch II: An Account of Myself]
Howard Carter's autobiography, a notebook containing Carter's annotated manuscript recording his discovery in 1898, and excavation of, in 1900, the tomb of Nebhepetre Mentuhotep (Mentuhotp-Nebhepetre), Bâb el-Ḥoṣân (Bab el-Hosan), Deir el-Bahri (Deir el-Bahari), Thebes.
13 numbered pages/openings, arranged with main text on right and notes on left
Carter's annotated page numbers, "25"-"35"
All pages are crossed through (cancelled)
Continuation of Carter MSS vi.2.14.
Earlier draft of Carter MSS vi.2.10 (pages 102-111): "Sketch IV. The Tomb of the Horse"
Howard Carter's drafts of his autobiography were intended for publication, but not completed or published. Carter referred to these drafts as "autobiographical sketches", and the manuscripts and typescripts were most likely composed in the 1930s.
Earlier annotated manuscript
6 notebooks
219 pages
Section/chapter headings within this group include:
Sketch I. Introductory
Sketch II. An Account of Myself
Sketch III. Thebes
Sketch IV. The Tomb of the Horse
Sketch V. Summer life and a Tale from the Coffee hearth
Sketch VI. Three Milk White Camels
Sketch VII. A Fortuitous Discovery
Sketch VIII. The Valley and the Royal Tomb
Sketch IX. Tomb-Robberies and the Fate of the Royal Mummies
Sketch XI. The Finding of the tomb of Amenophis I
Later annotated typescript
8 folders
236 pages
Section/chapter headings within this group include:
Autobiographical preface
The Excavator and his Task
The Ancient Egyptian Dwelling, Tomb and Temple
Ancient Egyptian Funerary Equipment
Sketch of Thebes
The Theban Necropolis
The Valley of the Tombs of the Kings
A History of the Theban Royal Mummies Decadence and Destiny I-IX
El-Bab El-Hosân 'The Tomb of the Horse'
Summer life in Egypt
The Rat and the Snake
A Fortuitous Discovery [The discovery of Queen Hatshepsut's tomb]