Tutankhamun Excavation. Howard Carter's notes on various subjects.

• i. General note on tomb robbery.
• ii. Jewellery. References to pectoral (261P(2)), docket from box (267), etc.
• iii. Three pages of manuscript notes on 'The last and final season's work in the Tomb of Tutankhamun', including references to the sarcophagus, shrines, etc.
• iv. A note on the contents of rooms and disturbance by ancient robbers.
• v. Two handwritten notes concerning tomb plan development in the New Kingdom.

Letters sent to Howard Carter at the time of the discovery of the tomb of Tutankhamun. These letters were almost immediately passed on by Carter to A. C. Mace to deal with.

• Photographs showing the transport of objects from the tomb of Tutankhamun to the Laboratory tomb (KV 15), Valley of the Kings.
• Taken by anonymous photographers.
• None of the photographs in this group were taken by Harry Burton.

• Photographs of six cubit rods from the tomb of Tutankhamun.
• All rods are made of wood.
• Carter object numbers:
  • (50dd'), now in Cairo, Egyptian Museum, JE 61315.
  • (50dd''), now in Cairo, Egyptian Museum, JE 61316.
  • (50ee'), now in Cairo, Egyptian Museum, JE 61317.
  • (50ee''), now in Cairo, Egyptian Museum, JE 61318.
  • (50ff'), now in Cairo, Egyptian Museum, JE 61319.
  • (50ff''), now in Cairo, Egyptian Museum, JE 61320.

• Letters and documents relating to Howard Carter's dispute with the Egyptian Government after the European team members' wives were barred from entering the tomb to view the contents of Tutankhamun's sarcophagus after the lid had been lifted (12 February 1924).
• The dispute on the following day, 13 February 1924, eventually resulted in Howard Carter and the rest of the team being locked out of the tomb until 13 January 1925.
• Includes correspondence between Sir Alan Gardiner and the Foreign Office, Egyptologists and others in 1924.
• Referred to as the "Carter Affair" or "Tutankhamun Affair".

Documentation and correspondence regarding the planned Tutankhamun publication project by the Griffith Institute.

• 35mm black and white transparencies, made from the drawings on the original set of object cards (TAA i.1.1-620).
• Photographs made from these transparencies were affixed to the duplicate set of object cards to complete the information, see TAA iii.1.1-620.

• Annotated photocopies made from a folder marked 'Friends and Colleagues' from among the papers of J. H. Breasted, in Chicago, Oriental Institute.
• Includes photographs showing:
  • 'Carter appears not young'
  • Transportation of objects from Tutankhamun's tomb to the railway.
  • 'Probably John Hartmen (Austrian photographer) working in Cairo Museum'.
  • J. H. Breasted and A. Gardiner working in the Cairo Museum, etc.

Newspaper and magazine cuttings, mainly from the contemporary press, including The New York Times and The Illustrated London News, related to the finding and excavation of the tomb of Tutankhamun.

A collection of printed media (UK local newspapers) relating to the 1972 Tutankhamun exhibition held at the British Museum, London.

A collection of postal stamps featuring objects from the tomb of Tutankhamun, mostly commemorating the 50th anniversary of the tomb's discovery in 1972.
Includes six first-day covers, one issued in Egypt and five issued by UK institutions.

Puzzles and games linked to the discovery, excavation and clearance of Tutankhamun's tomb.

Commercially produced printed sheet music.

Advertising and marketing ephemera referencing the discovery of the tomb of Tutankhamun.

Ephemera connected with the 'Treasures of Tutankhamun' exhibition at the British Museum in 1972.

Arthur C. Mace's excavation journal for the tomb of Tutankhamun, 1922-1923, recording the first season

• 19 unlined pages
• Manuscript entries

A. C. Mace's account of the opening of Tutankhamun's Burial chamber (manuscript)

• Manuscript
• Written on 2 folded sheets of Cataract Hotel, Assouan (Aswan) headed notepaper
• Dated 3 March 1923
• Written a few weeks after the opening of the Burial chamber, which took place on 16 February 1923

Twelve photographs, all black and white, of various objects from the tomb of Tutankhamun. All made by the Egyptian Museum, Cairo. Perhaps created in the 1940s or 1950s.

• Four photographs of objects from the tomb of Tutankhamun.
• Produced by Lehnert & Landrock, part of their 'Tut Ankh Amun Series' photographs.

• Tutankhamun documentation: five photographs:
  • Three photographs show objects from the tomb of Tutankhamun in Cairo, Egyptian Museum.
  • Two photographs show floral collars, probably not from Tutankhamun's tomb, in New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art.

• Set of contact prints made from The Times Tutankhamun photographs.
• Most of the photographs were taken by The Times photographer.
• There are also a significant number of copies of Harry Burton's photographs within this group.
• Many of the contact prints are made from 35mm film, as well as a variety of larger prints.

• Harry Burton photographs.
• The photographs have been cut down and mounted onto file cards.
• Originally probably intended for Penelope Fox's book.

• Second proof of plates from Desroches Noblecourt, C. 1963. Tutankhamen: life and death of a pharaoh [OEB 9997].

• Newspaper cuttings.
• Articles relating to the tomb of Tutankhamun.

• 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).

• Photographic prints:
  1. 'The canopic chest of alabaster, Tutankhamen's tomb', made from Harry Burton negative in Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York [= Burton photograph P1153].
  2. 'The canopic chest opened, showing portrait busts of Tutankhamen', made from Harry Burton negative in Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York [= Burton photograph P1158].
  3. 'Thebes – Tut Ankh Amen's tomb in the Valley of the Kings', Lehnert & Landrock, Cairo, no. 1740.

Marketing trade cards referencing the discovery of the tomb of Tutankhamun.

• 'Tutankhamun: Excavating the Archive' exhibition at the Weston Library, Oxford, 13 April 2022 – 5 February 2023.
• Featuring material from the Tutankhamun Archive and other collections in the Griffith Institute.
• Posters, flyers, display materials, merchandising products, ephemera, and other memorabilia.
  1. Textile poster.
  2. Five text panels ('Introduction', 'Timeline', 'Griffith Institute', 'Curators’ Audio Highlights', 'Howard Carter portrait'), both textile and board.
  3. Caption texts for all sixteen showcases.
  4. Three textile banners.
  5. Image facsimiles, both original size and enlargements.
  6. QR codes for the audio guide.
  7. Reduced copy of Carter’s portrait.
  8. Replica of wreath placed on the forehead of the king’s outer coffin, made by The Garden of Oxford (Covered Market) and used in a ceremony held on 4 November 2022, where it was laid down by Ahdaf Soueif.
  9. Materials used in a 'Touch Tour' for the Blind and Partially Sighted / Visually Impaired on 13 October 2022.
  10. Free standing showcase cover design.
  11. Folder/package of posters, flyers, and other memorabilia and ephemera.
  12. Selection of merchandising products: bag, fridge magnets, postcards, book mark, and notebook.