1 typewritten and handwritten page. Text of a Ramesside graffito from the temple of Hatshepsut ("scratched on door jamb of North Postern"), based on a copy by W. C. Hayes, transcribed by A. H. Gardiner and annotated by J. Černý and R. Moss.
-Deir el-Bahari (Deir el-Bahri). -Temple of Hatshepsut. -Caption: 'Queen Hatasu. Nourished by Hathor as a cow. One of the very few unerased portraits of Hatasu, in the inner chamber of Deir el Bahari temple; cartouche erased.'
Correspondence including: asking Newberry to write a description of a tomb; describing the condition of the tomb; reference to photographs of the tomb. Also includes letter to Carter relating to him painting a coffin and referring to correspondence with Maspero. Also includes invitation sent to Davis to a meeting to observe whether any phenomena takes place on the anniversary of Pharaoh Akhnaton's death in the Valley of the Queens, 26 January 1909.
Note: MSS 12/4 is also numbered 16 MSS 12/5 is also numbered A.279 MSS 12/6 is also numbered A 280 MSS 12/8 is also numbered 292
Chariots. Howard Carter's collected notes for the intended scientific publication of Tutankhamun's tomb.
Includes Carter's drawings with reconstructions of the chariots and harnesses, comparisons with chariots from other tombs and depictions of chariots from temple and tomb wall scenes.
An essay on Tutankhamun's chariots (TAA i.3.8.10-17), based on Howard Carter's notes, probably edited by Mrs Jane Waley in 1946-1947. Mrs Waley worked for the Griffith Institute and created the first catalogue for the Tutankhamun records.
Collars. Howard Carter's collected notes for the intended scientific publication of Tutankhamun's tomb. Carter's manuscript notes with a brief description of two collars found on Tutankhamun's body, object numbers (256o) and (256bb (2)).
Gesso. Howard Carter's collected notes for the intended scientific publication of Tutankhamun's tomb.
i. Typescript letter from Dr Alexander Scott, December 1930, to Howard Carter, on animal tissue with gesso used under gold on the burial shrines. Also, see Chemistry notes (TAA i.3.9).
ii. Photograph of a microscope slide, sample with animal hair follicles, enclosed with Scott's letter.
iii. Alfred Lucas's manuscript notes on the analysis of gesso, which mentions a layer of ‘course woven fabric’ found under gesso.
iv. Howard Carter's manuscript notes on components of gypsum, whiting and chalk.
Canopic equipment. Howard Carter's collected notes for the intended scientific publication of Tutankhamun's tomb.
Carter's eight annotated typewritten pages with a description of the equipment and two scale drawings:
Carter's typewritten report on the canopic equipment;
Carter's typescript notes on the miniature gold coffin from the north-east receptacle;
Carter's drawing, the canopic canopy (266), shrine (266a), and chest (266b), plan with orientation, position of the goddess statues, scenes on shrine noting goddesses and genii, etc.;
Carter's drawing, section showing the canopic canopy (266), shrine (266a), and chest (266b).
Headdress. Howard Carter's collected notes for intended scientific publication of Tutankhamun's tomb.
Newspaper cutting from Illustrated London News, February 1934. This article includes photographs of ancient Egyptian circlets and copies of wigs. Reproduced from The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin.
Gold. Howard Carter's collected notes for the intended scientific publication of Tutankhamun's tomb.
Carter's manuscript, eight pages, 'Notes upon the remarkable rose-coloured gold employed in jewellery and other ornaments of the Theban Egyptian New Empire' etc., including:
(i) Copy of Alfred Lucas' account in Carter, Howard, The Tomb of Tut-Ankh-Amen ii (1927), pp. 172 ff;
(ii) Copy of Dr Alexander Scott's notes on rose gold;
(iii) Copy of the jeweller's J. R. Ogden typewritten analysis of one sequin;
(iv) Carter's summing up of the evidence.
Letters addressed to Howard Carter from:
(i) Dr Alexander Scott, May (typewritten, with manuscript draft of Carter's reply), June (manuscript), and August 1933 (manuscript), regarding gold in the tomb;
(ii) The jewellers J. R. Ogden concerning gold, with their analysis, typewritten;
(iii) W. F. Hume, December 1930, typewritten, on his publication about gold in ancient Egypt;
(iv) Copy of letter from Howard Carter to W. F. Hume, May 1933, on rose gold;
(v) Alfred Lucas to Howard Carter, November 1933, manuscript, on rose gold.
(vi) Carter's draft/copy manuscript letter addressed to A. Lucas, 15 May 1933.
Newspaper cutting from Illustrated London News, April 1934, with articles by E. T. Lewis and W. T. Blackband on 'Rediscovery of the lost Etruscan art of granulation'. The following items were also filed by Carter in this group:
Printed calling card: Mr Alfred Dobrée, Le Fainel, St Martins, Guernsey. Savile Club.
Manuscript note with contact details for Dr [Cecil H.] Desch. F.R.S. National Physical Laboratory, Teddington', on Savile Club headed notepaper.
Materials. Howard Carter's collected notes for the intended scientific publication of Tutankhamun's tomb.
An offprint of an article: Lucas, A. 1933. 'Ancient Egyptian materials and industries about 1350 B.C.' in The Analyst 58 (692), pp. 654-664 (OEB 164072).
Objects found on Tutankhamun's body. Howard Carter's collected notes for the intended scientific publication of Tutankhamun's tomb.
i. Carter's notes for the disposition of objects on Tutankhamun's body, 1 typescript page the rest are manuscript pages
ii. Carter's drawings of a male figure with a grid, probably the original drawings and template used for the sixteen 'autopsy drawings' showing the position of jewellery on Tutankhamun's body (see TAA i.4.1-16).
iii. Drawing of Tutankhamun's body with grid, probably the basis for the drawings described above, in ii.
iv. Photostats and a precis of a lecture given by Dr Douglas Derry, Professor of Anatomy in the Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, and Mr Rex Engelbach, Keeper of the Cairo Museum, on "Akhenaton & Tutankhamon, manuscript.
v. Photostats of a manuscript "Anatomical Report on the Mummy of King Tut ankh Amon. By Dr D. E. Derry and Dr Saleh Bey Hamdi."
Seal impressions. Howard Carter's collected notes for the intended scientific publication of Tutankhamun's tomb.
i. Letters from James Henry Breasted to Howard Carter, 1923, on an article in Harpers Magazine, and Tutankhamun's seal impressions.
ii. James Henry Breasted's manuscript report on the eight types of seal impression found in Tutankhamun's tomb and 2 letters from Breasted to Carter dated 03-01-1923 and 15-02-1923.
iii, iv. Two folders marked "Seals A-H" and "Seals I-S", Carter's annotated typewritten reports with his draft and finished pencil drawings of each type of seal impression, with some manuscript and a few typewritten notes.
v. One record card with notes on seals, extracted from a letter from Breasted, dated 16-03-1923, copied by A. C. Mace.
Later typed note, dated 1960, with A. H. Gardiner's translation for Seal C.
Annotated photograph (Burton (sic) P0274b), almost certainly taken by Carter, of the outermost doorway showing the blocking intact with seals.
Magical figures. Howard Carter's collected notes for the intended scientific publication of Tutankhamun's tomb.
Howard Carter's annotated typewritten notes on the four magical figures, Tutankhamun object nos. (257), (258), (259) and (260), found in sealed niches in the Burial chamber, including Carter's transcriptions for each.
Third shrine (238). Howard Carter's collected notes for the intended scientific publication of Tutankhamun's tomb.
i. Carter's report on the shrine, its construction, measurements, copies of ‘guide’ marks, note on seal impressions, drawing of roof and cornice showing tongues for attachment. Not published by Carter.
ii. Carter's drawing of shrine detail, noting construction.
iii. Harry Burton's photographs of the shrine. Taken in the Egyptian Museum in Cairo.
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