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Upper part of guardian statue (22), confectionery card

  • Confectionery card issued by Barratt & Co. Ltd, London from the set titled 'Wonders of the World: A Series of 50' (1962).
  • No. 33: ‘Statue of Tutankhamen’.
  • Painted version based on a Harry Burton photograph, probably Burton p0320 or p0321.
  • Upper part of one of the so-called 'sentinel' or 'guardian' statues of Tutankhamun (Carter 22), in situ in the antechamber of the king's tomb, Valley of the Kings, Egypt.

Burton, Harry

Stereoscopic photographs: 'Discovering TutAnkhAmun' exhibition, Ashmolean, 2014

'Discovering TutAnkhAmun in 3D: Stereoscopic Installation Photographs of the Ashmolean Exhibition, 24 July – 2 November 2014'.

  1. Two enclosures with 43 stereoscopic images of the exhibition + 11 extra images (Ashmolean Museum objects and Griffith Institute) each
  2. One enclosure with 36 hand-mounted stereoscopic images of the exhibition + 11 hand-mounted extra images (Ashmolean Museum objects and Griffith Institute).
  3. 5 loose stereoscopic images of the exhibition (3 of which hand-mounted).
  4. CD with all digital files.

Navratil, Jenni

"Tut" game, Tutankhamun-related

  • "Tut" boxed game containing:
    • 1 wood three-tiered tower
    • 28 counters: 4 squidgers (1 of each: blue, red, white, yellow) and 24 winks (5 blue, 6 red, 7 white, 6 yellow)
    • Printed instruction sheet

Cigarette tin: Nestor Gianaclis "Toutankhamon"

  • Cigarette tin.
  • Produced by "Nestor Gianaclis, Grande Manufacture de Cigarettes Egyptiennes".
  • Branded "Toutankhamon".
  • Transfer(?) print decoration, with ancient Egyptian motifs including a scene of Anubis kneeling before the king.
  • Probably manufactured in the 1920s.

Pendant: guardian statue, upper part of

  • Tutankhamun-related jewellery.
  • Necklace pendant depicting the upper part of a guardian statue [Carter 22].
  • Opaque dark blue-coloured pressed glass, design highlighted in light green.
  • Silver tone suspension ring and chain (not original).
  • Not indicated, but almost certainly produced by the Neiger Brothers.

Cabochon plaque: box (21), yellow glass

  • Tutankhamun-related jewellery element.
  • Rectangular cabochon plaque, with depiction of front of box 21 [Carter 21], double scene of Tutankhamun as sphinx trampling enemies.
  • Opaque yellow-coloured pressed glass, design highlighted in green and red.
  • Not indicated, but almost certainly produced by the Neiger Brothers.

Brooch: cartouche with uraei

  • Tutankhamun-related jewellery.
  • Brooch, Tutankhamun’s cartouche in centre, crowned by disk and crescent moon, with uraeus on either side of cartouche.
  • Silvertone metal decorated with enamel (light and dark blue, and red).
  • Probably 1970s or slightly later.

Pendant: scarab, cartouche and uraei

  • Tutankhamun-related jewellery.
  • Pendant in the shape of a double-sided scarab, raised design on body with Tutankhamun’s cartouches in centre between uraei.
  • Probably silver, not hallmarked.
  • Probably 1920s, or perhaps later reuse of an original 1920s design.
  • Manufacturer, not known.

Descroches-Noblecourt, Toutankhamon et son temps

  • Publication
  • Descroches-Noblecourt, C. Toutankhamun et son temps
  • Paris: Publications Filmées d'Art et d'Histoire (1968)
    • Folder with blue cloth binding with gilt title and drawing on the cover, containing:
      • Paperback book by C. Descroches-Noblecourt, 110 pages with 1 colour plate and 46 black and white figs, text in French and English
      • Audio cassette tape, text narrated by C. Descroches-Noblecourt
      • Seventy-two 35 mm colour slides

Merchandise pamphlet

Merchandise pamphlet for the 'Treasures of Tutankhamun' exhibition at the British Museum in 1972.

  • 1 printed, gatefold pamphlet with a list of merchandise, some items illustrated with line drawings

Colour slides with pamphlet

  • Slides and pamphlet pack produced for the British Museum exhibition in 1972
    • 'Treasures of Tutankhamun'
    • Brown plastic wallet with gilt lettering, containing:
      • Twelve 35 mm colour slides
      • Accompanying pamphlet with slide captions

Calendar

Printed twelve-month calendar, each month featuring a different colourised Harry Burton photograph.

  • Burton images supplied by the Griffith Institute.
  • Two copies.

Burton, Harry

Presentation Pack, Royal Mail: "Tutankhamun"

Presentation Pack, issued on 24 November 2022, part of the Special Stamp Issue 'Tutankhamun', produced by Royal Mail in collaboration with the Griffith Institute, to mark the centenary of the discovery of Tutankhamun's tomb.

  • See https://shop.royalmail.com/special-stamp-issues/tutankhamun/tutankhamun-presentation-pack (accessed 19-06-2023).
  • An illustrated fold-out carrier card, 'Tutankhamun', with the main set of eight colour stamps, each featuring an object from Tutankhamun's tomb, images supplied by Araldo De Luca. Carrier card with text on the tomb's discovery on one side and a commentary for each of the objects featured in the main set of stamps on the other
  • Carrier card with the mini-set of four stamps 'Discovering Tutankhamun's Tomb', featuring black and white photographs, including three Harry Burton photographs supplied by the Griffith Institute, Carrier card text on the recording and conservation of the tomb's objects by Howard Carter and the excavation team.

Burton, Harry

Newspaper cutting: Royal Mail "Tutankhamun"

Newspaper cutting, 'King Tut the 1st', the brief article features one stamp (mask) from the Special Stamp Issue 'Tutankhamun', produced by Royal Mail in collaboration with the Griffith Institute, to mark the centenary of the discovery of Tutankhamun's tomb, issued on 24 November 2022.

Burton, Harry

James Burton Photographs Collection

  • J. Burton MSS
  • Collection
  • 1824-1834

9 mounted photographs made from drawings of el-Kâb, Philae, and Amada.
Microfilm roll with copies of the Burton MSS once in the British Museum and now in the British Library.

Burton, James

Charles Gordon Jelf. Born June 8, 1886. Killed in Action October 13, 1915 (printed for private circulation, 1915)

Printout of the booklet "Charles Gordon Jelf. Born June 8, 1886. Killed in Action October 13, 1915" (printed for private circulation, 1915); from Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford copy [http://solo.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/primo-explore/fulldisplay?docid=oxfaleph013761443&context=L&vid=SOLO&search_scope=LSCOP_ALL&tab=local&lang=en_US].

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