Postcards referencing the discovery, excavation and clearance of the tomb of Tutankhamun.

Material relating to the "Transcending Eternity: The Centennial Tutankhamun Conference", held in Luxor, Egypt, between 4-6 November 2022.

1. Booklet with information on schedule and speakers.
2. Menu of the Gala Dinner at the Luxor Temple on 4 November 2022.

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.

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.

Fourth (innermost) shrine (239). Howard Carter's collected notes for the intended scientific publication of Tutankhamun's tomb.

• i. Carter's annotated typewritten report, all pages cancelled (crossed through).
• ii. Four Carter drawings with details of the shrine's construction.
• iii. Harry Burton's photographs of the shrine, taken in Cairo, Egyptian Museum.
• iv. Carter's transcriptions of the texts from the shrine.

Tutankhamun excavation: Alfred Lucas documentation on wood from the tomb.

• Correspondence and related material on wood, including:
  • 16 letters exchanged between Alfred Lucas and Laurence Chalk discussing wood specimens from the tomb of Tutankhamun;
• 3 offprints, Lucas articles:
  • Lucas, A. 1932. The Occurrence of Natron in Ancient Egypt. Journal of Egyptian Archaeology 18 (1/2), 62-66 (OEB 144143);
  • Lucas, A. 1936. The Wood of the Third Dynasty Ply-wood Coffin from Saqqara. Annales du Service des Antiquités de l'Égypte 36, 1-4 (OEB 144160);
  • Lucas, A. 1924. Note on the Temperature and Humidity of Several Tombs in the Valley of the Tombs of the Kings at Thebes. Annales du Service des Antiquités de l'Égypte 24, 12-14 (OEB 144136).

Restricted access file.

Correspondence between Howard Carter, A. H. Gardiner, P. Lacau, and P. Engelbach, concerning a whm amulet from the tomb of Tutankhamun.

Two translations, not identified.

Handwritten genealogy tree for Nesbanebdjed (Smendes) and Herihor.

King-list with dates of reigns.

Notes on Egyptian palaeography used for two lectures given to "Prof. Sisson's students on 18th and 25th February 1947".

Comparison of signs from various papyri and a numbered list of new signs.

Transcriptions of ostraca in Cairo, Egyptian Museum, most published in Ostraca hiératiques [Catalogue général ... Caire].

Prices. Commodities and objects with references to texts which note their value.

Lower Egyptian nomes. Map of Nubia with some toponyms (33 verso - 34 recto).
Facsimiles of cubit-measures:

• Berlin, Ägyptisches Museum, 7358
• London, British Museum, EA 36656
• New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art, 25.7.41 & 41.160.102

Transcriptions of papyri in Turin, Museo Egizio.

Transcriptions of papyri:

• Bologna, Museo Civico Archeologico, 1086
• Bologna, Museo Civico Archeologico, 1094
• Papyrus judiciaire de Turin
• Papyrus at Centre Golenischeff, Paris, with Lacau papers

Transcriptions of papyri in:

• Berlin Ägyptisches Museum, 10460
• Berlin Ägyptisches Museum, 10462
• Berlin Ägyptisches Museum, 10463
• Berlin Ägyptisches Museum, 10485
• Berlin Ägyptisches Museum, Inv. 3040A
• Leningrad 1119

Transcription of Spiegelberg's Abnormal hieratic wooden tablet.

Transcriptions, Hieratic papyri:

• Berlin, Ägyptisches Museum, 10497
• Berlin, Ägyptisches Museum, number not known
• Valençay collection, No. 2

Transcriptions. Ostraca.

• Berlin, Ägyptisches Museum, 10616
• London University College
• Colin Campbell collection
• Petrie (now in London, Petrie Museum)
• Gardiner 52
• Gardiner 101

Transcriptions. Ostraca.

• London British Museum, EA 50734
• New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art, 14.6.217
• Gardiner
• Petrie 51