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

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.

• '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.

Four plates re-photographed from Carter and Mace, "The Tomb of Tut-Ankh-Amen".

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

• Two black and white photographic prints:
  • Howard Carter's drawings of harness (from TAA i.3.8).
  • Howard Carter's drawing from object card 333 'portions of the linen housings of the chariot horses' (from TAA i.1.333).
  • Howard Carter's drawing of the second shrine (237) with detail of construction of shrine (from TAA i.3.25).

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

• Dated 3 March 1923
• Written a few weeks after the opening of the Burial chamber, which took place on 16 February 1923
• Typescript

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

3 letters from Tait.
Objects in the Myers Collection at Eton College; Third Intermediate Period/Late Period chalices, TopBib iv.175A.

1 letter from Terrace.
Consultation regarding a private loan by a sponsor of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.

13 letters from Théodoridès, 1 copy of a letter from Černý to Théodoridès.
Professional and personal matters:

• book exchange
• Egyptian measures of capacity
• ostracon BM 5634
• libation formulae
• P. Gurob II, O. Chicago 12.073
• graffiti in the Step pyramid complex (TopBib iii2.412 and libation formulae
• ostracon Deir el-Medîna 225
• Théodoridès' travels to the United Kingdom
• meetings
• personal matters
• Théodoridès comment on the Soviet/Warsaw pact invasion of Czechoslovakia in 1968

2 letters from J. Thorton & Son.
Evaluation of the A. H. Gardiner Library.

7 letters from Till, 2 carbon copies of letters from Černý to Till, 1 carbon copy of a letter from Jean Tudor-Pole (secretary) to Till, sent in Černý's absence.

• Egyptian books, written culture, Coptic and Coptic etymologies
• exchange of news on the work on grammars, see Till, W. C., Koptische Grammatik (Saïdischer Dialekt) mit Bibliographie, Lesestücken und Wörterverzeichnissen (1955) (OEB 49O12); and Černý, J. and Groll, S. I., A Late Egyptian Grammar (1975) (OEB 18215) published posthumously
• personal matters
• health

1 letter from Tritsch.
Query concerning an inscribed bowl from Lachish.

1 letter from Tufnell, 1 carbon copy of a letter from Černý to Tufnell.
Query concerning a Lachish find.

1 letter from Tunbridge Wells Museum.
Query concerned with stela of Pay, TopBib i2.731.

1 letter to Černý, the sender's signature is illegible.

1 draft of a letter from Marie Černý, addressed to multiple recipients(?), possibly T. G. H. James and to the Saunerons.

17 letters from Vandier.
Professional and private matters:

• exchange of publications, publication plans of both researchers
• membership of academic societies in the UK and France
• Egyptian measure itrw
• personal matters
• visits
• meetings

3 letters from Vandier d'Abbadie.
Vandier d'Abbadie's research on Deir el-Medîna ostraca, reading of texts; personal matters.

1 carbon copy of a letter from Černý to Varille.
1 thank you note from Černý to Varille for Loret's obituary and for arranging a posthumous publication of Loret's book, see Loret, V., La résine de Térébinthe (SONTER) chez les anciens Égyptiens (1949) (OEB 2073).

1 letter from Veale.
Formal conferment of the MA (Oxon) degree to Černý after his election to Professor, as well as a non-stipendiary Professorial Fellowship at Queen's College.

6 letters from Vercoutter, 1 carbon copy of a letter from Černý to Vercoutter.
Photographs of texts from Egypt and the British Museum; exchange of research materials; personal matters.

Book exchange and Coptic etymologies.

3 letters from Wainwright, 3 carbon copies of letters from Černý to Wainwright.
Wainwight's gifts of publications and archive materials to the Griffith Institute and to Černý.

1 letter from Walker, 1 carbon copy of a letter from Černý to Walker.
Interpretation of the Bankes stelae (stela of Amenemope).

3 letters from van de Walle.
Book exchange; reference to the Iron Curtain and increasing obstacles to freedom of travel.

1 letter from Wallert.
Professional and personal matters; objects in the Tübingen Museum.