Bust, limestone, Dyn. XIX-XX, from Thebes, now in Florence, Museo Archeologico, 10056.
Caption copied by Černý in Petrie MSS 3.2: 'Limestone bust (//...//ht?) F / see Champ. CLXX.2 - M.A. II 60a - R.C. 13412 - P.A. XVII 278-9 - LD III 224i'.
View of the aqueduct at the Cairo citadel and the Fumm al-Khalig water intake tower:
pencil, black ink, monochrome watercolour
mounted
17.8 x 10.2 cm
[Lane's caption on page verso, at top left corner] 'The Aqueduct of Musr — a, the building in which are the water-works — b, entrance of the Canal of Musr — / c, part of the bridge of the Canal — d, part of Mount Moockut'tum.' (pencil note)
Mausoleum of Amir Tankizbugha in the Northern Cemetery of Cairo:
watercolour
mounted
35.2 x 25.7 cm
[on recto of watercolour] 'النجعاوية' {= Al-Tanjizawia} (ink note)
[on mount] 'The Mosque Etingozamēa to the E. of the Citadel - Cairo.' (ink note)
[on mount] encircled '9' (pencil note) -[on verso of watercolour] 'The Mosque Etingezawēa to the E. of the Citadel / Cairo / 13th Dec 1842.' (pencil note)
The photograph was probably taken in early 1923; the postcard's production date is unknown, but it was almost certainly in the 1920s.
(Carter 116)
An Egyptian team member carrying the wooden portrait figure of Tutankhamun, the so-called "mannequin", from the King's tomb to the nearby "Laboratory" tomb (KV 15, of Sethos II) for cleaning and conservation. The man holding the bust is escorted by an armed guard and another Egyptian excavation team member, which was necessary to ensure the safe movement of objects through the Valley of the Kings following the announcement of the tomb's discovery, which attracted large crowds of journalists and tourists who flocked to Luxor hoping to see the tomb and view objects as they were being moved.
The portrait bust of Tutankhamun [Carter 116] was found in the tomb's Antechamber. The King is portrayed wearing a yellow flat-topped crown featuring the centrally positioned uraeus on the crown's temple band. The King also wears a close-fitting white garment.
The bust's purpose is unclear, but it probably displayed part of the King's regalia. A recent proposal is that it may have been originally used for supporting and storing the King's gold corset (Carter 54k) in the tomb. When thieves ransacked the tomb in antiquity, these robbers likely removed the corset from the bust before breaking the heavy regalia into smaller, portable pieces.
The photograph was probably taken in early 1923; the postcard's production date is unknown, but it was almost certainly in the 1920s.
Two Egyptian team members carrying a white chest (Carter 50) up the rock-cup steps leading out of Tutankhamun's tomb, with Howard Carter assisting (head visible behind the left shoulder of the man at the front). This chest contained many items of Tutankhamun's wardrobe.
