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.
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.
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).
Correspondence from Sir Leslie Patrick Abercrombie relating to a joint press publication scheme, Liverpool University Press Association, and negotiations with Sir Ernest Hodder Williams.
Letter from Percy Stafford Allen (1869-1933) relating to a paper, letter is headed Third International Congress of the History of Religions, Oxford, September 1908.
Correspondence from Lady Mary Rothes Margaret Amherst (eldest daughter of Lord Amherst of Hackney; marriage 1885, Lord William Cecil; in 1909 succeeded as Baroness Amherst of Hackney) on topics including relating to the purchase of items in Egypt; the sale of the families book collection to Liverpool; the identification of museum papyri.
Correspondence from Anthony John Arkell arranging a visit to see Newberry and relating to research including on trees, plants, predynastic period and the Sudan.
Correspondence from Iskander Assad, an Egyptian student, including arranging to meet Newberry in London and asking for help on his appointment to Keeper of the Ancient Egyptian Department of the Agricultural Museum, Cairo.
Letter from Mary Atkinson asking Newberry to give a friend, Brian Melland, an introduction at Tel el Amarna, and a following letter thanking him for his help.
Correspondence from Anthony E. Benaki relating to Newberry's sponsorship of Benaki for election to the Burlington Fine Arts Club and relating to travel plans.
Correspondence from Margaret Benson (1865-1916) (daughter of Mary Benson) including relating to squeezes of a big stone and finds from a temple [presumably the Temple of Mut].
Note: MSS 4/73 is also numbered A 229 MSS 4/77 is also numbered 43 MSS 4/80 is also numbered 41