Note from the voyage to France (second incomplete version):

• pencil text on paper
• mounted
• 4.8 x 6.5 cm
• [text] 'In the beginning of the / Greek war a french vessel / conveying arms was cap / tured by greek pirates and / taken to Cassot, a small / island near Crete (Candia)'
• [on mount] '4' (pencil note, by Bonomi)

View of the First Pylon of the Small Temple of Medinet Habu, looking East towards the Colossi of Memnon, on the West Bank of Thebes, not finished (TopBib ii.462):

• pencil sketch on paper
• loose, between Bonomi MSS 4.8 and Bonomi MSS 4.13
• 44.7 x 29.5 cm

Scene depicting Osorkon I receiving heb-sed from Amun holding scimitar, in register I of pilaster (129) in the Portico of the Bubastides in the Great Temple of Amun at Karnak, on the East Bank of Thebes (TopBib ii2.36(129).I):

• pencil sketch on paper
• loose, between Bonomi MSS 4.8 and Bonomi MSS 4.13
• 5.2 x 8.2 cm
• [on sketch] 'DYN XXII / AB III BI 257' (pencil note)

Notes (probably addresses and personal names):

• pencil text on paper
• partially mounted, together with Bonomi MSS 4.14 [Upper]
• 4.4 x 5.4 cm
• [text] '47 Sherif Bey / 9 59 Omar Hagar(?) / J Bonomi / Chabouillet'
• [on mount] '10' (pencil note)

List of places in and near Egypt mentioned in the Bible, with corresponding Hebrew renderings:

• ink text on paper
• mounted
• 9.8 x 18.1 cm
• [on mount] '7' (pencil note)

Squeeze [recto] of a heart scarab (not identified):

• squeeze highlighted with pencil on paper
• loose, between Bonomi MSS 4.8 and Bonomi MSS 4.13
• 4.7 x 6.5 cm

Kahedj (White Bull) from a scene in the Second Court of the Great Temple of Medinet Habu, on the West Bank of Thebes (TopBib ii.499.(96)-(98).I.3):

• pencil drawing on paper
• mounted
• 21.5 x 20.5 cm
• [on sketch] 'Medinet Habu.' (pencil note)
• [on sketch] 'Y / Y / R / W' (pencil notes)
• [on mount] '9' (pencil note)

Rubbing of the hieroglyphic inscription of an inscribed headrest, provenance not know, formerly in Walter Hawkins collection, current location not known:

• rubbing highlighted with pencil on paper
• mounted
• 3.6 x 11.2 cm
• [on mount] '8' (pencil note)

Note (probably address) and diagram (probably street plan):

• pencil text and sketch on paper
• partially mounted, together with Bonomi MSS 4.14 [Upper]
• 4.4 x 4.8 cm
• [text] 'Rue Tronchet / 29' (pencil note)
• [on sketch] '5 / 7 / 9 / 11' (pencil notes)
• [on mount] '10' (pencil note)

Squeeze [verso] of a heart scarab (not identified):

• squeeze on paper
• loose, between Bonomi MSS 4.8 and Bonomi MSS 4.13
• 4.7 x 6.5 cm

Note on the pyramidion and copy of the cartouches of an obelisk of Tuthmosis III, originally erected in front of the South Face of the Seventh Pylon in the Great Temple of Amun at Karnak, on the East Bank of Thebes, and now in Istanbul ("Obelisk of Theodosius") (TopBib ii.171):

• pencil text and sketches on paper
• loose, between Bonomi MSS 4.8 and Bonomi MSS 4.13
• 5.2 x 8.5 cm
• [on sketch] 'The W face of Pyramidion of the / obelisk of Constantinople / the god holds the king / by his right hand / and gives him life' (pencil note)

Note on two publications:

• pencil text on paper
• loose, between Bonomi MSS 4.8 and Bonomi MSS 4.13
• 5.2 x 8.2 cm
• [text] 'The Churchman's / companion / Vol 6 / Masters Aldersgate / Scriptural Coincidences / J J Blunt' (pencil note)

Weighing of the heart scene and deceased led by Harsiesi to Osiris, Isis and Nephthys, from the Tomb of Amenemopet, location not known, on the West Bank of Thebes:

• pencil sketch/tracing on tracing paper
• mounted, together with Bonomi MSS 4.14 [Lower]
• 19.5 x 8.3 cm
• [on mount] 'Theban Tomb Amenemopet (Site unknown)' (pencil note, almost certainly by Dr Moss)
• [on mount] '10' (pencil note)

Reconstructed view of a festival procession in a Theban temple:

• pencil sketch with watercolour (red, yellow, blue, brown and pink) on paper
• mounted, together with Bonomi MSS 4.16 [Upper]
• 23.8 x 17.1 cm
• [on mount] '11' (pencil note)

Sketch and copy of the hieroglyphic inscription of an inscribed headrest, provenance not know, formerly in Walter Hawkins collection, current location not known:

• pencil sketch on paper
• mounted
• 11.1 x 18.1 cm
• [on sketch] 'In the Col of / Walter Hawkins Esq' (pencil note)

Reconstructed view of a Theban temple:

• pencil sketch on paper
• mounted, together with Bonomi MSS 4.16 [Lower]
• 24.2 x 19.4 cm
• [on mount] '11' (pencil note)

Two albums containing plans and drawings of Egyptian monuments.

• 3 copies (1 typescript and two carbon copies) of a transcript made from Linant de Bellefonds' diary (1821-1822).
  • Titled: "Journal d'un Voyage en Ethiopie dans les Annees 1821 & 1822."
  • 279 typescript pages
  • Not Griffith Institute copyright. See below for details.
• 14 glass plate negatives, two sizes, with a set of modern prints made from the larger-sized negatives (1818-1826). Not Griffith Institute copyright. Negatives made from the originals in the Louvre.
• The negatives are copies of the following MSS:
• B.15 (parts A and B)
  • Triple statue (same as following), not identified, with texts
• B.26
  • Maison du Melek d'Argos
• B.30
  • Gebel Barkal. View of Pyramid field (North and South groups)
  • TopBib vii.208, 203
  • = Bankes MSS XV.C.7
• B.32
  • Gebel Barkal. Temple B.300. View of interior
  • TopBib vii.209
  • = Bankes MSS XV.C.2
• B.32 bis
  • Gebel Barkal. Great Temple B.500. Sketch, general view showing granite stand of Taharqa, with Nile-gods binding sma-symbol etc.
  • TopBib vii.216A & 209(43)
• B.36
  • Gebel Barkal. Great Temple B.500. Inner Court. Meroitic battle scene, including man on horseback and archer
  • TopBib vii.219(30)
  • = Bankes MSS XV.A.28
• B.38 bis
  • Gebel Barkal. Temple B.700. Pylon (destroyed). West wing, outer face, Senkamanisken smites captives before Amun-Re
  • TopBib vii.214
  • = Bankes MSS XV.C.8 [middle]
• B.45
  • Gebel Barkal. Temple B.300. Third Hall. View
  • TopBib vii.209
• B.62
  • Musauwarat el-Sofra. Great Temple. Views
  • TopBib vii.264
  • = Bankes MSS XVII.B.15
• B.68
  • Musauwarat el-Sofra. South-East Temple. Interior. North-East row of columns. Column 2, three registers
  • TopBib vii.267
  • = Bankes MSS XVII.B.6
• B.69
  • Musauwarat el-Sofra. South-East Temple. Interior. North-East row of columns. Column 1, two registers
  • TopBib vii.265
  • = Bankes MSS XVII.B.5
• B.73
  • Naga'. General view
  • TopBib vii.267
• B.105
  • Naga'. Lion Temple of Apedemak. Exterior. King, Queen and Prince, before Isis holding captives, Mut, Hathor and Satis
  • TopBib vii.269(21)-(22)
  • = Bankes MSS XVII.C.7-8

Tutankhamun excavation journal 1922-1925, and miscellaneous notes

• 148 numbered pages
• Manuscript entries, with some drawings and pages with affixed newspaper cuttings

Howard Carter's excavation journal for the tomb of Tutankhamun, 1922-1925, covering the first-third seasons

• Most entries are by Carter
• Entries between December 5th and 27th, 1922 (pages 43 to 47) are by Arthur Mace

Also, Carter's miscellaneous notes on Tutankhamun and other subjects:

• Notes on Synopsis
• The Legend of Osiris
• Nomenclature of certain Districts of the Theban Necropolis
• Records of Royal Tomb Robberies
• The First Theban Kingdom
• Protocol of Tut-Ankh-Amen

Newspaper cuttings

• The Times
  • 31 May 1923
  • 23 July 1923
  • 24 July 1923
  • 5 January 1924
  • 7 January 1924
  • 12 February 1924
  • 14 February 1924

Howard Carter's appointment diary for 1922

• Letts's - No. 46 - Indian and Colonial - Rough Diary - 1922
• Carter's activities in Egypt include departures and arrivals, lunch appointments, meetings with officials and colleagues, and his excavations
• Contains the first records on the tomb of Tutankhamun and its discovery
• Significant dates include:
  • 4th November 1922: "First steps of tomb found"
  • 5th November 1922: "Discovered tomb under tomb of Ramses VI Investigated same & found seals intact."
  • 26th November 1922: "Open second doorway about 2 4 5 pm. Advised Engelbach."

Howard Carter's "autopsy" drawings, recording objects in situ on Tutankhamun's body and within the body wrappings.

• 18 annotated pencil drawings of groups of objects found in the body wrappings and on the body of Tutankhamun, recorded during the autopsy of the King's body, 11-19 November 1925
• All by Howard Carter

Harry Burton's large glass plate negatives.

• Taken by Harry Burton during the excavation, clearance and recording of Tutankhamun's tomb
• Approximately 860 negatives
• Number ranges 1-2024 and i-xcvii
• The negative number ranges comprise both the small and large negatives (small, see TAA i.6)

Harry Burton's small glass plate negatives

Howard Carter's negatives

Later film negatives, made from original Burton photographs

• Some are original Harry Burton negatives.
• Carter's negatives are views of the area around the tomb entrance and the outer sealed doorway when the tomb was found in 1922 and before Burton joined the Tutankhamun excavation team in December 1922.
• Glass and film negatives.
• Approximately 1000 negatives (400 glass and 600 film)
• Number ranges 1-2024 and i-xcvii
• The negative number ranges comprise both the small and large negatives (large, see TAA i.5)
• A few original negatives in this series were created by Howard Carter, see above.
• Many of the negatives were made later in the Ashmolean Museum photographic studio from photographs supplied by the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, following an exchange of images in the 1950s.
• Includes modern film negatives made in the Ashmolean Museum photographic studio from the original Harry Burton photographic prints in the Tutankhamun Archive, Griffith Institute.

Ten albums containing original photographic prints made by Harry Burton [TAA i.6.1-10].

• Arranged by chamber and by object type
• Annotated headings and negative numbers, probably by Harry Burton or his wife Minnie B.
• Howard Carter's set of albums

Originally belonging to Howard Carter.

Howard Carter's lantern slides featuring Harry Burton's photographs taken during the excavation of Tutankhamun's tomb.

• A twelve-drawered wood chest containing over 600 glass lantern slides
• Belonging to Howard Carter.
• The lantern slides were made from Harry Burton's images.
• Used by Carter in his lectures.

• Comic postcard.
• "Tu tanks have just arrived!".
• Issued by Inter-Art Co., London.
• "Comique" Series no. 4491.
• Mailed on Thursday, 27 May 1926.
• Postcard sent by R. Wilman to Miss D. Dixon, 7 Victoria Buildings, Morecambe.

• Comic postcard.
• "What do yer think, Bill? —when I opened up this morning, there was Tutankamen in the Case with Cleopatra again!".
• Issued by Micks Comics.
• 110.
• Published by E. A. Eden (Offset) Ltd, [London].
• Printed in England.
• Not mailed.

• Comic postcard.
• "A Dream comes to Tutankhamen."
• Image signed: "H.S."
• Published by Gaddis & Seif, Luxor.
• Series: HUMOUR IN EGYPT
• Not mailed.

Complete papers (see catalogue for more details).

Notebooks, negatives, photographs, maps, and drawings made during the excavation of the tomb of Tutankhamun. For other material, refer to the catalogue.