Seti I mounting his chariot whilst dragging three captive Hittites, detail from a battle scene, , on the North side of the exterior wall of the Hypostyle in the Great Temple of Amun at Karnak:
pencil drawing
mounted
35 x 25 cm
[on mount] 'Menephthah 1st or Osirei Great Hypostile, Karnac.' (pencil note)
[on mount] '26' (pencil note)
[on verso of drawing] 'Menephthah 1st or Osirei. / From a large Bas-relief on the exterior of the Northern / wall of the Great Hypostyle. Karnac. / 14th June 1843. / G Lloyd.' (pencil note)
Ramesses III in chariot hunting lions, detail from the battle against the sea-peoples, from a scene on the North side of the outer face of the exterior wall of the Great Temple of Ramesses III at Medinet Habu:
pencil drawing
mounted
35 x 24.9 cm
[on recto of drawing] 'Medinet Abu. / 31st Aug. 1843.' (pencil note)
Thebes, a harp with the uppermost terminal decorated with the head of Tuthmosis IV, detail from a scene of presentation of royal gifts to the Temple of Amun, in the tomb of Amenhotep-si-se (TT 75), temp. Thutmosis IV, at Sheikh Abd el-Qurna in Thebes:
pencil drawing
mounted
24.9 x 35 cm
[on recto of drawing] 'Harp. / Tomb, near 17. / 1st Sept 1843.' (pencil note)
[on mount] '29' (pencil note)
[on verso of drawing] 'This is one of the most exquisite things / I have seen in the tombs. It is not finished / for the tomb has never been completed. / The headdress is blue, the band and pendants / and serpent yellow or gold, the staff of the / Harp gold, and the base, silver or white.' (pencil note)
Papyrus-clump, from an unidentified Ptolemaic temple scene at Karnak:
pencil drawing
mounted
35 x 24.9 cm
[on mount] '30' (pencil note)
[on verso of drawing] 'Lambris of Lotus Flowers. / From the walls of a small temple near the Pylon / to the North. Karnac. / This ornament is of the Ptolemaic Period. / 14th June 1843. / G Ll.' (pencil note)
Agricultural scenes including waiting mule-chariot, man asleep under tree, boy playing pipe, men carrying and threshing grain, from the tomb of Khaemhet (TT 57), temp. Amenhotep III, at Sheikh Abd el-Qurna in Thebes::
A European-style fountain with a central ornament of four female figures with their arms raised supporting a foliform tier, with an additional sketch of an acanthus leaf tier or pedestal, sketched at an unidentified site in Egypt or perhaps sketched for a design:
A woman drinking from a jar while standing by the side of two pomegranate trees, detail of a scene from the tomb of Neferhotep (TT 49), probably temp. Ay, at El-Khokha in Thebes:
pencil drawing
mounted, together with Lloyd MSS 111
25.7 x 17.7 cm
[on mount] '54' (pencil note)
[on verso of drawing] 'Woman drinking. / From a painting in a tomb near the one marked A. / Assasief. / 15th July 1843. / This is also copied from a hasty sketch in my note book, and it / would be difficult to trace it as it is much decayed, except / the face and legs.' (pencil note)
The solar disk, emerging above the horizon of the mountains, is held by the arms of Nut and those of a personified ankh, with a dressed personified djad pillar supporting the whole group; this central group is adored by four baboons, kneeling Isis and Nephthys and two ba-birds, from a painted wall scene in the Ramesside tomb of Nefersekheru (TT 296), at El-Khokha in Thebes:
pencil drawing
mounted, together with Lloyd MSS 122
17.7 x 25.7 cm
[on mount] '63' (pencil note)
[on verso of drawing] 'From a tomb near the Scheich El Beleds. / Gurna. / 15th July 1843. / This is not very correct as I drew it from a rough sketch / in my Note Book, and as the place was extremely hard to / get to, I did not take the trouble of going there again. / It is painted, but I saw no cartouche. The style of the / tomb is bad, as are the statues in it. The tomb is possibly / of the time of Amenoph 3rd but it is impossible to judge / from the style the period. / G Ll.' (pencil note)
Oblong base of quartzite monument with tapering sides (called 'obelisk'), with dedication texts of Seti I and Ramesses II to Horus of Mesen commemorating Ramesses I, once at Tell Abu Seifa in el-Qantara, and now in Ismailia Museum, 2249; back, with remains of scene at top with a kneeling king offering to a seated [deity], and remains of four columns of text below with two lines of text at the bottom:
pencil drawing
mounted, together with Lloyd MSS 121
17.8 x 25.8 cm
[on recto of drawing] 'Upper side. / Obelisk at Abu Saiffie / 12th Feb 1843. / x' (pencil)
Oblong base of quartzite monument with tapering sides (called 'obelisk'), with dedication texts of Seti I and Ramesses II to Horus of Mesen commemorating Ramesses I, once at Tell Abu Seifa in el-Qantara, and now in Ismailia Museum, 2249; left side, right part, with remains of a scene at top with seated deity, and remains of six columns of text below and two lines of text at the bottom [drawn separately]:
pencil drawing
mounted, together with Lloyd MSS 123
18.8 x 25.8 cm
[on recto of drawing] 'No 1 a / 1 ft 6 in / x 4 ft. 8 in / a/ a - 1ft. 9 in - 2ft. 6 in' (pencil note)
[on recto of drawing] 'Obelisk at Abu Saiffie. 12th Feb 1843. / x' (pencil note)
Oblong base of quartzite monument with tapering sides (called 'obelisk'), with dedication texts of Seti I and Ramesses II to Horus of Mesen commemorating Ramesses I, once at Tell Abu Seifa in el-Qantara, and now in Ismailia Museum, 2249; fragments from [at least] two sides with remains of scenes of kings kneeling before deities:
pencil drawings
mounted, together with Lloyd MSS 125
25.7 x 17.7 cm
[on recto of drawing] 'a / a / Fragments of the Obelisk at Abu Saiffie. / a and a are different sides of the angle. / 12th Feb 1843. / x' (pencil note)
Two rows of female mourners squatting on the ground, detail from a funerary scene in the tomb of Haremhab (TT 78), temp. Tuthmosis III to Amenhotep III, at Sheikh Abd el-Qurna in Thebes:
pencil tracing with edges folded in on two sides (top and right <twice>)
mounted
38.1 x 44.8 cm
[on recto of tracing] 'Women mourners wailing. / Tomb at Thebes. / No. 16 ? / 11th July 1843' (pencil note)
Female lute player, detail from a scene with female musicians performing for guests at a banquet in the tomb of Kha (TT 8), temp. Amenhotep II, Tuthmosis IV and Amenhotep III, at Deir el-Medina in Thebes:
pencil tracing with right edge folded in twice [right side of album page]
41.8 x 66 cm
[on recto of tracing] 'Woman playing and dancing. / 19th (or perhaps 10th) July 1843 [lower part of date lost]' (pencil note)
Letter from Brenda Moon to Mrs Patricia Martin (19 March 1982)
Letter from Brenda Moon to Mrs Patricia Martin (12 April 1982)
Letter from Brenda Moon to Mr James Martin and Mrs Patricia Martin (27 May 1998)
Letter from Brenda Moon to Mr James Martin and Mrs Patricia Martin (20 May 1999)
Letter from Brenda Moon to Mr James Martin and Mrs Patricia Martin (9 December 2006)
"Amelia Edwards and Egypt. Paper read to the second Conference on Travellers in Egypt and the Near East, Oxford, 11 July 1997", by Brenda Moon (printed copy)
"Amelia Edwards, Jenny Lane and Egypt", by Brenda Moon (printed copy)
Tutankhamun object cards with accompanying photographs, notes (some group notes listed below) and letters, compiled by Howard Carter and other members of the excavation team [TAA i.1.1-620]
Most cards are manuscript records, as well as many original typescript records
Many cards are illustrated with drawings of objects, or details of objects, by Howard Carter and A. C. Mace
The object cards record:
Object number, main description of the object, location in the tomb, measurements, description of the object - Howard Carter and A. C. Mace (1922-1925)
Hieroglyphic inscriptions, transcriptions and translations - Mostly Alan H. Gardiner and P. E. Newberry, but some inscriptions are transcribed by Carter
Conservation records - Alfred Lucas and A. C. Mace (1922-1925)
Botanical and textile notes - P. E. Newberry
Photographic documentation - Harry Burton
Other groups of notes filed with the object cards include:
Notes on the [ancient] robberies, by Howard Carter, Alfred Lucas and Lord Carnarvon
Notes on various aspects of the Annexe by Howard Carter (1-4, 10-43, 47-64), Alfred Lucas (5-9, 44-6) and A. H. Gardiner (41)
Notes and memoranda on various aspects of the tomb by Alfred Lucas
Tutankhamun notebook, Howard Carter's copies of selected object cards
Selected object cards, Alan H. Gardiner's transcriptions copied by Carter from original object cards (see TAA i.1.1-620)
Carter's manuscript with transcriptions
Antechamber, object nos. 37, 38
Treasury, object nos. 261-337
Annexe, object nos. 338-420
1 enclosure, letter from Percy Newberry to Howard Carter, dated 13-09-1928, with transcription and translation of texts from the model figure of Tutankhamun, lying on a funeral bier [Carter 331a], now in Cairo, Egyptian Museum, JE 60720.