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).
Howard Carter's additional notes to his notebook with an inventory of objects from Tutankhamun's tomb with recording and conservation schedule, 1922-1930
Howard Carter's manuscript notes on objects or subjects
Supplements Carter's notebook, see TAA i.2.13
Includes notes on:
2 pages with notes on the magical figures from niches in the wall of sarcophagus chamber, Carter 257-260
2 pages with notes relating to the sarcophagus, Carter 240, with copies of texts extracted from Lacau, Pierre 1904-1906. Sarcophages antérieurs au Nouvel Empire (OEB 142822)
2 pages with notes on gilded wood emblems, Carter object 196, and the clay brick stands for these emblems, Carter 198a
1 page with notes on ritual emblems in the burial chamber and the disturbance of these objects by tomb robbers
1 page with notes on beads and part of necklace dropped by tomb robbers, Carter 172
1 page with general notes on Anubis animal, i.e. jackal
1 page with a list and photograph? number: gloves, general view of the tomb, carved ivory box, and head of the king
Howard Carter's notes listing categories of objects from the Antechamber, Tutankhamun's tomb
Howard Carter's manuscript list of objects, arranged in categories, listing Carter object numbers with brief descriptions. All objects were found in the Antechamber,
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.
Gold. Howard Carter's collected notes for the intended scientific publication of Tutankhamun's tomb.
Carter's manuscript, eight pages, 'Notes upon the remarkable rose-coloured gold employed in jewellery and other ornaments of the Theban Egyptian New Empire' etc., including:
(i) Copy of Alfred Lucas' account in Carter, Howard, The Tomb of Tut-Ankh-Amen ii (1927), pp. 172 ff;
(ii) Copy of Dr Alexander Scott's notes on rose gold;
(iii) Copy of the jeweller's J. R. Ogden typewritten analysis of one sequin;
(iv) Carter's summing up of the evidence.
Letters addressed to Howard Carter from:
(i) Dr Alexander Scott, May (typewritten, with manuscript draft of Carter's reply), June (manuscript), and August 1933 (manuscript), regarding gold in the tomb;
(ii) The jewellers J. R. Ogden concerning gold, with their analysis, typewritten;
(iii) W. F. Hume, December 1930, typewritten, on his publication about gold in ancient Egypt;
(iv) Copy of letter from Howard Carter to W. F. Hume, May 1933, on rose gold;
(v) Alfred Lucas to Howard Carter, November 1933, manuscript, on rose gold.
(vi) Carter's draft/copy manuscript letter addressed to A. Lucas, 15 May 1933.
Newspaper cutting from Illustrated London News, April 1934, with articles by E. T. Lewis and W. T. Blackband on 'Rediscovery of the lost Etruscan art of granulation'. The following items were also filed by Carter in this group:
Printed calling card: Mr Alfred Dobrée, Le Fainel, St Martins, Guernsey. Savile Club.
Manuscript note with contact details for Dr [Cecil H.] Desch. F.R.S. National Physical Laboratory, Teddington', on Savile Club headed notepaper.
Magical figures. Howard Carter's collected notes for the intended scientific publication of Tutankhamun's tomb.
Howard Carter's annotated typewritten notes on the four magical figures, Tutankhamun object nos. (257), (258), (259) and (260), found in sealed niches in the Burial chamber, including Carter's transcriptions for each.
Objects found on Tutankhamun's body. Howard Carter's collected notes for the intended scientific publication of Tutankhamun's tomb.
i. Carter's notes for the disposition of objects on Tutankhamun's body, 1 typescript page the rest are manuscript pages
ii. Carter's drawings of a male figure with a grid, probably the original drawings and template used for the sixteen 'autopsy drawings' showing the position of jewellery on Tutankhamun's body (see TAA i.4.1-16).
iii. Drawing of Tutankhamun's body with grid, probably the basis for the drawings described above, in ii.
iv. Photostats and a precis of a lecture given by Dr Douglas Derry, Professor of Anatomy in the Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, and Mr Rex Engelbach, Keeper of the Cairo Museum, on "Akhenaton & Tutankhamon, manuscript.
v. Photostats of a manuscript "Anatomical Report on the Mummy of King Tut ankh Amon. By Dr D. E. Derry and Dr Saleh Bey Hamdi."
Seal impressions. Howard Carter's collected notes for the intended scientific publication of Tutankhamun's tomb.
i. Letters from James Henry Breasted to Howard Carter, 1923, on an article in Harpers Magazine, and Tutankhamun's seal impressions.
ii. James Henry Breasted's manuscript report on the eight types of seal impression found in Tutankhamun's tomb and 2 letters from Breasted to Carter dated 03-01-1923 and 15-02-1923.
iii, iv. Two folders marked "Seals A-H" and "Seals I-S", Carter's annotated typewritten reports with his draft and finished pencil drawings of each type of seal impression, with some manuscript and a few typewritten notes.
v. One record card with notes on seals, extracted from a letter from Breasted, dated 16-03-1923, copied by A. C. Mace.
Later typed note, dated 1960, with A. H. Gardiner's translation for Seal C.
Annotated photograph (Burton (sic) P0274b), almost certainly taken by Carter, of the outermost doorway showing the blocking intact with seals.
Second shrine (237). Howard Carter's collected notes for the intended scientific publication of Tutankhamun's tomb.
i. Carter's report on the shrine with measurements, wood type, construction, sealings, "guide" marks, and a note on the changes to the cartouches, possibly from those of Smenkhkare.
ii. Carter's drawing of shrine detail, noting its construction.
iii. Harry Burton's photographs of the shrine. Taken in the Egyptian Museum in Cairo.
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.
Objects found between the sarcophagus (240) and shrines (207), (237), (238) and (239). Howard Carter's collected notes for the intended scientific publication of Tutankhamun's tomb.
i. Carter's report on objects nos. 242 (fan), 250 (djad emblem), 249 (bundle of reeds), 251(rags and chips of wood) , 245 (fan), 244, 246 (long bows), 243 (arrows) and 241, 247 (long bows), and 248 (ten arrows).
ii. Harry Burton's photographs of 242, 245 (fans), 244, 246 (long bows), 243 (arrows) and 250 (djad pillar).
Shawabti (ushabti) figures. Howard Carter's collected notes for the intended scientific publication of Tutankhamun's tomb.
i. Carter's typewritten general notes on shawabtis.
ii. Carter's manuscript report with transcriptions, and notes, for shawabtis from Tutankhamun's tomb, including lists with shawabtis grouped by type, their object excavation number, material, and the chamber they were found.
Textiles. Howard Carter's collected notes for the intended scientific publication of Tutankhamun's tomb.
i. Carter's manuscript notes on scarves from Tutankhamun's tomb. Carter suggests they are the forerunners of the Eucharistic vestment called the maniple.
ii. Copy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin, 1932, with an article by Herbert E. Winlock on sem-priests' costumes.
Canopic equipment. Howard Carter's collected notes for the intended scientific publication of Tutankhamun's tomb.
Carter's eight annotated typewritten pages with a description of the equipment and two scale drawings:
Carter's typewritten report on the canopic equipment;
Carter's typescript notes on the miniature gold coffin from the north-east receptacle;
Carter's drawing, the canopic canopy (266), shrine (266a), and chest (266b), plan with orientation, position of the goddess statues, scenes on shrine noting goddesses and genii, etc.;
Carter's drawing, section showing the canopic canopy (266), shrine (266a), and chest (266b).
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.
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