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
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).
26 letters from Swanson, 1 draft of a letter from Černý to Swanson, 1 photograph of Swanson. Swanson's Egyptological studies and some personal matters.
Journal, photographs, typescript, and various notes connected with Stewart's work on the reconstruction of some of the furniture of Queen Hetepheres for the Harvard-Boston Expedition.
1 letter from Spicer. Clarendon Press interested in publishing a comprehensive introduction to Egyptian studies and approaching Černý as a prospective author.
1 letter from Sollberger, 1 carbon copy of a letter from Barbara Sewell (Griffith Institute secretary) to Sollberger, sent in Černý's absence. Ostraca in Geneva - photographs for Černý.
8 letters from H. S. Smith, 1 carbon copy of a letter from Černý to H. S. Smith. 4 letters exchanged between Černý and Brian Downs (1893-1984), Master of Christ's College, regarding H. S. Smith's application for the Lady Wallis Budge Fellowship in Cambridge. H. S. Smith's professional development and research work; some notes Smith prepared for Černý on Coptic and Coptic etymologies; book exchange. In 1964, Smith discussed with Černý the plan for the A. H. Gardiner library bequest; which was shared between the Griffith Institute, Oxford, University College, London, Cambridge University and Liverpool University.
8 letters from Simpson, 3 carbon copies of letters from Černý to Simpson. 2 letters exchanged between Černý and C. Cann (Queen's College) regarding Simpson's proposed stay in Oxford. Simpson negotiating a PhD position at Oxford, although Simpson eventually decided to do his PhD in the United States; Simpson's research into Egyptian accounts and accounting, as well as a reference to the Reisner papyri; Simpson published extensively on the latter, see Simpson, W. K., Papyrus Reisner I: The Records of a Building Project in the Reign of Sesostris I (1963) (OEB 10466), and Simpson, W. K., Papyrus Reisner II: Accounts of the dockyard workshop at This in the reign of Sesostris I (1965) (OEB 11529).
5 letters from Shore to Černý. 1 letter from Shore to Marie Černý, 1 draft of a letter from Marie Černý to Shore. Studies in Coptic etymologies, and Demotic studies; finds from Deir el-Medîna. Shore exchange with Marie Černý - off-prints of J. Černý obituaries.
10 letters from Barbara Sewell, Assistant Secretary, Griffith Institute. Departmental matters at the Griffith Institute, which Sewell reported to Černý during his absences, contents of correspondence that arrived when Černý was outside Oxford; personal matters.
6 letters from Scott, 2 carbon copies of letters from Černý to Scott.
Deir el-Medîna material in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, finds relating to the workman Khabekhnet and his family (Thebes, TT 2, TopBib i2.6-9)
1 death announcement for Ursula Schweitzer, 1 carbon copy of a condolence letter sent by Černý to the Schweitzer family, 1 letter of acknowledgement from the Schweitzer family to Černý.
4 letters from Schubert, 1 carbon copy of a letter from Černý to Schubert. Černý's visit to Yale University in 1954, during his time as Visiting Professor at Brown University.
6 letters from Schott, 1 carbon copy of a letter from Černý to Schott. Book and off-print exchange and professional matters; congratulations on Černý's seventieth birthday.
2 letters from Schneider. Consultation regarding consanguineous marriages and kinship in ancient Egypt, with reference to Černý, J., 'Consanguineous Marriages in Pharaonic Egypt', in Journal of Egyptian Archaeology 40 (1954), 23-9 (OEB 4042).
1 letter from Schlott. Cubit-measure, in Cairo, Egyptian Museum, Temp. No. 31.12.22.2 - TopBib ii2.300, and Schlott's work on cubit-measures (see Schlott, A., Die Ausmasse Ägyptens nach altägyptischen Texten (1969) (OEB 13771)).
1 letter from Scharff, 1 carbon copy of a letter from Černý to Scharff. Scharff sent Černý a copy of his publication on the cult of Osiris (probably Scharff, A., Die Ausbreitung des Osiriskultes in der Frühzeit und während des Alten Reiches (1948) (OEB 1516)).
27 letters from Sauneron to Černý. 2 letters from Sauneron to Marie Černý, 1 letter (with multiple drafts) from Marie Černý to Sauneron. Professional and personal matters:
Sauneron's research and news of research-based travelling
Egyptian philology, palaeography
studies in hieratic
book exchange and purchases
occasional news of family Marie Černý consulting Sauneron regarding posthumous publications of J. Černý, as well as the use of Černý's notebooks.