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Tutankhamun Archive

  • TAA
  • Collection
  • 1922-2014

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

Carter, Howard

Object cards: compiled by Howard Carter and others

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
    • Notes on the contents of baskets by Howard Carter
    • Note on a wooden docket by A. H. Gardiner
    • Two letters from Howard Carter to A. H. Gardiner

Notes: wood, correspondence and related material, Alfred Lucas

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).

Lucas, Alfred

Journal: 1922-1925 (1st to 3rd seasons)

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

Carter, Howard

Notes: Annexe objects, The Tomb of Tut-Ankh-Amen iii, deterioration and chemical change in tomb

Howard Carter's notes on objects found in the Annexe, manuscript for The Tomb of Tut-Ankh-Amen volume iii, chapters 3, 4, and parts of 5, and notes on deterioration and chemical change

  • Unbound group of 91 rule-lined, loose pages
  • Some pages crossed through (cancelled) by Carter
  • Includes some correspondence, list separately below
  • Notes, some with drawings on various topics including:
    • Egyptian slings;
    • Boxes and caskets found in the Annexe;
    • ‘Note upon Older or Ancestral objects in Royal Tombs’;
    • Alabaster and stone vessels;
    • Baskets;
    • 'Breakage of objects (in the Annexe)’;
    • Chairs;
    • Footstools;
    • Archery;
    • Weapons, arms and armour;
    • Game boxes;
    • Bread;
    • Wine jars;
    • ‘Robes of Dalmatic type’;
    • Fire apparatus;
    • Fan;
    • Minerals.
  • Carter's manuscript for The Tomb of Tut-Ankh-Amen volume iii, chapters 3, 4, and parts of 5:
    • Sections beginning or titled:
    • 'This Annexe was intended for a Store-Room' [etc.];
    • 'Notes. Re Arts, Crafts and design.';
    • 'The existence of damp in the tomb' [etc.];
    • 'The possible sources of water from above, behind and sides of the foot-hill.'
  • ‘Deterioration and chemical change’.
  • Correspondence within this group:
    • J. S. M. Rennie, of J. S. M. Rennie, Limited, to The Editor of the Illustrated London News, dated 17-08-1929, concerning Egyptian slings (TAA i.2.10.1);
    • Berkeley Moynihan, to Howard Carter, dated 13-01-1929, mentioning a visit to the tomb and questions about the two foetuses found in the tomb, and the calcite boat.

Carter, Howard

Notebook: Alfred Lucas, Examination of Materials: (a) Tutankhamun. (b) Various

Alfred Lucas notebook on ‘Examination of Materials: (a) Tutankhamen. (b) Various.’

  • Notebook with 99 rule-lined pages with enclosures
  • Manuscript
  • Lucas's index of categories:
    • Gold
    • Leather
    • Varnish
    • Gesso
    • Faience
    • Resin
    • Dyes
    • Precious and semi-precious stones
    • Contents of jars
    • Textile fabrics
    • Stopping
    • Oils and fats
    • Copper or bronze
    • Silver
    • Beeswax
    • Stone
    • Gypsum and gypsum plaster
    • Lead
    • Pigments and media
    • Natron (salt)
    • Fungus
    • Glass
    • Materials employed
    • Miscellaneous
    • Eyes
    • Glue
    • Pottery
    • Fossil bone
    • Plaster and mortar
    • Cement
    • Kohl
    • Sulphur: Riebeckite
    • Black cores from bronze objects
    • Wood patch
    • Wine lees
    • Blackened rocks and efflorescence
    • Wood
    • Solder
    • Papyrus
    • Pink colour
    • Temperature
    • Black organic material
    • Bow, compound

Lucas, Alfred

Notes: Alfred Lucas, Tutankhamun conservation, 1922-1931

Alfred Lucas's notes on the conservation of objects from the tomb of Tutankhamun, compiled between 1922 and 1931.

  • Alfred Lucas's manuscript conservation notes
  • Arranged by Lucas in six sections
  • See below under "Notes" for transcription of Lucas's typewritten label affixed to the notebook cover
  • Contents include:
    • ‘Methods and Treatment used. [Antechamber objects]’;
    • ‘Scarlet colour on gold’;
    • ‘Objects and Treatment in Burial Chamber and Antechamber’;
    • Luxor Season 1925-6.
    • Account and treatment of Coffins and Mummy;
    • Seasons 1926-7, 1927-8;
    • Account and treatment of Coffins (contd.) and objects in Treasury, beginning of Annexe;
    • Season 1928-9;
    • Account and treatment of objects in Annexe.

Lucas, Alfred

Journal: object inventory, 1922-1929

Notebook with an inventory of objects from Tutankhamun's tomb with recording and conservation schedule, 1922-1930

  • 25 numbered items: 23 pages (openings) and 2 loose notes
  • Manuscript records
  • List of object numbers with the schedule for recording, conservation and photography and crating for transportation to Cairo, not comprehensive
  • Data is arranged in columns with the following headings:
    • 'No.' (i.e. Carter's Tutankhamun object number)
    • 'Brought to No. 15' (i.e. KV 15, the tomb of Seti II, used as the 'laboratory' during the excavation)
    • 'Treated'
    • 'Recorded'
    • 'Photographed'
    • 'Packed'
    • 'Box No.'
  • Pages 1-8
    • Compiled by Arthur Mace
    • Object numbers 1 to 171
    • Dated '1922-1923'
  • Pages 8-10
    • Object numbers 172 to 220
    • Not dated, presumably 1923
  • Pages 11-14
    • Object numbers 172-253 (sic) (numbers 172-220 repeated)
    • Titled and dated 'Sepulchral Chamber Nov. 1923' on page 11
  • Pages 15-19
    • Object numbers 253 to 260
    • Dated 'Oct. 1925'
  • Note 19A
    • Object numbers 257-260 (magical figures from niches in wall of sarcophagus chamber)
    • Not dated
  • Pages 20-21
    • Object numbers 261-265
    • Titled and dated 'Sequence Nos and Notes - Store Room (1926-1927)' on page 20
    • All entries on page 20 crossed through (cancelled)
  • Page 22
    • Object numbers 339, 340, 343, 353, 359, 360, 374, 385, 404, 405, 407, 408, 410, 417, 420, 421, 423, 435, 448, 449, 479, 480, 482, 483, 485, 520, 524, 578, 579, 583, 588, 603, 604, 620 (bowl)
    • Titled and dated 'Photos required - 1928-29.'
  • Note 22A
    • 'Note for Burton'
    • 'A set of prints required for register: Nos 1135 to 1150.'
  • Pages 23-
    • Lists of object types with object numbers
    • 'Arms': Nos. 582 (scimitar), 620 (scimitar), 620 (boomerangs, ivory)
    • 'Head-rests': Nos. 403a, 403b, 403c, 403d
    • 'Misc. objects': Nos. 469 (silver vase), 620 (castanets, ivory), 620 (dog bronze), 620 (small box, wood)
    • 'Faience objects': Nos. 399 a & b
    • 'Ivory inlaid chair': Nos. 126, 131 (both numbers crossed through, i.e. cancelled)

Mace, Arthur Cruttenden

Notes: additional notes to the object inventory, 1922-1929

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
    • 1 page with a list of Tutankhamun object numbers

Journal: inventory, objects sent to the Egyptian Museum, Cairo, 1922-1929

Tutankhamun journal with an inventory of objects sent to the Egyptian Museum in Cairo, between 1922 and 1929

  • Pages 1-17
    • Arthur Mace's manuscript records
    • Mace's heading on the title page (page 0), "Tut-Ankh-Amun"
    • Mace's heading on page 1, "Catalogue of objects sent to Cairo Museum. Season 1922-1923"
    • Mace's final entry, "34 packages containing 89 boxes", and signed by A.C.M. (Arthur C. Mace) and H.C. (Howard Carter), dated "12 May 1923."
  • Page 18
    • Unidentified hand, manuscript notes, French
    • French manuscript heading, "Liste des Caisses parties de la Vallée des Rois le 1er Avril, a 10 h. 15 a.m."
    • Carter's manuscript annotation at top of the page, "Cases and antiquities removed by the Service des Antiquities Spring 1924 from No. 15 and No. 4 Biban el Maluke"
  • Pages 19-21
    • Carter's manuscript records
    • Carter's final entry, "Nineteen cases handed over to M. Baraize for transport to Cairo March 31st 1925. Howard Carter [signature]. These cases were carried by hand and(?) to River Early morn of the 1st April"
  • Page 22
    • Carter's manuscript column headings, but no entries
  • Page 23
    • Carter's manuscript records
    • Carter's final entry, "The above objects enclosed in sixteen cases (one of which No. 16 to be brought by Mr. Carter). Howard Carter [signature] April 16th 1927."
  • Page 25
    • Typewritten list affixed to page
    • Cases "XXIII" to "XXXVIII"
    • All objects are from the Treasury
    • Not dated
  • Pages 26-32
    • Carter's manuscript records
    • Objects are from the Treasury and Annexe
    • "List of cases of antiquities sent to the Cairo Museum March [day not entered] th., 1929."
    • Carter's final entry, "Ninety cases of antiquities as for above list. delivered to the Chief Inspector for transport March ... 1929. H.C."

Journal: objects arranged by type

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,
  • Supplement to Carter notebook, see TAA i.2.14
  • List of categories is arranged as follows:
    • Botanical specimens
    • Nome standards
    • Sandals
    • Boxes
    • Headrests
    • Amulets
    • Jewellery
    • Necklaces
    • Miscellaneous
    • Ushabtis
    • Shrine
    • Implements
    • Vases
    • Stone vessels alabaster
    • Baskets
    • Statues
    • Couches
    • Chariot parts
    • Weapons
    • Arrows and quivers
    • Bows
    • Gloves
    • Textiles
    • Sticks
    • Chairs
    • Stools
    • Footstools
    • Hassocks
    • Bedsteads

Journal: 1923-1924 (2nd season, compiled by A. C. Mace)

Arthur C. Mace's journal for the tomb of Tutankhamun, 1923-1924, covers part of the second season.

  • 32 numbered pages
  • Manuscript (Mace)
  • Complements Howard Carter's journal for the same dates. See TAA i.2.1

Mace, Arthur Cruttenden

Howard Carter's diary for 1922

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."

Carter, Howard

Howard Carter's diary for 1923

Howard Carter's appointment diary for 1923

  • Letts's - No. 46 - Indian and Colonial - Rough Diary - 1923
  • Carter's activities in Egypt include departures and arrivals, lunch appointments, meetings with officials and colleagues, and his excavations

Carter, Howard

Howard Carter's diary for 1924

Howard Carter's appointment diary for 1924

  • Letts's - No. 46 - Indian and Colonial - Rough Diary - 1924
  • Notes on Carter's activities in Egypt in early 1924, which include departures and arrivals, lunch appointments, meetings with officials and colleagues, and lecture venues and dates. Also contains a few notes on negotiations with British officials and the Egyptian authorities, between December 1924 and January 1925, regarding the dispute and closure of Tutankhamun's tomb.
  • Also entries for:
    • Lecture tour, North America, 12 April (depart London) to 2 July (depart New York).
    • Some lectures, England, October to early November.
    • Lecture, Madrid, Residencia de Estudiantes, 24 November.
    • Lecture, Madrid, Trabro Fontainalla, 26 November.
  • Departed for Egypt, 10 December.

Carter, Howard

Journal: 1925-1926 (4th season)

Howard Carter's excavation journal for the tomb of Tutankhamun, 1925-1926, covering the fourth season.

  • 111 numbered pages
  • Manuscript (Carter)

Carter, Howard

Journal: 1926-1930 (5th-9th seasons)

Howard Carter's excavation journal, 1926 to 1930, covering the fifth to ninth seasons.

  • 65 numbered pages
  • Mostly manuscript (Carter) with some typescript pages
  • Includes a note dated May 1926, in which Carter notes a sighting of a black jackal at Thebes.

Carter, Howard

Journal: The Tomb of Tut-Ankh-Amen iii (ch. 1 and 2), Madrid lecture, and damp in the tomb

Howard Carter's 'Notes upon Objects in the Store-room [Treasury], 1926-1927', forming parts of chapters 1 and 2 in volume iii of The Tomb of Tut-Ankh-Amen, Madrid lecture, and notes on damp in the tomb

  • 81 numbered pages
  • Carter's manuscript drafts (partial) for The Tomb of Tut-Ankh-Amen volume iii, chapters 1 and 2.
  • Manuscript notes for a lecture in Madrid, May 1928.
  • Manuscript notes regarding the 'Existence of damp in the tomb'.

Carter, Howard

Notebook: A. H. Gardiner transcriptions (copies)

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.

Carter, Howard

Notebooks: The Tomb of Tut-Ankh-Amen ii (ch. 5 and 6)

Howard Carter manuscript for The Tomb of Tut-Ankh-Amen volume ii, chapters V and VI

  • Two notebooks, TAA i.2.9 [1] and TAA i.2.9 [2].

TAA i.2.9 [1]

"I. The Tomb of Tut.ankh.Amen. IVth Season, 1925-26."

  • Howard Carter's manuscript for The Tomb of Tut-Ankh-Amen volume ii, chapters 5 and 6.
    • Covering fourth season, 1925-1926.
  • 54 openings (108 pages) with several enclosures.
  • Two sections:
    • 1-[27] (Carter's numbering for openings).
    • Carter's annotated manuscript for The Tomb of Tut-Ankh-Amen volume ii, chapter 5.
    • Manuscript title: 'Chap. V. The Opening of the three Coffins ||| (Season 1925-26)'.
    • Pages 1-26 (Carter's numbering for openings).
    • Carter's annotated manuscript for The Tomb of Tut-Ankh-Amen volume ii, chapter 6.
    • Manuscript title: 'Chap. VI. Light on Pharaonic Burial Customs'.

TAA i.2.9 [2]

"II. The Tomb of Tut.ankh.Amen. IVth Season - 1925-26 - Continued."

  • 12 openings (24 pages)
    • Pages 27-38 (Carter's numbering for openings).
    • Continuation of Carter's annotated manuscript for The Tomb of Tut-Ankh-Amen volume ii, chapter 6.
    • [Manuscript title: 'Chap. VI. Light on Pharaonic Burial Customs'.]

Carter, Howard

Boats: Tutankhamun excavation documentation - Carter's notes for planned publication

Boats. Howard Carter's collected notes for the intended scientific publication of Tutankhamun's tomb.

  • i. Carter's manuscript notes on boats, parts of boats, and the "Eastern Mediterranean" types of boat.
  • ii. Carter's manuscript extracts from Erman, Adolf, Egyptian Religion, concerning boats.
  • iii. Carter's manuscript notes on Egyptian names for various types of boats.
  • G. S. Laird Clowes 17-page annotated typescript titled 'Boat-Models found in the Tomb of Tutankhamen.'

Carter, Howard

Coffin (255): Tutankhamun excavation documentation - Carter's notes for planned publication

Coffin (255). Howard Carter's collected notes for the intended scientific publication of Tutankhamun's tomb.

  • Typescript letter with an enclosed note from James R. Ogden to Howard Carter.
  • Dated 20 July 1932.
  • Notes the weight of the third (innermost) coffin (255) of gold, which is 110 kg.
  • The coffins melt value in 1932, estimated by Ogden, was £20,337.

Ogden, James R.

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