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Unfinished letter

Unfinished letter:

  • ink text on paper
  • loose
  • 9.3 x 14.7 cm
  • [text]:

'Septbr 28 /46
63 Welbeck St
Cavendish Sqre

My dear Wood
[two words in Arabic]
Our old friend Arundale
was in'

Floral design

Floral design:

  • pencil and ink sketch on paper, with pricked marks for pouncing technique
  • loose
  • 20.1 x 22.7 cm
  • [on sketch] 'BGRSBOBGRG / COYPGRG /GRGBOBPYPBOBGRG' (pencil notes)

Egypt. Tell Atrib. Broken stick of Neferhotep, lector priest, probably New Kingdom, formerly in the collection of Rev. R. T. Lieder, and current location not known (copy of hieroglyphic inscription)

Copy of the hieroglyphic inscription on a broken stick of Neferhotep, lector priest, probably New Kingdom, formerly in the collection of Rev. R. T. Lieder, and current location not known, from Tell Atrib (TopBib iv.67A):

  • pencil sketch on paper
  • loose
  • 12.6 x 20 cm
  • [on sketch] 'on a walking staff one line / Lieder's Collection 18 August 69' (ink note)

Egypt. Thebes. West Bank. Ramesseum. Hypostyle. Rear wall. West half

West half of the rear wall of the Hypostyle in the Ramesseum, on the West Bank of Thebes, not finished. Two registers: I, King running to Min and goddess. II, Two scenes, I. [King] before goddess making nini, 2, King receiving insignia and heb-sed wand from Amun and Mut. Base, a princess and eighteen princes, [break], two more princes (TopBib ii.438.(19)):

  • pencil sketch on paper
  • loose
  • 31.6 x 45.9 cm
  • [on sketch] '16th / to the / centre' (pencil note)
  • [on sketch] 'Ramesseum.' (pencil note, almost certainly by Dr Moss)
  • [on sketch] encircled '13' (pencil note, almost certainly by Dr Moss)

Egypt. Saqqara. Architectonical fragment (perhaps jamb or pillar)

Architectonical fragment (perhaps jamb or pillar) mentioning "the Osiris Nehehniotef, justified" from an unidentified tomb at Saqqara, current location not known (TopBib iii.2.749A), and perhaps related to the stela of Nehehniotef, Dyn. XIX, from a tomb at Saqqara, formerly in Passalacqua collection, now in Berlin, Ägyptisches Museum, 7273 (TopBib iii.2.733):

  • pencil sketch on paper
  • mounted, together with Bonomi MSS 4.2 [Top and Bottom]
  • 3.3 x 9.1 cm
  • [on mount] '2' (pencil note)

Rubbing of a hieroglyphic inscription on an object thought to come from Carthage (not identified)

Rubbing of a hieroglyphic inscription on an object thought to come from Carthage (not identified) (TopBib vii.367A):

  • ink rubbing on tracing paper, mounted on paper
  • mounted
  • 4 x 16.2 cm (11.2 x 17.6 cm with mount)
  • [on rubbing mount] 'This is a rubbing / from some Hieroglyphics / found among the ruins / of Carthage. / Given to me by / Doctor Lee of Aylesbury / 1840' (ink note)
  • [on mount] '6' (pencil note)

Egypt. Thebes. East Bank. Karnak. Great Temple of Amun. Portico of the Bubastides. Pilaster (129). Register I, Osorkon I receiving heb-sed from Amun holding scimitar

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

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)

Egypt. Island of Philae. View

General view of the Island of Philae (TopBib vi.203):

  • pencil sketch on paper
  • loose
  • 16.9 x 10.7 cm
  • [on sketch] 'Philoe' (pencil note)
  • [on sketch] encircled '5' (pencil note, almost certainly by Dr Moss)

Egypt. Aswan. View

General view of the riverbank in Aswan (TopBib v.221):

  • pencil sketch on paper
  • loose
  • 20.5 x 14.2 cm
  • [on sketch] 'Antient Assuan' (ink note)
  • [on sketch] encircled '3' (pencil note, almost certainly by Dr Moss)

Egypt. Bishareen desert

View of the Bishareen desert:

  • pencil sketch on paper
  • loose, between Bonomi MSS 6.3 and Bonomi MSS 6.5
  • 31.6 x 13.0 cm
  • [on sketch] 'Bishareen desert' (ink note)
  • [on sketch] 'The Hieroglyphics / are here' (pencil note)
  • [on sketch] 'our large tent' (pencil note)
  • [on sketch] 'Bishareen house of meeting' (pencil note)
  • [on sketch] 'one of our tents' (pencil note)
  • [on sketch] '3 drawings' (pencil note)
  • [on sketch] 'Aa&Bb' (pencil note)
  • [on sketch] 'Mouraat[?]' (pencil note)
  • [on mount] '5' (pencil note, almost certainly by Dr Moss)

Egypt. Aswan. Islamic Cemetery

View of the Islamic Cemetery at Aswan, with two mausolea:

  • pencil sketch on paper
  • mounted, together with Bonomi MSS 6.7 (lower)
  • 20.5 x 14.2 cm
  • [on sketch] 'Asswan antient(sic = ancient) / tombs' (ink note)
  • [on mount] '9' (pencil note, almost certainly by Dr Moss)

Egypt. Aswan. Islamic Cemetery

View of a mausoleum in the Islamic Cemetery at Aswan:

  • pencil sketch on paper
  • mounted, together with Bonomi MSS 6.8 (lower)
  • 19.4 x 14.1 cm
  • [on sketch] 'Assuan' (ink note)
  • [on mount] '10' (pencil note, almost certainly by Dr Moss)

Egypt. Abu Simbel. Great Temple of Ramesses II. Great Hall. Battle of Kadesh

Battle of Kadesh in the Great Hall of the Great Temple of Ramesses II at Abu Simbel (TopBib vii.103.(41)-(42)); upper register, middle and left parts: battle round fortress of Kadesh with King charging in chariot:

  • pencil sketch on paper
  • loose
  • 42.1 x 26.5 cm
  • [on sketch] 'Aboo SimbeI / C d temple' (red ink)
  • [on sketch] encircled '6' (pencil note, almost certainly by Dr Moss)

Sudan. Sulb or Soleb. Temple of Amun and Amenophis III

General view of the Temple of Amun and Amenophis III at Sulb or Soleb in Sudan (TopBib vii.169):

  • pencil sketch on paper
  • mounted, together with Bonomi MSS 8.5 (lower)
  • 31.9 x 11.5 cm
  • [on mount] 'West bank / about half way / between Dongola / and 2nd Cataract' (pencil note)
  • [on mount] encircled 'b' (pencil note, almost certainly by Dr Moss)
  • [on mount] '5' (pencil note, almost certainly by Dr Moss)
  • [on mount] '2' (pencil note, almost certainly by Dr Moss)

Sudan. Sulb or Soleb. Temple of Amun and Amenophis III

General view of the Temple of Amun and Amenophis III at Sulb or Soleb in Sudan (TopBib vii.169):

  • pencil sketch on paper
  • mounted, together with Bonomi MSS 8.5 (upper)
  • 22 x 5.2 cm
  • [on mount] encircled 'c' (pencil note, almost certainly by Dr Moss)
  • [on mount] '5' (pencil note, almost certainly by Dr Moss)
  • [on mount] '2' (pencil note, almost certainly by Dr Moss)

Sudan. Nuri (Bellal). Pyramid Field

Panoramic view of the Pyramid Field at Nuri (Bellal) in Sudan (TopBib vii.223):

  • pencil sketch on paper (4 pieces glued together)
  • mounted
  • 100.6 x 17 cm
  • [on sketch - recto] 'Panoramic view of the Pyramids of Nuri taken from the top of the Great Pyramid / with camera lucida' (pencil note)
  • [on sketch - recto] '9.4 / 11.4 / 20.8' (pencil note)
  • [on sketch - recto] 'G. Birkel' (pencil note)
  • [on sketch - verso] '(?)' (pencil note)
  • [on mount] '8' (pencil note, almost certainly by Dr Moss)
  • [on mount] '1c' (pencil note, almost certainly by Dr Moss)
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