Howard Carter's annotated manuscript report on the Carnarvon-Carter excavations at Tell el-Balamūn, in 1913. Group includes:
"Note on the Capital of the 17th Nome, Sebennytos Inferior. Pa-aa-n-amen. Diospolis Kato. H. Carter Ap. 6. 1915".
Carter's transcriptions of site names, copied from various sources.
The report contains 30 numbered paragraphs that mention several finds including inscribed blocks, the base of a statuette, and a stela. The report has the following section headings:
General description
History
Excavations
Antiquities
18 lined pages with affixed photographic prints accompanied by manuscript captions. Carter numbered these pages as plates ii-xviii and they were intended to accompany this report, see Carter MSS iv.3-20.
Annotated typewritten list noting the division of vessels from the cache between Cairo Museum and Lord Carnarvon, signed by P. Lacau and Howard Carter on 20/05/1920. Includes the annotation 'Re[ceiv]ed J E Quibell 31/5/20'. Part of Carter's records for the cache of Merenptah and Ramesses II vessels found near the entrance of KV 8, Merneptah, Valley of the Kings, Thebes.
Nina de Davies' tracing, or drawing, of a scene with Ankhesenamun offering flowers to Tutankhamun and a frieze with girls picking flowers below, from the lid (no. 540) of box (no. 551), found in the Annex, tomb of Tutankhamun, KV 62, Valley of the Kings, Thebes. Probably traced from Davies drawing, see Carter MSS i.G.44E.
Nina de Davies' drawing of a scene with Ankhesenamun offering flowers to Tutankhamun and a frieze with girls picking flowers below, from the lid (no. 540) of box (no. 551), found in the Annex, tomb of Tutankhamun, KV 62, Valley of the Kings, Thebes. Probably used for Davies tracing, see Carter MSS i.G.44A.
Nina de Davies' tracing of a scene with Tutankhamun seated on a chair holding an armed bow shooting fish and fowl, with Ankhesenamun squatting on a cushion at King's feet, on a panel from the front of box (no. 551), found in the Annex, tomb of Tutankhamun, KV 62, Valley of the Kings, Thebes. Probably traced from Davies drawing, see Carter MSS i.G.44B.
Nina de Davies' annotated drawing of a scene with Tutankhamun seated on a chair holding an armed bow shooting fish and fowl, with Ankhesenamun squatting on a cushion at King's feet, on a panel from the front of box (no. 551), found in the Annex, tomb of Tutankhamun, KV 62, Valley of the Kings, Thebes. Probably used for Davies tracing, see Carter MSS i.G.44C.
Nina de Davies' tracing of scenes with wild cattle and plants, and a lion attacking an ibex, from a panel from one side of box (no. 551), found in the Annex, tomb of Tutankhamun, KV 62, Valley of the Kings, Thebes.
Nina de Davies' inked tracing of scenes with a leopard attacking an ibex and a hound attacking a bull, from a panel from the back of box (no. 551), found in the Annex, tomb of Tutankhamun, KV 62, Valley of the Kings, Thebes.
Howard Carter's pencil sketch of some of the columns in the processional colonnade in Luxor Temple, with columns from a Coptic(?) building in the foreground.
Press cuttings collected by Howard Carter, some mentioning Carter's archaeological work, including Tutankhamun, and Carter manuscript note from original housing.
Carter MSS vi.7.1.1
The Times Educational Supplement
6 July 1929
Pages 307-8
'Side Windows on history' (from a correspondent)
Mentions Carter
Carter MSS vi.7.1.2
Liverpool Post
20 June 1929
'A cosmetic 3,000 year old'
Cosmetic specimen from Tutankhamun's tomb (see following)
Carter MSS vi.7.1.3
Daily Chronicle
20 June 1929
'Cosmetic from Luxor Tomb. | Shown to women in London. | After 3,300 years.'
Cosmetic specimen from Tutankhamun's tomb, analysed by Mr A. Chaston Chapman and Dr H. J. Plenderleith (see preceding)
Carter MSS vi.7.1.4
Morning Post
8 January 1929
'The King's Epiphany gifts
Not obviously related to Egypt or Carter
Carter MSS vi.7.1.5
The Times (?)
Summer 1930
'The Royal Academy | I.—Pictures and the public | A varied exhibition (By our Art Critic)'
Manuscript letter from R. Bethell, dated 27 May 1921, to Howard Carter, regarding Carter's proposed article on glass (see Carter MSS vi.5.3), part of Carter's records on glass.
An article, annotated by Carter, titled 'Egypt Calls' by Sir Evelyn Wrench and published in The Spectator, 6 September 1935, page 370, in which Wrench mentions his encounter with Howard Carter at Luxor.
Howard Carter's manuscript draft(s) for a publication or lecture, or perhaps for his intended autobiography. The draft contains the following headings:
The District now known as Medinet Habou
Notes Episodes to introduce [perhaps related to autobiography?]
Howard Carter's annotated draft typescript, for an article titled 'Notes. Egyptian Art - Origin, History, Intention and Interpretation', not published and no mention of Tutankhamun's tomb.
Carter numbered most of the pages: "1" to "29"
The typescript contains the following headings:
[title page] Notes. Egyptian Art - Origin, History, Intention and Interpretation
Introductory
Origin
Generation
Deterioration
History
The Art of the Middle Kingdom, 2160 - 1780 B.C.
The Art of the New Empire, First and Second Period - 1580-1350-1150 B.C.
Intention
Interpretation. Cause of certain effects in delineation
Howard Carter's annotated typescript, the draft for an unpublished article on art during the reign of Tutankhamun, with references to objects found in all four rooms of the king's tomb, including:
Throne (Carter object 91)
Small gold shrine (Carter object 108)
Decorated casket or box (Carter object 540 and 551)
Stick(s) with a figure of the king (Carter objects 235a and 235b)
Painted box (Carter object 21)
Statues of the canopic goddesses (Carter object 266)
Statue(s) of the king on a leopard (Carter objects 289a and 289b)
Ka statues (sentinel or guardian statues) (Carter objects 22 and 29)
Howard Carter's notebook, manuscript notes on glass and other subjects. The notebook forms part of Carter's records on glass. Includes:
Heading on the first page, "Notes on glass"
2 loose pages with notes on two magical figures, almost certainly from Tutankhamun's tomb
Notes on general glass-making techniques and decoration, extracted from publications
Notes on 'Red Jungle Fowl'
Draft of Carter, Howard 1923. 'An ostracon depicting a red jungle-fowl (the earliest known drawing of the domestic cock)'. Journal of Egyptian Archaeology 9 (1/2), 1-4 (OEB 136396)
Manuscript draft of a proposed article on glass, for the typescript of this article see Carter MSS vi.5.3
Howard Carter's manuscript corrections for the draft or proofs of Carnarvon, Earl of and Howard Carter (eds) 1912. Five years' explorations at Thebes: a record of work done 1907-1911 (OEB 136376).
Howard Carter's annotated typewritten lecture notes on 'The Contribution of Ancient Egypt to Progress of the World', part of Carter's records on glass. Sections titled:
Howard Carter's notebook on glass vessels excavated at Enkomi, Curium and Amathus, titled 'Cameiros in Rhodes', contains manuscript notes and traced drawings copied from publications, part of Carter's records on glass.
Howard Carter's autobiography, draft typescript, a notebook containing a draft manuscript, and an annotated newspaper cutting. The typescript has the following section/chapter headings:
The Valley of the Tombs of the Kings
5 pages, annotated typescript, pages [59]-61 are crossed through (cancelled)
1 section/chapter title page
4 typescript pages, numbered [59]-62
A History of the Theban Royal Mummies
Decadence and Destiny: I to IX
"Sketch IX" (Carter's annotation on page [63]
82 pages, annotated typescript, most pages, except title pages, are crossed through (cancelled)
4 section/chapter title pages
78 typescript pages, numbered [63]-136
Notebook
19 pages, draft manuscript, all pages are crossed through (cancelled)
4 loose pages with additional manuscript notes, all pages are crossed through (cancelled)
draft manuscript used for the preparation of part of the preceding typescript
Newspaper cutting
Egyptian Mail Jan. 5. 1937 (Carter's annotation)
"Mummies May Be Re-Buried In Valley Of Kings | Selim Bey Hassan's Proposal"
Cutting from a single page, page number not recorded
Howard Carter's autobiography, a notebook containing manuscript for Sketches I-II, also some enclosures including loose manuscript notes, a typewritten note, and a newspaper cutting.
Sketches
72 numbered pages/openings, arranged with main text on right and notes on left
Carter's annotated page numbers, "1" to "72"
A Summary of Egyptian Chronology
Pages 1-2
Sketch I - Introductory
Pages 3-18
Contains one subsection, II, the title of this subsection, The Temporary Dwellings, is crossed through (cancelled)
Howard Carter's autobiography, draft typescript, a notebook containing a draft manuscript, and an annotated newspaper cutting. The typescript has the following section/chapter headings:
El-Bab El-Hosân. "The Tomb of the Horse"
31 pages, annotated typescript, most pages, except title page, are crossed through (cancelled)
1 section/chapter title page, numbered here as [137]
30 typescript pages, numbered [138]-166 (NB Carter annotated the first pages in this section "1-8", the page numbers [138]-[145] were assigned in Griffith Institute)
The Rat and the Snake: Being a tale from the coffee hearth
5 pages, annotated typescript, none of the pages are crossed through (cancelled)
