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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' 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 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' 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.

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 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.

Tutankhamun documentation: Nina de Garis Davies' notes on boxes (21) and (540)+(551).

• Nina de Garis Davies's manuscript notes on the decoration of two boxes:
  • Carter object (21), the "Painted Box" with battle and hunting scenes.
  • Carter objects (540)+(551), with scenes of Tutankhamun and Ankhesenamun in a garden on the lid.
• Includes two small watercolour sketches and a line drawing, all created by Davies.
• This material was created in January and February 1951 when Davies visited the Egyptian Museum in Cairo.
• Davies's paintings of box (21) were subsequently published. See below for details.

• Copy of Davies, Nina M. and Gardiner, Alan H. 1962. Tutankhamun’s painted box: reproduced in colour from the original in the Cairo Museum. Artwork by Nina M. Davies, with explanatory text by Alan H. Gardiner, published by Oxford University Press for Griffith Institute, Oxford [OEB 8995].
• A group of duplicate plates (see below).