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• Copies of Harry Burton's negatives for the excavation of the tomb of Tutankhamun.
• This later set of film negatives was made from the original Burton large plate glass negatives (TAA.i.5) and small glass negatives (TAA.i.5A) after the negatives were conserved between 1980 and 1982.

• A ladies' round belt buckle.
• Moulded decoration, design features a selection of objects from the Antechamber.
• Dark and light brown bakelite, goldtone metal fastenings, and also three sets of two holes along edge, for attaching to fabric(?).
• Date not known, probably produced in the 1920s or 1930s.
• Manufacturer, not known. Metal stud fastening stamped "К I И".

• Decorative souvenir ornament of the so-called "wishing cup", [Carter 14].
• White glazed porcelain with transfer print decoration.
• English heraldic souvenir ware; crested china; English crested ware.
• Coat of arm for Hinckley (Somerset) on front.
• Text on foot of cup, at front: "Model of king's wishing cup found in king Tut-Ankh-Amen's tomb at Luxor".
• Manufacturer stamp on base: "Arcadian – Stoke-on-Trent – Registered Number 678582".
• Date uncertain, produced in the 1920s or 1930s.

• Decorative souvenir spoon
• Gold-tone metal with enamel decoration
• Enamel decoration on upper surface, design from top: on handle, a modelled profile view of 'guardian statue' [Carter 22] (design includes the linen found draped over arm when discovered), standing on top of a winged scarab; on stem, geometric pattern on handle; on bowl, enamel-painted scene with a king or deity facing left, standing holding a staff, with pseudo-hieroglyphic texts above.
• Manufacturer not known.
• Date uncertain, probably 1920s.

• Costume jewellery-finding, silver-colour metal, oval, with stamped (embossed) design.
• Design: two 'guardian statues' [Carter 22], Tutankhamun's cartouches, and winged scarabs.
• Manufacturer not known.
• Date uncertain, post-1946 to 1970s.

• Pendant-brooch (can be worn as either).
• Costume jewellery, goldtone metal, oval, with stamped (embossed) design.
• Design: two 'guardian statues' [Carter 22], Tutankhamun's cartouches, and winged scarabs.
• Produced by "Miracle" (branded on the underside).
• Date uncertain but certainly manufactured post-1946.

• Cigarette tin.
• Produced by "Nestor Gianaclis, Grande Manufacture de Cigarettes Egyptiennes".
• Branded "Toutankhamon".
• Transfer(?) print decoration, with ancient Egyptian motifs including a scene of Anubis kneeling before the king.
• Probably manufactured in the 1920s.

Tutankhamun-related memorabilia.

• "Tut" boxed game containing:
  • 1 wood three-tiered tower
  • 28 counters: 4 squidgers (1 of each: blue, red, white, yellow) and 24 winks (5 blue, 6 red, 7 white, 6 yellow)
  • Printed instruction sheet

• Wood puzzle comprising four coloured blocks, which when correctly assembled form a pyramid shape.
• Produced by Imperial Manufacturers, Chicago.

Puzzles and games linked to the discovery, excavation and clearance of Tutankhamun's tomb.

A collection of postal stamps featuring objects from the tomb of Tutankhamun, mostly commemorating the 50th anniversary of the tomb's discovery in 1972.
Includes six first-day covers, one issued in Egypt and five issued by UK institutions.

A collection of printed media (UK local newspapers) relating to the 1972 Tutankhamun exhibition held at the British Museum, London.

Two copies of The Times, 29 March 1972, p. i-iv, 'Tutankhamun', on the success of the Tutankhamun exhibition held at the British Museum, London.

• "Tutoom - Journey to the treasures of the Pharaoh" board game.
• Produced by All-Fair Inc., Rochester NY, in 1923.
• Board measures 44.6 by 43.7 cm.
• Accompanied by two boxed sets each containing 4 metal playing counters and two dice.
• Children's game, for 2-4 players, roll and move.

• Set of 5 brass printing plates.
• Used for the production of Fox, Penelope 1951. Tutankhamun’s Treasure London: Oxford University Press [OEB 2854]
  • plate 28
  • plate 30
  • plate 48 B [left]
  • plate 48 C [upper & lower]
  • plate 49 A [left]

Newspaper and magazine cuttings, mainly from the contemporary press, including The New York Times and The Illustrated London News, related to the finding and excavation of the tomb of Tutankhamun.

• Photographic prints:
  1. 'The canopic chest of alabaster, Tutankhamen's tomb', made from Harry Burton negative in Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York [= Burton photograph P1153].
  2. 'The canopic chest opened, showing portrait busts of Tutankhamen', made from Harry Burton negative in Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York [= Burton photograph P1158].
  3. 'Thebes – Tut Ankh Amen's tomb in the Valley of the Kings', Lehnert & Landrock, Cairo, no. 1740.

• London Underground advertisement produced in the 1970s.
• Daltons Weekly, for property, and no mistake: ‘Yes, it is odd living in the tomb of Tutenkhamen… but we thought the agent said a room in Tooting Common…’

• 35mm black and white transparencies, made from the drawings on the original set of object cards (TAA i.1.1-620).
• Photographs made from these transparencies were affixed to the duplicate set of object cards to complete the information, see TAA iii.1.1-620.

• 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).

Three copies of the same poster for the Semmel Concerts' exhibition 'Tutankhamun: His Tomb and His Treasures', Manchester, Museum of Museums / The Trafford Centre, 22 October 2010 - 27 February 2011.

'Discovering TutAnkhAmun in 3D: Stereoscopic Installation Photographs of the Ashmolean Exhibition, 24 July – 2 November 2014'.

1. Two enclosures with 43 stereoscopic images of the exhibition + 11 extra images (Ashmolean Museum objects and Griffith Institute) each
2. One enclosure with 36 hand-mounted stereoscopic images of the exhibition + 11 hand-mounted extra images (Ashmolean Museum objects and Griffith Institute).
3. 5 loose stereoscopic images of the exhibition (3 of which hand-mounted).
4. CD with all digital files.

• 'Discovering TutAnkhAmun' exhibition at the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, 24 July – 2 November 2014.
• Featuring material from the Tutankhamun Archive in the Griffith Institute.
• Display materials and merchandising products from the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford.
  1. Display case labels - 19 acrylic + 1 cardboard, mounted on wood.
  2. Textile banner featuring Burton photograph P0293.
  3. Display case board, a page from the Illustrated London News - 1920s jewellery featuring ancient Egyptian influenced designs.
  4. Two acrylic reproductions of glass plate negatives featuring Burton photographs P0009 and P1689.
  5. One set of exhibition gallery guides (handheld labels).
  6. Flip-boards from the ‘interactive’ display, featuring modern photographs.
  7. Two large display panels with Burton photographs P1588 and P1689.
  8. Three banners, displayed on the Blake Portico and Atrium.
  9. Folder of ephemera.
  10. Selection of merchandising products, including postcards, magnets, reproduction posters, notebooks, a watch, etc.

• Confectionery card issued by Barratt & Co. Ltd, London from the set titled 'Wonders of the World: A Series of 50' (1962).
• No. 33: ‘Statue of Tutankhamen’.
• Painted version based on a Harry Burton photograph, probably Burton p0320 or p0321.
• Upper part of one of the so-called 'sentinel' or 'guardian' statues of Tutankhamun (Carter 22), in situ in the antechamber of the king's tomb, Valley of the Kings, Egypt.

• Cigarette card issued by Churchman's Cigarettes from the set titled 'World Wonders: Old and New: A Series of 50' (c. 1955).
• No. 11: 'Tutankhamen’s Tomb, Egypt'.
• Painted version based on an unidentified media photograph. The original photograph was taken on 27 December 1922.
• View of Howard Carter (lighter coloured hat with black band) watching Arthur Mace (dark hat) and an Egyptian colleague transporting Tutankhamun's painted box from the King's tomb to the nearby 'laboratory' (KV15, tomb of Sethos II).

• Cigarette card issued by Wills's Cigarettes from the set titled: 'Wonders of the Past: A Series of 50' (1926).
• No. 12: 'Treasure from Tutankhamen's Tomb'.
• Painted version based on Harry Burton photograph P0166.
• View of one of the hippopotamus heads from the couch (137) of Tutankhamun, found in the Antechamber of the King's tomb.

• Cigarette card issued by Wills's Cigarettes from the set titled: 'Wonders of the Past: A Series of 50' (1926).
• No. 11: 'Statue of Tutankhamen'.
• Painted version based on Harry Burton photograph P0321.
• View of the guardian statue (22) of Tutankhamun, still wrapped in the remains of a linen shawl. The statue was found in the King's Antechamber, on the right side of the intact doorway leading to the Burial chamber.

• Cigarette card (2 copies) issued by Churchman's Cigarettes from the set titled: 'Treasure Trove: A Series of 50' (1937).
• No. 28: 'The Gold Coffin of Tut-Ankh-Amen'.
• Painted version based on Harry Burton photograph P0770.
• Howard Carter and an Egyptian team member examine the lid of Tutankhamun's innermost coffin (255). This coffin was made of solid gold, with incised decoration inlaid with coloured glass and semi-precious stones.

• Cigarette card (2 copies) issued by Churchman's Cigarettes from the set titled: 'Treasure Trove: A Series of 50' (1937).
• No. 27: 'The Tomb of Tut-Ankh-Amen: Interior of Antechamber'.
• Painted version based on Harry Burton photograph P0007.
• View of the north half of the Antechamber showing objects in situ with the guardian statues on either side of the intact doorway to the Burial chamber.