[ink text] 'On the Egyptian Gods. / It is not easy to make a complete list of the / numerous gods that were worshipped in Egypt. / The priests were in the habit of increasing the / number in two ways; first by making a / second and third of the same name, with / some slight change of character, and secondly by / writing the names and characters of two and even / three to make a fourth. The more important / however are as follows. / Amun Ra, the god of Thebes who sits on his throne / in the sculpture R . In the group of statues / S he is embracing the king as his son.'
[pencil text]: 'Chem god San or Janus. / Nile carrying not water but harvest / figure half male half female / with lotus or lily on his head / Chonso with the moon on his head as seen / when two days x(?), the circular moon / within the horns of the new moon'
TT 223; Chapter 104 of the Book of the Dead in Second Pillared Hall, Pillar 3, north face (as ‘Text from a scene’ in published volume) [TopBib i2.324A [as position unknown in published volume]].
Photographs from various sources, including 19th Century Studio Photographs by Abdullah Frères, A. Beato, F. Bonfils, W. Hammerschmidt, P. Sébath and others. Includes photographs of Egyptologists.
1) Negatives and prints of drawings of Egypt by Henry Salt (1815-25), property of Lady Salt, Shillingstone House, Dorset. 2) Photocopies of a portfolio of coloured drawings of Egypt by Henry Salt at the Department of Ancient Egypt and Sudan, British Museum, London.
Three notebooks containing Gell's copies of hieroglyphic inscriptions from objects and publications, also drawings (some coloured) of objects seen by Gell in museums and private collections.
Printed copy of doctoral thesis Asyut to the End of the Middle Kingdom: A Historical and Cultural Study, 3 vols (I: Commentary; II: Catalogue; III: Plates). Two drafts of chapter 10.
Personal documentation, including certificates, information on travel to Egypt, CV, passport photographs, memorial service leaflet, and Oxford University cards.
