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Howard Carter manuscript for The Tomb of Tut-Ankh-Amen volume ii, chapters V and VI

• Two notebooks, TAA i.2.9 [1] and TAA i.2.9 [2].

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TAA i.2.9 [1]

"I. The Tomb of Tut.ankh.Amen. IVth Season, 1925-26."

• Howard Carter's manuscript for The Tomb of Tut-Ankh-Amen volume ii, chapters 5 and 6.
  • Covering fourth season, 1925-1926.
• 54 openings (108 pages) with several enclosures.
• Two sections:
  • 1-[27] (Carter's numbering for openings).
  • Carter's annotated manuscript for The Tomb of Tut-Ankh-Amen volume ii, chapter 5.
  • Manuscript title: 'Chap. V. The Opening of the three Coffins ||| (Season 1925-26)'.
  • Pages 1-26 (Carter's numbering for openings).
  • Carter's annotated manuscript for The Tomb of Tut-Ankh-Amen volume ii, chapter 6.
  • Manuscript title: 'Chap. VI. Light on Pharaonic Burial Customs'.

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TAA i.2.9 [2]

"II. The Tomb of Tut.ankh.Amen. IVth Season - 1925-26 - Continued."

• 12 openings (24 pages)
  • Pages 27-38 (Carter's numbering for openings).
  • Continuation of Carter's annotated manuscript for The Tomb of Tut-Ankh-Amen volume ii, chapter 6.
  • [Manuscript title: 'Chap. VI. Light on Pharaonic Burial Customs'.]

Howard Carter's notebook with notes on hieroglyphic inscriptions on objects in Lacau, Pierre, Sarcophages antérieurs au Nouvel Empire 2 volumes (1904) (1906) (OEB 142822). Now transferred to Carter MSS vi.8.

Tutankhamun notebook, Howard Carter's copies of selected object cards

• Selected object cards, Alan H. Gardiner's transcriptions copied by Carter from original object cards (see TAA i.1.1-620)
• Carter's manuscript with transcriptions
  • Antechamber, object nos. 37, 38
  • Treasury, object nos. 261-337
  • Annexe, object nos. 338-420
  • 1 enclosure, letter from Percy Newberry to Howard Carter, dated 13-09-1928, with transcription and translation of texts from the model figure of Tutankhamun, lying on a funeral bier [Carter 331a], now in Cairo, Egyptian Museum, JE 60720.

Howard Carter's 'Notes upon Objects in the Store-room [Treasury], 1926-1927', forming parts of chapters 1 and 2 in volume iii of The Tomb of Tut-Ankh-Amen, Madrid lecture, and notes on damp in the tomb

• 81 numbered pages
• Carter's manuscript drafts (partial) for The Tomb of Tut-Ankh-Amen volume iii, chapters 1 and 2.
• Manuscript notes for a lecture in Madrid, May 1928.
• Manuscript notes regarding the 'Existence of damp in the tomb'.

Howard Carter's notebook with ‘Notes on Glass’. Now transferred to Carter MSS vi.5.5.

Howard Carter's excavation journal, 1926 to 1930, covering the fifth to ninth seasons.

• 65 numbered pages
• Mostly manuscript (Carter) with some typescript pages
• Includes a note dated May 1926, in which Carter notes a sighting of a black jackal at Thebes.

Howard Carter's excavation journal for the tomb of Tutankhamun, 1925-1926, covering the fourth season.

• 111 numbered pages
• Manuscript (Carter)

Howard Carter's appointment diary for 1924

• Letts's - No. 46 - Indian and Colonial - Rough Diary - 1924
• Notes on Carter's activities in Egypt in early 1924, which include departures and arrivals, lunch appointments, meetings with officials and colleagues, and lecture venues and dates. Also contains a few notes on negotiations with British officials and the Egyptian authorities, between December 1924 and January 1925, regarding the dispute and closure of Tutankhamun's tomb.
• Also entries for:
  • Lecture tour, North America, 12 April (depart London) to 2 July (depart New York).
  • Some lectures, England, October to early November.
  • Lecture, Madrid, Residencia de Estudiantes, 24 November.
  • Lecture, Madrid, Trabro Fontainalla, 26 November.
• Departed for Egypt, 10 December.

Howard Carter's appointment diary for 1923

• Letts's - No. 46 - Indian and Colonial - Rough Diary - 1923
• Carter's activities in Egypt include departures and arrivals, lunch appointments, meetings with officials and colleagues, and his excavations

Arthur C. Mace's journal for the tomb of Tutankhamun, 1923-1924, covers part of the second season.

• 32 numbered pages
• Manuscript (Mace)
• Complements Howard Carter's journal for the same dates. See TAA i.2.1

Howard Carter's autobiographical sketches, evidently intended for a book. Now transferred to Carter MSS vi.2.9-14.

Howard Carter's notes listing categories of objects from the Antechamber, Tutankhamun's tomb

• Howard Carter's manuscript list of objects, arranged in categories, listing Carter object numbers with brief descriptions. All objects were found in the Antechamber,
• Supplement to Carter notebook, see TAA i.2.14
• List of categories is arranged as follows:
  • Botanical specimens
  • Nome standards
  • Sandals
  • Boxes
  • Headrests
  • Amulets
  • Jewellery
  • Necklaces
  • Miscellaneous
  • Ushabtis
  • Shrine
  • Implements
  • Vases
  • Stone vessels alabaster
  • Baskets
  • Statues
  • Couches
  • Chariot parts
  • Weapons
  • Arrows and quivers
  • Bows
  • Gloves
  • Textiles
  • Sticks
  • Chairs
  • Stools
  • Footstools
  • Hassocks
  • Bedsteads

Tutankhamun journal with an inventory of objects sent to the Egyptian Museum in Cairo, between 1922 and 1929

• Pages 1-17
  • Arthur Mace's manuscript records
  • Mace's heading on the title page (page 0), "Tut-Ankh-Amun"
  • Mace's heading on page 1, "Catalogue of objects sent to Cairo Museum. Season 1922-1923"
  • Mace's final entry, "34 packages containing 89 boxes", and signed by A.C.M. (Arthur C. Mace) and H.C. (Howard Carter), dated "12 May 1923."
• Page 18
  • Unidentified hand, manuscript notes, French
  • French manuscript heading, "Liste des Caisses parties de la Vallée des Rois le 1er Avril, a 10 h. 15 a.m."
  • Carter's manuscript annotation at top of the page, "Cases and antiquities removed by the Service des Antiquities Spring 1924 from No. 15 and No. 4 Biban el Maluke"
• Pages 19-21
  • Carter's manuscript records
  • Carter's final entry, "Nineteen cases handed over to M. Baraize for transport to Cairo March 31st 1925. Howard Carter [signature]. These cases were carried by hand and(?) to River Early morn of the 1st April"
• Page 22
  • Carter's manuscript column headings, but no entries
• Page 23
  • Carter's manuscript records
  • Carter's final entry, "The above objects enclosed in sixteen cases (one of which No. 16 to be brought by Mr. Carter). Howard Carter [signature] April 16th 1927."
• Page 25
  • Typewritten list affixed to page
  • Cases "XXIII" to "XXXVIII"
  • All objects are from the Treasury
  • Not dated
• Pages 26-32
  • Carter's manuscript records
  • Objects are from the Treasury and Annexe
  • "List of cases of antiquities sent to the Cairo Museum March [day not entered] th., 1929."
  • Carter's final entry, "Ninety cases of antiquities as for above list. delivered to the Chief Inspector for transport March ... 1929. H.C."

Howard Carter's additional notes to his notebook with an inventory of objects from Tutankhamun's tomb with recording and conservation schedule, 1922-1930

• Howard Carter's manuscript notes on objects or subjects
• Supplements Carter's notebook, see TAA i.2.13
• Includes notes on:
  • 2 pages with notes on the magical figures from niches in the wall of sarcophagus chamber, Carter 257-260
  • 2 pages with notes relating to the sarcophagus, Carter 240, with copies of texts extracted from Lacau, Pierre 1904-1906. Sarcophages antérieurs au Nouvel Empire (OEB 142822)
  • 2 pages with notes on gilded wood emblems, Carter object 196, and the clay brick stands for these emblems, Carter 198a
  • 1 page with notes on ritual emblems in the burial chamber and the disturbance of these objects by tomb robbers
  • 1 page with notes on beads and part of necklace dropped by tomb robbers, Carter 172
  • 1 page with general notes on Anubis animal, i.e. jackal
  • 1 page with a list and photograph? number: gloves, general view of the tomb, carved ivory box, and head of the king
  • 1 page with a list of Tutankhamun object numbers

Notebook with an inventory of objects from Tutankhamun's tomb with recording and conservation schedule, 1922-1930

• 25 numbered items: 23 pages (openings) and 2 loose notes
• Manuscript records
• List of object numbers with the schedule for recording, conservation and photography and crating for transportation to Cairo, not comprehensive
• Data is arranged in columns with the following headings:
  • 'No.' (i.e. Carter's Tutankhamun object number)
  • 'Brought to No. 15' (i.e. KV 15, the tomb of Seti II, used as the 'laboratory' during the excavation)
  • 'Treated'
  • 'Recorded'
  • 'Photographed'
  • 'Packed'
  • 'Box No.'
• Pages 1-8
  • Compiled by Arthur Mace
  • Object numbers 1 to 171
  • Dated '1922-1923'
• Pages 8-10
  • Object numbers 172 to 220
  • Not dated, presumably 1923
• Pages 11-14
  • Object numbers 172-253 (sic) (numbers 172-220 repeated)
  • Titled and dated 'Sepulchral Chamber Nov. 1923' on page 11
• Pages 15-19
  • Object numbers 253 to 260
  • Dated 'Oct. 1925'
• Note 19A
  • Object numbers 257-260 (magical figures from niches in wall of sarcophagus chamber)
  • Not dated
• Pages 20-21
  • Object numbers 261-265
  • Titled and dated 'Sequence Nos and Notes - Store Room (1926-1927)' on page 20
  • All entries on page 20 crossed through (cancelled)
• Page 22
  • Object numbers 339, 340, 343, 353, 359, 360, 374, 385, 404, 405, 407, 408, 410, 417, 420, 421, 423, 435, 448, 449, 479, 480, 482, 483, 485, 520, 524, 578, 579, 583, 588, 603, 604, 620 (bowl)
  • Titled and dated 'Photos required - 1928-29.'
• Note 22A
  • 'Note for Burton'
  • 'A set of prints required for register: Nos 1135 to 1150.'
• Pages 23-
  • Lists of object types with object numbers
  • 'Arms': Nos. 582 (scimitar), 620 (scimitar), 620 (boomerangs, ivory)
  • 'Head-rests': Nos. 403a, 403b, 403c, 403d
  • 'Misc. objects': Nos. 469 (silver vase), 620 (castanets, ivory), 620 (dog bronze), 620 (small box, wood)
  • 'Faience objects': Nos. 399 a & b
  • 'Ivory inlaid chair': Nos. 126, 131 (both numbers crossed through, i.e. cancelled)

Alfred Lucas' notes on the conservation of objects from the tomb of Tutankhamun, compiled between 1922 and 1931.

• Alfred Lucas' manuscript conservation notes
• Arranged by Lucas in six sections
• See below under "Notes" for transcription of Lucas' typewritten label affixed to the notebook cover
• Contents include:
  • ‘Methods and Treatment used. [Antechamber objects]’;
  • ‘Scarlet colour on gold’;
  • ‘Objects and Treatment in Burial Chamber and Antechamber’;
  • Luxor Season 1925-6.
  • Account and treatment of Coffins and King's body;
  • Seasons 1926-7, 1927-8;
  • Account and treatment of Coffins (contd.) and objects in Treasury, beginning of Annexe;
  • Season 1928-9;
  • Account and treatment of objects in Annexe.

Alfred Lucas notebook on ‘Examination of Materials: (a) Tutankhamen. (b) Various.’

• Notebook with 99 rule-lined pages and 5 loose pages (enclosures)
• Manuscript
• Lucas' index of categories:
  • Gold
  • Leather
  • Varnish
  • Gesso
  • Faience
  • Resin
  • Dyes
  • Precious and semi-precious stones
  • Contents of jars
  • Textile fabrics
  • Stopping
  • Oils and fats
  • Copper or bronze
  • Silver
  • Beeswax
  • Stone
  • Gypsum and gypsum plaster
  • Lead
  • Pigments and media
  • Natron (salt)
  • Fungus
  • Glass
  • Materials employed
  • Miscellaneous
  • Eyes
  • Glue
  • Pottery
  • Fossil bone
  • Plaster and mortar
  • Cement
  • Kohl
  • Sulphur: Riebeckite
  • Black cores from bronze objects
  • Wood patch
  • Wine lees
  • Blackened rocks and efflorescence
  • Wood
  • Solder
  • Papyrus
  • Pink colour
  • Temperature
  • Black organic material
  • Bow, compound

Alfred Lucas notebook on ‘Archaeology, Register of samples, and analyses. Tutankhamen and others’

• Lucas' manuscript with analysis of samples from:
  • (a) Tutankhamun's tomb
  • (b) Various

Howard Carter's notes on objects found in the Annexe, manuscript for The Tomb of Tut-Ankh-Amen volume iii, chapters 3, 4, and parts of 5, and notes on deterioration and chemical change

• Unbound group of 91 rule-lined, loose pages
• Some pages crossed through (cancelled) by Carter
• Includes some correspondence, list separately below
• Notes, some with drawings on various topics including:
  • Egyptian slings;
  • Boxes and caskets found in the Annexe;
  • ‘Note upon Older or Ancestral objects in Royal Tombs’;
  • Alabaster and stone vessels;
  • Baskets;
  • 'Breakage of objects (in the Annexe)’;
  • Chairs;
  • Footstools;
  • Archery;
  • Weapons, arms and armour;
  • Game boxes;
  • Bread;
  • Wine jars;
  • ‘Robes of Dalmatic type’;
  • Fire apparatus;
  • Fan;
  • Minerals.
• Carter's manuscript for The Tomb of Tut-Ankh-Amen volume iii, chapters 3, 4, and parts of 5:
  • Sections beginning or titled:
  • 'This Annexe was intended for a Store-Room' [etc.];
  • 'Notes. Re Arts, Crafts and design.';
  • 'The existence of damp in the tomb' [etc.];
  • 'The possible sources of water from above, behind and sides of the foot-hill.'
• ‘Deterioration and chemical change’.
• Correspondence within this group:
  • J. S. M. Rennie, of J. S. M. Rennie, Limited, to The Editor of the Illustrated London News, dated 17-08-1929, concerning Egyptian slings (TAA i.2.10.1);
  • Berkeley Moynihan, to Howard Carter, dated 13-01-1929, mentioning a visit to the tomb and questions about the two foetuses found in the tomb, and the calcite boat.

16 journals, diaries and notebooks.

Tutankhamun excavation: Alfred Lucas documentation on wood from the tomb.

• Correspondence and related material on wood, including:
  • 16 letters exchanged between Alfred Lucas and Laurence Chalk discussing wood specimens from the tomb of Tutankhamun;
• 3 offprints, Lucas articles:
  • Lucas, A. 1932. The Occurrence of Natron in Ancient Egypt. Journal of Egyptian Archaeology 18 (1/2), 62-66 (OEB 144143);
  • Lucas, A. 1936. The Wood of the Third Dynasty Ply-wood Coffin from Saqqara. Annales du Service des Antiquités de l'Égypte 36, 1-4 (OEB 144160);
  • Lucas, A. 1924. Note on the Temperature and Humidity of Several Tombs in the Valley of the Tombs of the Kings at Thebes. Annales du Service des Antiquités de l'Égypte 24, 12-14 (OEB 144136).

Tutankhamun excavation: Alfred Lucas conservation notes, 1926-1927.

• Alfred Lucas's manuscript notes.
• ‘Materials Employed’ during the fifth season 1926-1927.
• Two pages.

Excavation records compiled by Howard Carter and members of the Tutankhamun excavation team, primary material

6 letters from Säve-Söderbergh.
Professional and personal matters:

• a stela in Uppsala (see Černý MSS 2.277)
• Nubian graffiti and other monuments
• visits to the UK by Säve-Söderbergh

26 letters from Swanson, 1 draft of a letter from Černý to Swanson, 1 photograph of Swanson.
Swanson's Egyptological studies and some personal matters.

13 letters from Stricker, 3 carbon copies of letters from Černý to Stricker.
Professional and personal matters:
-papyrus Leiden I 346

• other papyri in Leiden
  -Stricker's study trips to Oxford