General notes on the four sepulchral shrines. Howard Carter's collected notes for the intended scientific publication of Tutankhamun's tomb.

• Folder 1: Carter's manuscript report.
• Folder 2: Carter's typescript notes, many cancelled (crossed through).
• Base measurements of shrines after their re-erection in the Egyptian Museum in Cairo.
• Carter's copies of Egyptian words for shrines and their meanings, taken from Gardiner's Grammar.

First (outermost) shrine (207). Howard Carter's collected notes for the intended scientific publication of Tutankhamun's tomb.

• i. Carter's annotated typewritten report.
• ii. Carter's drawing of shrine detail, noting construction.
• iii. Harry Burton's photographs of the shrine. Taken in the Egyptian Museum in Cairo.

Second shrine (237). Howard Carter's collected notes for the intended scientific publication of Tutankhamun's tomb.

• i. Carter's report on the shrine with measurements, wood type, construction, sealings, "guide" marks, and a note on the changes to the cartouches, possibly from those of Smenkhkare.
• ii. Carter's drawing of shrine detail, noting its construction.
• iii. Harry Burton's photographs of the shrine. Taken in the Egyptian Museum in Cairo.

Third shrine (238). Howard Carter's collected notes for the intended scientific publication of Tutankhamun's tomb.

• i. Carter's report on the shrine, its construction, measurements, copies of ‘guide’ marks, note on seal impressions, drawing of roof and cornice showing tongues for attachment. Not published by Carter.
• ii. Carter's drawing of shrine detail, noting construction.
• iii. Harry Burton's photographs of the shrine. Taken in the Egyptian Museum in Cairo.

Fourth (innermost) shrine (239). Howard Carter's collected notes for the intended scientific publication of Tutankhamun's tomb.

• i. Carter's annotated typewritten report, all pages cancelled (crossed through).
• ii. Four Carter drawings with details of the shrine's construction.
• iii. Harry Burton's photographs of the shrine, taken in Cairo, Egyptian Museum.
• iv. Carter's transcriptions of the texts from the shrine.

Objects found between the sarcophagus (240) and shrines (207), (237), (238) and (239). Howard Carter's collected notes for the intended scientific publication of Tutankhamun's tomb.

• i. Carter's report on objects nos. 242 (fan), 250 (djad emblem), 249 (bundle of reeds), 251(rags and chips of wood) , 245 (fan), 244, 246 (long bows), 243 (arrows) and 241, 247 (long bows), and 248 (ten arrows).
• ii. Harry Burton's photographs of 242, 245 (fans), 244, 246 (long bows), 243 (arrows) and 250 (djad pillar).

Shawabti (ushabti) figures. Howard Carter's collected notes for the intended scientific publication of Tutankhamun's tomb.

• i. Carter's typewritten general notes on shawabtis.
• ii. Carter's manuscript report with transcriptions, and notes, for shawabtis from Tutankhamun's tomb, including lists with shawabtis grouped by type, their object excavation number, material, and the chamber they were found.

Bow case 335. Howard Carter's collected notes for the intended scientific publication of Tutankhamun's tomb.

• Carter's manuscript list of animals depicted on the bow case, noting the colours of the same.
• Carter's manuscript list of plants represented on the bow case.
• Harry Burton's photographs of the bow case, annotated by Carter.

Textiles. Howard Carter's collected notes for the intended scientific publication of Tutankhamun's tomb.

• i. Carter's manuscript notes on scarves from Tutankhamun's tomb. Carter suggests they are the forerunners of the Eucharistic vestment called the maniple.
• ii. Copy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin, 1932, with an article by Herbert E. Winlock on sem-priests' costumes.

Tutankhamun's tomb and tomb plan. Howard Carter's collected notes for the intended scientific publication of Tutankhamun's tomb.

• Carter's 12-page annotated typewritten discussion on Tutankhamun's tomb and 18th Dynasty royal tomb types.
• Comparisons with other royal tombs and notes on tomb plans from the Turin Papyrus, with the names for the various parts of the tomb.
• Suggestion as to the identity of the architect of Tutankhamun's tomb.

Trumpets.

• Newspaper cutting from The Listener, 19th December 1946. Article on the B.B.C. recording of one of Tutankhamun's trumpets.

Weapons. Howard Carter's collected notes for the intended scientific publication of Tutankhamun's tomb.

• Carter's manuscript notes on offensive and defensive weapons, their form and use.
• Four pages.

Calcite. Howard Carter's collected notes for the intended scientific publication of Tutankhamun's tomb.

• Letter to Alfred Lucas from Dr W. F. Hume, Geological Survey of Egypt, on specimens of calcite from Tutankhamun's tomb sent by Lucas.

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.

Chair (351). Howard Carter's collected notes for intended scientific publication of Tutankhamun's tomb.

• Carter's typescript description of chair (351).
• 3 pages.
• Carbon copies of originals filed with object cards for (351), annotated by Carter.

Chemistry. Howard Carter's collected notes for the intended scientific publication of Tutankhamun's tomb.

• H. J. Plenderleith's typescript report on:
  • i. The pigments contained in the palettes from the toy chest found in the Annexe;
  • ii. The paint used on the Burial chamber walls;
  • iii. The metal tongues from the second shrine;
  • iv. The thickness of gold on shrines (also see Gesso notes);
  • v. On animal skin found with gesso. Plenderleith suggests this is to provide a resilient cushion beneath gold for tooling;
• Typescript for a lecture given in 1926 by H. Bunker on 'Scientific Aspects of Tomb'.

Tutankhamun excavation - Harry Burton's original contact prints made from the original glass plate negatives

• Set of original photographic prints.
• Most were created by Harry Burton.
• Some prints were made in the Ashmolean Museum Photographic Studio between the mid-1940s and the 1970s.

Tutankhamun Excavation. Howard Carter's notes on various subjects.

• i. General note on tomb robbery.
• ii. Jewellery. References to pectoral (261P(2)), docket from box (267), etc.
• iii. Three pages of manuscript notes on 'The last and final season's work in the Tomb of Tutankhamun', including references to the sarcophagus, shrines, etc.
• iv. A note on the contents of rooms and disturbance by ancient robbers.
• v. Two handwritten notes concerning tomb plan development in the New Kingdom.

Material other than excavation records.

Penelope Fox's notes on furniture from the tomb of Tutankhamun. Perhaps for a planned publication.

• Photographs of six cubit rods from the tomb of Tutankhamun.
• All rods are made of wood.
• Carter object numbers:
  • (50dd'), now in Cairo, Egyptian Museum, JE 61315.
  • (50dd''), now in Cairo, Egyptian Museum, JE 61316.
  • (50ee'), now in Cairo, Egyptian Museum, JE 61317.
  • (50ee''), now in Cairo, Egyptian Museum, JE 61318.
  • (50ff'), now in Cairo, Egyptian Museum, JE 61319.
  • (50ff''), now in Cairo, Egyptian Museum, JE 61320.

Rainbow McLean's photographs of box (21), from the tomb of Tutankhamun, now in Cairo, Egyptian Museum, JE 61467.