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Abu Tig: notes

Howard Carter's brief manuscript notes for Abu Tig (Abû Tîg) ("K. 304"), West Bank, Middle Egypt.

Abu Tufla, Tarfu tree (tamarisk)

A Tarfu tree (tamarisk) at Abu Tufla:

  • watercolour
  • mounted
  • 35.3 x 25.9 cm
  • [on mount] Tarfu Mee near the Well at Abu Tufla.' (ink note)
  • [on mount] encircled '4' (pencil note)
  • [on verso of watercolour] 'Tarfu Tree near the Well at Abu Tuflä / between Salahiah and Bir Abu ruk / 31st Jan. 1st Feb. 1843.' (pencil note)

Abu Zaabal, "The Shady side", men capturing a fox

"The Shady side", two men, one holding a gun and the other a stick, with a captured fox between them, and a third man kneeling on the ground at Abu Zaabal:

  • pencil drawing
  • mounted, together with Lloyd MSS 132 and Lloyd MSS 133
  • 17.8 x 12.7 cm
  • [on mount] '72' (pencil note)
  • [on verso of drawing] 'Abu Zaabel. 16th Jan. 1843. / "The Shady side"' (pencil note)

Abu Zaabal, 'The Sunnyside', three foxes basking in the sun

'The Sunnyside', three foxes basking in the sun at Abu Zaabal:

  • watercolour
  • mounted, together with Lloyd MSS 036 and Lloyd MSS 037
  • 17.5 x 12.2 cm
  • [on mount] 'Abu Zaable, "The Sunnyside."' (ink note)
  • [on mount] '38' (pencil note)
  • [on verso of watercolour] 'Abu Zaable. 11th.15th Jan. 1843. The sunny side.' (ink note)

Abu Zaabal, a common sandpiper (Actitis hypoleucos)

A common sandpiper (Actitis hypoleucos) (probably this) at Abu Zaabal:

  • watercolour
  • mounted, together with Lloyd MSS 037 and Lloyd MSS 038
  • 17.5 x 12.2 cm
  • [on watercolour] 'Abu Zaable. 11th Janry 1843' (ink)
  • [on mount] '36' (pencil note)

Abu Zaabal, a grove of date palms

A grove of date palms at Abu Zaabal:

  • watercolour
  • mounted, together with Lloyd MSS 043
  • 26.7 x 19.6 cm
  • [on mount] 'Date Trees Abu Zaable' (ink note)
  • [on mount] '44' (pencil note)
  • [on verso of watercolour] 'Study of Date Trees. / Abu Zaable. 26th Feb. 1843 / The minor fronds have been trimmed away.' (pencil note)

Abu Zaabal, a nearby mosque

A mosque near Abu Zaabal:

  • watercolour
  • mounted
  • 35.5 x 25 cm
  • [on mount] 'Mosque N.N.E. Abu Zaabel.' (ink note)
  • [on mount] encircled '6' (pencil note)
  • [on verso of watercolour] ''Mosque N.N.E. Abu Zaabel / 12th Jan 1843' (pencil note)

Abu Zaabal, three studies of foxes

Three studies of foxes at Abu Zaabal. Top scene: fox, presumably dead, lying on the ground; middle scene: dead fox, strung-up by back-legs; bottom scene: a mountainous desert scene with two foxes:

  • watercolours
  • mounted, together with Lloyd MSS 039, Lloyd MSS 040 and Lloyd MSS 042
  • 12.2 x 17.5 cm
  • [on recto of watercolour] 'Abu Zaabel.' (pencil note)
  • [on watercolour/mount] '41' (pencil note)
  • [on verso of watercolour] '[Abu Zaabel. 14th Jan: 1843.]' (pencil note)

Additional volume I

Print and bound publication:

  • De Keersmaecker, Roger O. (2012), Travellers' graffiti from Egypt and the Sudan, additional volume [I]: the temples of Abu Simbel. Mortsel (Antwerpen): Graffito-Graffiti (OEB 169314).
  • The Temples of Abu Simbel [see TopBib vii.95-117].
  • Most of the graffiti date from the nineteenth century.
  • It includes: the annotation "I" on cover page; inserted loose pages between p. 37-38 with biographical information on Giovanni d'Athanasi (Dimitrios Papandriopulo) (1798-1854), together with an annotated card titled "1824 ABU SIMBEL" containing a list of four individuals with their dates and number references; inserted loose pages between p. 59-60 with information on graffiti by H. B. Humphrey's / [HB H] BO USA 1840, together with an extract from email correspondence; and an attached page at the end with the author's biographical information (omitted from the PDF).

Additional volume II

Print and bound publication:

  • De Keersmaecker, Roger O. (2012), Travellers' graffiti from Egypt and the Sudan, additional volume II: the temple complex of Dendara. Mortsel (Antwerpen): Graffito-Graffiti (OEB 185328).
  • The Temple Complex of Dendera [see TopBib vi.41-110].
  • Most of the graffiti date from the nineteenth century.
  • It contains: attached pages at the end with the printed article Hallof, Jochen 1996. Besucherinschriften in den Tempeln von Dendera. Bulletin de l'Institut Français d'Archéologie Orientale 96, 229-244 (OEB 40093) (omitted from the PDF).

Additional volume III part I

Print and bound publication:

  • De Keersmaecker, Roger O. (2013), Travellers' graffiti from Egypt and the Sudan, additional volume III: Napoleon Bonaparte in Egypt. Soldiers, artists and scholars. [Part I]. Mortsel (Antwerpen): Graffito-Graffiti (OEB 204639).
  • Most of the graffiti date from the nineteenth century.
  • In the print volume two pages are numbered as p. 64 (the numbering is correct in the PDF).

Additional volume III part II

Print and bound publication:

  • De Keersmaecker, Roger O. (2013), Travellers' graffiti from Egypt and the Sudan, additional volume III: Napoleon Bonaparte in Egypt. Soldiers, artists and scholars. Part II: Portrait drawings by André Dutertre. With Supplement. Mortsel (Antwerpen): Graffito-Graffiti (OEB 204639).
  • Most of the graffiti date to the nineteenth century.
  • It includes: non-annotated sticky markers on p. 85 (= PDF p. 84), p. 101 (= PDF p. 100), p. 132 (= PDF p. 131) and p. 141 (= PDF p. 140) [they have all been removed].
  • The PDF also includes [Part III]: Supplement (= De Keersmaecker MSS 5.18) at the end, with a different page numbering.

Additional volume III part III

Print and bound publication:

  • De Keersmaecker, Roger O. (2013), Travellers' graffiti from Egypt and the Sudan, additional volume III: Napoleon Bonaparte in Egypt. Soldiers, artists and scholars. [Part III]: Supplement. Mortsel (Antwerpen): Graffito-Graffiti (OEB 204639).
  • Most of the graffiti date to the nineteenth century.
  • For a PDF, with a different page numbering, see De Keersmaecker MSS 5.17.

Akhmîm: notes

Howard Carter's brief manuscript notes for Akhmîm (Panopolis) ("K. 220"), East Bank, Middle Egypt.

Alexandria, Pompey's Pillar

Pompey's Pillar at Alexandria:

  • unfinished watercolour with pencil details
  • mounted, together with Lloyd MSS 027
  • 17.7 x 25.8 cm
  • [on mount] 'Pompeys Pillar Alexandria.' (ink note)
  • [on mount] encircled '28' (pencil note)
  • [on verso of watercolour] 'Pompeys pillar, Alexandria. / 20th Nov. 1842. / Height 99ft. Capital 10ft. Shaft 60ft. / Angle of the pedestal N[?]. 22 E.' (pencil note)

Alfred Lucas working on objects, digital image

  • Digital image
  • Original negative was probably created in 1923.
  • Photograph of Alfred Lucas working on a group of small objects from the tomb of Tutankhamun in the laboratory set up in KV15 (Sethos II).
  • The photograph was probably taken by the The Times photographer.

Alnwick Fountain and continuation of text on church at Alnwick

Alnwick Fountain and continuation of text on church at Alnwick:

  • ink sketch and text on paper
  • loose
  • 15.7 x 11.5 cm
  • [on sketch] 'Fountain Alnwick' (ink note)
  • [text]:

'The roof of the nave was

restored in 1781 owing no doubt

to its threat(e)ning an invasion

of the pavement from the walls

injuditious alteration

having been weakened by throwing

2 arches into one in order to

x(?) the exhibit the x(?) pulpit to

all the people in every corner

of the church the (?)'

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