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.
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
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 object cards with accompanying photographs, notes (some group notes listed below) and letters, compiled by Howard Carter and other members of the excavation team [TAA i.1.1-620]
Most cards are manuscript records, as well as many original typescript records
Many cards are illustrated with drawings of objects, or details of objects, by Howard Carter and A. C. Mace
The object cards record:
Object number, main description of the object, location in the tomb, measurements, description of the object - Howard Carter and A. C. Mace (1922-1925)
Hieroglyphic inscriptions, transcriptions and translations - Mostly Alan H. Gardiner and P. E. Newberry, but some inscriptions are transcribed by Carter
Conservation records - Alfred Lucas and A. C. Mace (1922-1925)
Botanical and textile notes - P. E. Newberry
Photographic documentation - Harry Burton
Other groups of notes filed with the object cards include:
Notes on the [ancient] robberies, by Howard Carter, Alfred Lucas and Lord Carnarvon
Notes on various aspects of the Annexe by Howard Carter (1-4, 10-43, 47-64), Alfred Lucas (5-9, 44-6) and A. H. Gardiner (41)
Notes and memoranda on various aspects of the tomb by Alfred Lucas
Complete set of typescript copies transcribed from the original Tutankhamun object cards, with affixed photographs of the drawings on the cards, again made from the original set, see TAA i.1.1-620.
Family papers relating to the donation of Howard Carter's papers to Oxford University.
Antiquities returned to Egypt following Howard Carter's death.
Objects presented to the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford.
Family portraits: Samuel Carter (Howard Carter's father); Howard Carter; Amy Walker (née Carter, Howard Carter's sister); and Phyllis Walker (Howard Carter's niece).
Photocopy of P. E. Newberry's copy of The tomb of Tut-ankh-amen: statement with documents, as to the events which occurred in Egypt in the Winter of 1923-24 leading to the ultimate break with the Egyptian Government.
Press photograph of Miss Evelyn Baldwin, Captian of the New York Girl Scouts, shaking the hand of "Mrs King Tut", taken at the International Flower Show, New York, on 15 March 1923.
Wording from sign featuring in the photograph: " Mrs. Tut | Here are the flowers that King Tut-Ankh-Amen's queen loved, as indicated by the Egyptian tomb Excavation. | They Include | Lotus | Poppy | Daisy | Delphinium | Acacia | Jasminium".
Verso
Affixed typewritten label: "PHOTO BY PICTORIAL PRESS | INTERNATIONAL FLOWER SHOW, NEW YORK, MARCH 15. | MISS EVELYN BALDWIN, CAPTAIN OF THE NEW YORK GIRL SCOUTS, SHAKES HANDS WITH MRS. KING TUT AT THE SHOW. BETWEEN THEM IS SHOWN THE NEW SWEET PEA, "KING TUT", AWARDED A CERTIFICATE OF MERIT. | 31523."
Ink stamped: "Please acknowledge PICTORIAL PRESS PHOTOS 145 West 41st Street, N. Y. C. | For your use only, and must not be used for Advertising Purposes without permission."
Ink stamped: "REFERENCE DEPT. | MAR 19 1923 | N .E. A." and annotated "A4323".
'The canopic chest of alabaster, Tutankhamen's tomb', made from Harry Burton negative in Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York [= Burton photograph P1153].
'The canopic chest opened, showing portrait busts of Tutankhamen', made from Harry Burton negative in Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York [= Burton photograph P1158].
'Thebes – Tut Ankh Amen's tomb in the Valley of the Kings', Lehnert & Landrock, Cairo, no. 1740.
Photographs, all black and white, collected by J. Černý during his preparation of Černý, J. 1965. Hieratic inscriptions from the tomb of Tutankhamun [OEB 11213].
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.
Two identical sets of thirteen postcards featuring reproductions of all twelve Special Stamps (the mini-sheet stamps are represented twice, once as the complete mini-sheet design of four stamps as well as individually), all issued on 24 November 2022, part of the Special Stamp Issue 'Tutankhamun', produced by Royal Mail in collaboration with the Griffith Institute, to mark the centenary of the discovery of Tutankhamun's tomb.
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.
The photograph was taken on 24th January 1923, the day Carter recorded this couch being moved; the postcard's production date is unknown, but it was almost certainly sometime in the 1920s.
Howard Carter (left), assisted by Walter Hauser (right), manoeuvring the right side of the cow-headed couch (Carter 73) into a packing case in preparation for its transfer to the nearby 'Laboratory' set up in the tomb of Sethos II (KV15).
Presentation Pack, issued on 24 November 2022, part of the Special Stamp Issue 'Tutankhamun', produced by Royal Mail in collaboration with the Griffith Institute, to mark the centenary of the discovery of Tutankhamun's tomb.
An illustrated fold-out carrier card, 'Tutankhamun', with the main set of eight colour stamps, each featuring an object from Tutankhamun's tomb, images supplied by Araldo De Luca. Carrier card with text on the tomb's discovery on one side and a commentary for each of the objects featured in the main set of stamps on the other
Carrier card with the mini-set of four stamps 'Discovering Tutankhamun's Tomb', featuring black and white photographs, including three Harry Burton photographs supplied by the Griffith Institute, Carrier card text on the recording and conservation of the tomb's objects by Howard Carter and the excavation team.
