Excavation journals and diaries made by Howard Carter and Arthur Mace

Left London. 1.40pm. For Marseilles.

Arrived Marseilles 11.30am

Embarked P.&D. S.S. "China" for Port Said.

Arrived Port Said 5 am

Left Port Said for Cairo. 12.30 pm

Arrived Cairo. 4.30 "

Placed with Nahman. Limestone lion 65
2 blue glaze Hez
vases 32
97

Received of Nahman (Cash) £ 80
Bl. 17

Placed with Tano.
for sale.
1. Faience Hedgehog XII Dyn. £E:10
1. Blue arragonite bottle,
in form of two ducks. XII Dyn. £E:20
1. Bronze mirror with green
schist handle. XVIII Dyn. £E.15

E. A. Abemayor.
1. Gold coin of Plautilla Aug:
Rev. Pietas Augg. £E 30.
1. " " Arsinoe. Horn on Rev/- L10. £40

50 Credit Foncier Bonds 4% @ 349 FRS = £E.663.100
1 " " lot. Bonds. @ 315. " = 11.970
270. Nat. B. of Eg. Ordin. Shares. @ 20 3/16 = £ 5450.12.6.

5450.12.6
12
683.
£6145 - -

Purchased Tano. bronze Harpocrates. 15 £E
" goddess 15
" Nahman. Glass bottle. 30
60

Sold for Ld. C. 200£ (Sovs) @ 104. = 208 £E.

Purchased from Mansor. Terra Cotta head £E 4.
Sold to Ld. C. £4

Dentist. Bret dag. Kasr El Nil. 11am.

Per Dr Acworth: (for acquisitions.)

100 Coupons No. 32 Nat. Bank
of Eg. Old. Shrs. @ 8/- = 39.000
Less Comm. 1/4 % 095
38.905

Contesa 5pm.

Cashed Cheque London. 444£ = 430.63d back.

= 415 £ for lamp. (XVIIIth Dyn)
29 £. For two bronzes.
444

Dine Fitzgerald. 8.15 T.C.

1. 30 metre Tape 1.500
1. Roll Metric tracing cloth. 3.500
1. Bot. Ink. 60
5.060

1. Nickle watch (screwback). 1.800

Leave for Luxor. 8 pm.

Left Cairo for Luxor

Arrived Luxor - went on to Erment
to see Callender.

Two donkeys.

Returned, per boat 3 hours, to
Gurna.

Two donkeys

Paid Salaries to date LE:9.

1 donkey.

Commenced Excavations. B. el. M.

First steps of tomb found.

Discovered tomb under tomb of Ramses VI

Investigated same & found seals intact.

Townsend Arrives

House a/c to date 573.

56

Two donkeys

???Townsend Arrives.

Two donkeys

Townsend leaves.

Two donkeys

Callender came

Two donkeys.

Two donkeys

Two donkeys

Two donkeys.

Two donkeys

Two donkeys

Pay men.

Fuel.

Callender leaves.

Two donkeys

Cement.

Leave for Cairo.

Two donkeys

200

Wood. Zeers. Nails.

Callender arrives 5.pm. Abou Sukar.

Camel & donkey.

Left Cairo

Self & Ld. C.

Arrived Luxor

Carpenter.

Ld C. arrived

Callender commenced opening
tomb

Went up with Ld C to Valley

Lady arrived E. arrived.

and brought bird.

Arrived at entrance doorway

Engelbach came with some friends

Brunton, daughter of Lady A.'s sister,
Mr Brunton & ?someone else.

Slept night at tomb.

Took photos. & notes.

Opened first door.

Opened tomb Open second doorway

about 2 4 5 pm.

Advised Engelbach.

Inspected tomb with electric light.

Ibrahim Effendi came

(?) Engelbach came.

(?) Official opening

Paid Salaries up to date

Excepting Abd el Aal.

(?) Lacau & Tottenham came.

Ld. C. left for Cairo.

Paid up men for the week.

Made drawing for steel gate
for inner doorway of tomb.

To Cook 4 LE. on a/c.

Left for Cairo.

Arrived Cairo

Ordered from Rostaing steel gate for
inner doorway of tomb.

Purchased wadding & calico.

for transport and packing of antiquities,

Ordered nests of cardboard boxes.,

Stationery etc. and bandages.

Prepare ordered steel gate
of Rostaing

Saw Lucas in regard of chemical
preparations for preserving objects,
and textiles.

Ld. C. left for England
& Lady E.

Left for Luxor

Steel gate sent to Luxor.

Returned Gurna.

Transport of door & materials.

Opened tomb

Write Tile re tomb.

Fixed gate.

Breasted came 3 pm.

Breasted. Came this morning
examined seal impressions on first
and second doorway as well as started
upon doorway of the entrance to sepulchral
chamber.

Lucas arrived.

Inform Luxor notables of Friday.

Tile to lunch.

Lucas started upon chemical tests
for preserving textiles etc.

Write Maudsley

Lucas made careful inspection
of tomb from a criminological
point of view.

Tomb open to European and Egyptian press
at 4 pm also for notables.

Lucas made

Write Maudsley

Write Allenby

Fuel must be obtained

Mace arrived

Mace inspected interior of
tomb.

Fuel.

Started removing objects.
from Ante-chamber -
commencing with box No. 21.

Ahmed Ali Sofragi came.

Notes to Mace to this date May 17 1923

Contesa/See Bradstreet Merton re
photos & offers./Copies of photos

Write Gardiner.

Photos of self.

White & Fitzgerald to lunch.

…

House

Paid salaries Dec. up to date

to Cook 10LE on a/c

(Note see 3LE before)

Gardiner arrived

Go Luxor. Contesa, barber, lunch
Merton, see Mamour morning,
Bank,

Gardiner commenced upon the
inscriptions upon objects.

Motor & Chauffeur arriving 10 am.

Gardiner left.

Lunch Contesa

Lunch Contesa send car 12 noon

Merton 4pm house.

Blumenthal

Left for Cairo to meet Ld. C.

Received request from Lacau, Ross
Taylor, and Ld Allenby to allow
Egyptian press to visit tomb Monday.

Arrived Cairo.

Went to Ministry with Ld C & K.B.
where we met the P.M.
Nessim Pasha, the Min. of P.W.D.,
Sirry Pasha, Abd El Hamid Suleman
Pasha & Lacau
where arranged about local Press
to visit one day every week.
Local Press visited tomb.

Advise Breasted.

Returned with Ld. C. to Luxor

Returned with Ld. C.

Arrived Luxor. Ld. C. put up at Winter
Palace.

To be invited.
Lacau, Breasted, Arch. Com., Ministere -
Sarwat, Ismail Sedky, Simaila, Izzeb Pachas.
Museum employees.
Countess & Sucrerie. (Note Queen Spain)
Landauer, Dr. Howell.

S.E. Mohamed Bey Moussa to see tomb per author. Per Lacau.

Paid Salaries to date

Abd El Aal 3

Taha 2

Hussein 2

Rehaan 2.10

9.10

To Cook LE6

to Cook 3

" " 10

" " 6

19

Lunch Mr Merton.

Ld. C. went Cairo -
re Engelbach and Tewfik Boulos

Examined seals with Breasted

Preparations for opening
sealed doorway.

Examined seals with Breasted

Opened sealed doorway

before officials Etc. before

1 Abd El Hamid Pasha Suleman, 2 Lacau,
3 Lythgoe, 4 Winlock, 5 Sir W. Garstin,
6 Breasted, 7 Gardiner, 8 Engelbach, 9 Tewfik Boulos,
10 Ibrahim Effendi, 11 Mace, 12 Callender, 13 Lucas,
14 Burton, 15 Ld. C, 16 Lady E.

Preparations for visitors tomb
Tutankhamen

Breasted examined seals.

Queen of Belgians visited tomb

Official visits to opening tomb
Tutankhamen

Press to tomb of Tutankhamen

Visitors to tomb of Tutankhamen.

Visitors to tomb Tutankhamen

Visitors to tomb of Tutankhamen

Visitors to tomb of Tutankhamen

Visitors to tomb Tutankhamen

Visitors to tomb

Closed tomb of Tut.ankh.amen

Completed covering up tomb Tutankhamen

Ld. C. went Aswan.

Mace left for Aswan.

Paid Salaries

Abd El Aal. 3 10.000

Taha 2 9.100

Hussein 2 - 900

Rehaan 2.10

9.10

Cook. - Dec. 6 = 4LE, Jan. 1 = 10LE, Feb. 5 = 6LE = 20LE:

??? Sofragi.

Dec. 6. Jan. 1. Feb 5. Total to date

to Cook. 4LE X 10LE X 6LE: X today 5LE = 25 LE.

To Sofragi. LE: 5 on a/c Total to date

5 LE:

Callender went to Erement

Went Luxor. Lunched Mr. George Blumenthal

(15 Bd. Montmorency - Auteuil 38.16)

Luxor

Went Erement - Returned Gurna

Bethells & Martineaus

Lucas returns 11.am

Callender 6pm

Lucas returns 11.am

Callender " 6pm

Ld C. return Luxor

Restarted work at No. 15

3pm Q of Belgians

Lady Evelyn left for Cairo.

Dine Maxwells

Lunch Martineau

Arranged with Ld. C. for completion
of the season's work.

Ld C. left for Cairo

Habub Basla came.

Left Gurna for Luxor - Cairo
on account of Lord C's illness.

Arrived Cairo.

Received a.m. Lythgoe for
E.S. Harkness N.Y.
the sum of LE 973.750
for two Paps. purchased of Nahman

Paid to Nahman L 773.750

" " self 200.000

973 750

Lord C. died 2 a.m.

Lady E. left with Porchester
per P. & O. for Marseilles

Lady. C. left Cairo 11 pm.

With Ld C's remains & Johnnie

to Blumenthal.

Scarab 103 L cost 85
(lion hunt)

Dad (faience) 20 " 15

123 100

Turkoman 15 cent.

Specimen compound bow of
horn, wood & ligament.

Left Cairo for Luxor - 8 pm.

Returned Luxor - Gurna.

To Callender 50.760 exs to date -

" " 4.000 salary servants March advanced

54.760

Note

Charged LE 15 for Rail. Exs. March 20 -
April 16th -

Lady C. left per P. & O. "Malova"
with Ld. C.'s remains & doctor Johnnie

26 photos to Hall. Mena house.

2 " " " "

3 Notes " " " 20th

Lythgoe leaves Alex per Sphinx

Blumenthal " Alex " "

Lacau called

- send Lacau demands for time

Crown Princess Menem of Abyssinia

Gardiner leaves for Syria

Paid Salaries of Abd El Aal up to March 31st.

Rehaan

Taha

Hussein

Sent 30 photos objects from
Ante-chamber. To Robinson
Metro. Mus. Art. N.Y.

Photos Blumenthal

Description of antiques

Bury Ld C. 11am Beacon Hill

Send Lacau advice regarding transport of material Tutankhamen

Gardiner returns Cairo

Paid Salaries April to date:

Abd el Aal 3.000

Taha 2.000

Hussein 2.000

Rehaan 2.100

9.100

see March 3

Total

to Cook. on a/c 25 LE. + today nil = 25

" Sofragi " " 5 " + today. LE: 10 = 15

Lucas left.

Gardiner leaves Alex for England.

Burton finished.

Burton left for Cairo.

Packed cases

Packed cases

Packed cases

Packed cases

Packed cases

Packed cases

Inspected barge for transporting
cases to Cairo -
(Sucrerie barge & tug Luxor).

Made inventory of cases.

Sorted negatives.

Merton comes to tea.

Preparation for transport.

- i.e. stacked case on cars
for early morning start

Merton came

Cars with 34 cases containing 89 boxes
started at sun-rise this morning.
Arrived midway of canal bank
6pm.

Restarted transport 9 cases sun-rise
this morning. & placed on tow boat
10am in presence of Maamur.
Engelbach & others ready for down
river trip to Cairo - to start the
following morning

See chauffeur

Engelbach & Inspector to B. el. M 5pm.

(?) left for Cairo.

Omar Mataui

Address Frank Wade

`Sphinx Office'

P.O. Box. 990. Cairo.

P.d. Balance of Salaries to May 31st
Abd el Aal Ahmed 3.000

Taha Ahmed 1st boy 2.000

Hussein Ibrahim 2nd boy 2.000

Ahmed Ali Sofragi (27 Dec. 1922) 22.500

Ali Abou Zeid. Cook (21 Nov. 1922). 53.000

Rehaan 2.100

84.600

Nov 21. 1922, to May 21, 1923 = 6 months @ 13 LE = 78.000

less monies paid 25

Ali Abou Zeid P.58 53.000

27 Dec 1922 to 27th May 1923 = 5 months @ 7.500 LE: =

37.500

less monies paid 15.000.

Ahmed Ali. Paid 26 22.500

Left for Cairo

Arrived Cairo

Exs. Transport car and chauffeur

Saw Lacau arranged opening principal
objects for Exhibition Museum

Objects to be listed in special book.

35pt. Taxi.

1. Garaging car. E.A.S.T. Co. or Ford Car Co.

2. Papyri New York. To England for mounting.

3. Concession in safe at bank.

4. Money.

Cases arrived 5pm at Cooks Wharf
Ghezira

Cabled Mary, Maxwell, Lady C.

Damascus inlaid box.

Cases arrived and placed in the
Cairo Museum - arranged for these
to be opened (& exposed on view in Mus.)
for the morrow Tuesday 8.pm.

Unpacked certain number of objects for C.M.

Arranged objects in cases Cairo Museum.

Exs. Abd el Aal.

Fare 206 300 cash

transport 5 222

11

-78

222

Exs. Transport Ford Car - Luxor - Cairo.

Freight. 763.5 12.000 Cash

Octroi 38.5 11.110

Fares. 206.

Ibraheem 103 .890

1111.0

leave via Alex per Vienna

Left Cairo 8.15am for Alex.

Went on board SS. Vienna. Left 1pm

June 3 + 4 = 7

July 3 . 35 4 7

August 3 . 4 7

Sept. 3 . 4 7

Oct. 3 . 11 4 7

35

Arrived Venice 2.30pm

Left for London 7pm per Simplon
Express

Arrived London via Boulogne & Folkestone.

Arrived London (Victoria) 4.15pm

Saw Lady E.

Saw Lady C. Opened letter at B. England

Note
Positives of cinema films to come from
N.Y. to London about June 1st.

Others to be printed in London

Note
Alabaster vases of Merenptah for
Metro. Mus. Of Art N.Y.

Chauffeur.
Saleh Ed Din. Goes on 1/2 pay = £E:451/2. per mens.
until Sept. 15th 1923.

Saw Mawell 11 am.

Mrs. A.R. Callender, 7. Fielding Rd.
Bedford Park W.4.

Ripon

1 Plates developed
2 Lantern slides
3 Prints
4. Antiquas N.Y.
" Acwork
6. Papyri N.Y
" Self.