File Carter MSS v.105 - Luxor. Temple - Festival of Opet procession: draft correspondence, Howard Carter to Alan H. Gardiner

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Carter MSS v.105

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Luxor. Temple - Festival of Opet procession: draft correspondence, Howard Carter to Alan H. Gardiner

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  • 1917 (Creation)

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11 pages

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(1874-1939)

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This material was sent to the Griffith Institute by Mr Walter Hauser from the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, in 1955.

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Two draft letters from Howard Carter to Alan Gardiner regarding Carter's copying of the Opet Festival scenes in the Processional Colonnade of the Luxor Temple, including a proposed schedule and Carter's description of the wall scenes.
The earlier draft letter is not dated, the second draft letter is dated 1 May 1917.

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Property of the Griffith Institute. No restrictions.

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Copyright Griffith Institute, University of Oxford.

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Archived scans in Griffith Institute.

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  • Gardiner's letters to Carter, see Carter MSS v.104.
  • Carter's draft sketches of details, see Carter MSS v.106.
  • Carter's finished drawings of the Festival of Opet scenes, see Gardiner MSS 11.

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