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Howard Carter Collection File
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Saqqara affair: documentation

Howard Carter's documentation relates to the so-called "Saqqara affair" (Saqqara incident; Sakkarah incident; Sakkara) which led to Carter's resignation from the Egyptian Antiquities Service in 1905.
Including:

  • 44 letters, most addressed to Carter as well as copies of Carter's replies.
  • Copy of Carter's resignation letter.
  • Carter's manuscript report, 41 pages, contains his account of the event, extracts from the letters, and French newspaper reports on the incident.
  • The documentation includes letters from:
    • A. Jouraud, on behalf of the French party
    • Emile Brugsch
    • Gaston Maspero
    • James E. Quibell
    • Theodore Davis
    • William E. Garstin
    • Édouard Naville

Notes on hieroglyphic texts: copied from publications

Howard Carter's notebook, containing 118 pages, manuscript notes on hieroglyphic inscriptions, some accompanied by drawings, copied primarily from Lacau, Pierre 1904-1906: Sarcophages antérieurs au Nouvel Empire (OEB 142822), as well as other publications.

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