Bestanddeel Carter MSS v.107-148 - Saqqara affair: documentation

1 Western Manuscript folder and 1 enclosure

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

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

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