Identity area
Reference code
Nadpis
Date(s)
- 1901 - 1924 (Creation)
Level of description
Extent and medium
0.5 cm, 14 letters
Context area
Name of creator
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Correspondence from Arthur Cruttenden Mace (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York) including relating to: excavation work in egypt, 1901; decorated predynastic pottery at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York including sketches of boats with ensigns on mast heads, 1909; research by Newberry on boats and the pomegranate branch, 1910; his posting to the Supply Reserve Depot in Deptford, S.E., 1917; accession of the Munich collection; apology relating to concession for the Palace of Amenhotep III; purchase of the Macgregor and Hood collections; Carter and Breasted's negotiations with the Egyptian government, 1924.
Also includes a cablegram from Lythgoe cancelling option on the MacGregor collection, 1921.
MSS 30/6 includes a few words on the back relating to boats, 1921.
Note:
MSS 30/1 is also numbered 34
MSS 30/12 is also numbered 293