Gardiner MSS 47.08.09

From
Sir Alan H. Gardiner
Date
Place
Gurna
Caption

Letter from Sir Alan H. Gardiner to his wife including his account of the opening of the burial chamber of Tutankhamun on February 16, 1923, page 9. Also includes part of another entry dated 23 February 1923.

Material
Paper
Pencil
Measurements
25.3 x 19.7 cm (h x w)
Notes

Pages 3 and 5 are photocopies, and there is no page 4 or 8. 

Handwritten letter
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© Griffith Institute,

University of Oxford

Transcription

[in] Cairo and to regular work. The Davies have been 

kindness itself to me.

          Breakfast here is at 7.30, and now it is 10.15.

I am dead tired from a long day, only felt I

must talk to my darling. Goodnight, Sweetheart

 

                                         Alan