TAA i.3.10.1

Page number
1
Caption
Third (innermost) coffin
Creator
Date of creation
20 July 1932
Material
Ink
Paper
Measurements
25.5 x 20.6 cm (h x w)
Notes

Typescript letter (with enclosed note TAA i.3.10.2) from James R. Ogden to Howard Carter on the third (innermost) coffin of gold.

writing on paper
Transcription

JAMES R. OGDEN & SONS LTD

UNDER ROYAL PATRONAGE

 

PEARL & DIAMOND MERCHANTS

38 & 40 JAMES STREET

HARROGATE

YORKS

 

20th July 1932.

 

Dr. Howard Carter,

2, Princes Gate Court,

LONDON, S.W. 7.

 

Dear Dr. Carter,

 

          I have just received the catalogue of the Cairo

Museum, 1932 – and in it itsic gives the weight of the Coffin

of Tutankhamen, as per the enclosed slip.

          I thought you would like to have this information.

 

 

                                                  Yours very truly,

                                                      James R Ogden

 

JRO/SER.