TAA i.3.14.24.recto

May 15^th, 1933                                                                        Draft

                             2, PRINCE’S GATE COURT, S.W.7. 

                                            KENSINGTON 6077.

Dear Hume,

With renewed thanks for your

kindness in sending to me your note upon

Ancient Egyptian Gold – Dec. 1930. It has

just struck me that you might be able

to help us on the following point.

            Kind chemists and metallurgists are

working upon the problem – the rose coloured

gold characteristic in the <Egyptian> New Empire Jewellery,

particularly those found in the tomb of Tut.AnkhAmen.

            Special essays prove causative due to the 

presence of iron in the gold – Do you per chance

yo know of any natural Egyptian gold – i.e. 

product from the mines in the Eastern desert <or elsewhere>, containing

both silver and iron? – Say for instance, 2.60

silver, iron 0.81 to 1.55, or any other proportions.