ALS signed “Howard E. Carter,” one page, 7 x 9, Direction Generale du Service des Antiquites letterhead, December 6, 1901. In part: "At Kom-Ombo on the mound above the Temple, there is a fort. The property of the War Department; this I hear is to be sold. On the 25th Nov. I inspected it & should value it at £10,000 & as it would be useful to the Service as an inspection house or otherwise, I advise, that if it can be obtained, for or somewhere about that sum, that the service should purchase it." In fine condition, with four punch holes to the left side, and a short tear to the right edge. A fascinating letter as Carter references the famous Temple of Kom Ombo, an unusual double-temple of the Ptolemaic dynasty which was dedicated to both the crocodile god Sobek and the falcon god Horus. This is also a scarce format as one of only a few autograph letters by Carter that we have encountered.
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