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Sunday, November 17, 1918
On this date the small statuette of Mesty was delivered to our agents, Messer. Congdon & Co., by M. Tano, a Greek antiquity dealer of Cairo. Some time ago through information given me by Mr. Howard Carter I had discovered that our statue, as well as the stele stolen from Dr. Reisner, was in the hands of the dealer. Through Mr. Carter, who had known the dealer for many years, it was arranged that the two pieces be handed over to us on payment of £.E. 120, the amount which the dealer claimed has been given by him to the men who had stolen them. I had previously arranged with Dr. Reisner about the purchase; he agreeing to pay any sum up to £.E. 120 for their recovery. The stele was delivered to Dr. Reisner at the end of October. I received Dr. Reisner’s check for £.E. 120 and sent the dealer £.E. 125 as Mr. Carter wrote to me that he had agreed with the dealer on £.E. 125 not £.E. 120 as originally stated.
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- Department
- University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology & Anthropology
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- Credit Line
- University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology & Anthropology
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- Display Page Dates
- Modern
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- Display Page Dates
- 11/17/1918
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- Mentioned on page
- George Andrew Reisner, American, 1867–1942
- Howard Carter, British, 1874–1939
- M. Tano
- Mr. Congdon
- Mesty (in G 3093)
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- Author
- Clarence Stanley Fisher, American, 1876–1941
Ancient People
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- Type Mentioned on page
- Remarks Statuette (UPM_E13514) inscribed for Mesty, identified as [jmj-r jH] overseer of boat-nets(?); found in small added room east of G 3093 offering room.
Modern People
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- Type Author
- Nationality & Dates American, 1876–1941
- Remarks Archaeologist and architect. Nationality and life dates from Who was Who in Egyptology.
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- Type Mentioned on page
- Nationality & Dates American, 1867–1942
- Remarks Egyptologist, archaeologist; Referred to as "the doctor" and "mudir" (Arabic for "director") in the excavation records. Nationality and life dates from Who was Who in Egyptology.
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- Type Mentioned on page
- Nationality & Dates British, 1874–1939
- Remarks Egyptologist, artist and archaeologist. Nationality and life dates from Who was Who in Egyptology.
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- Type Mentioned on page
- Nationality & Dates
- Remarks Antiquities dealer
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- Type Mentioned on page
- Nationality & Dates