Manuscript and typescript copies of the distribution list of papyri of the 1928 purchase. Distributed between Michigan, Columbia, Princeton, Oslo, and the British Museum.
Correspondence and reports regarding the acquisition of papyri
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Principally letters received by Bell from members of the Papyrus Purchasing Syndicate, British Museum colleagues and antiquities dealers, with occasional copies of outgoing letters by Bell. Predominantly 1920-1934. An index to the letters can be found at Add MS 89298/1/2.
Report on Mission to Egypt, November to December 1926. Report on papyri purchased from Dr Kondilios, December 1926. Report on the papyri purchased in the season 1926-1927. Distribution [list] of papyri purchased in the season 1926-1927. Rough purchase and distribution list.
Report on the papyri purchased in 1927-1928. Lot I purchased by Peterson and Amundsen from Behneseh, Lot II purchased from Muhammad Abdullah by Bonner, Peterson and Amundsen, and Lot III purchased by David Askren from Behneseh and the Fayoum.
Contains: Cover letter from C P Cook to Bell, 18 Oct 1927, asking him to sign off on accounts. Seven slips of paper summarising the Cost of Papyri purchased on account for the Trustees of the British Museum, Columbia University, Princeton University, Yale University, W Merton Esqre. Balance sheet (2...
Index in two parts. The first part is titled 'Letters not in order', and provides details of the correspondents found in the collection, the dates of correspondence, and the original letter groupings. The second part is a list of letters in date order from 1920-1931, providing details for date, name...
Draft text of the specimen tariff of papyrus prices, plus accompanying letter
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Draft letter to members of the papyrus syndicate regarding the market for papyrus and the proposed tariff. Suggested specimen tariff of papyrus prices Draft letter by Bell (dated 16 May 1930) advising that going forward, the tariff is merely to be taken as a guide to prices. With attached circulatio...