Letter to “Daddy” [Herbert Pendlebury] from John [Pendlebury]

Department Archive
Collection John Pendlebury Family Papers
Reference No. PEN 1/3/1/8/3
Level Item
Dates [Nov-Dec 1928]
Donor/Creator Pendlebury, Dr John Devitt Stringfellow
Scope and Content [Sent from Armant excavation, Egypt]. Telling Herbert he had arrived at [Armant] and about the excavation, including that they had made good discoveries (and disproved Howard Carter’s cynicism) and John had found a completely new use of a hieroglyph. Also mentioning that [Hans] Frankfort was to look at John’s [‘Aegyptiaca’] catalogue, Hilda [Pendlebury] was in Cairo and about her research, and John still missed Greece. Additionally reminding Herbert to tell him the results of Varsity and College contests [athletics]. Undated, annotated in a later hand as “1928”.