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Title: By Nile and Tigris : a narrative of Journeys in Egypt and Mesopotamia on behalf of the British Museum between the years 1886 and 1913
Year: 1920 (1920s)
Authors: Budge, E. A. Wallis (Ernest Alfred Wallis), Sir, 1857-1934
Subjects: Egypt -- Antiquities Egypt -- Description and travel Iraq -- Description and travel Iraq -- Antiquities
Publisher: London : Murray
Contributing Library: Robarts - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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empty-handed Ihad, according to general instructions received, taken theopportunity of purchasing a number of objects which weneeded in London to fill up gaps in the National Collec-tion ;^ that I had also, with the consent of the Trustees,purchased a small collection of Egyptian antiquities forCambridge University ; and that all these, together withthe antiquities which had been handed over to me bythe British military authorities up the river, had alreadybeen despatched. Without heeding these remarks, Sir E.Baring then went on to say that he had heard only theday before that I had taken from a dealer a most valuableobject. According to what his informant told him thisobject was a most precious thing, nothing less than abook formed of waxed wooden tablets, inscribed in Greekshorthand. He warmly protested against Egypt being stripped of such a valuable object, and ordered me ^ The collection that I acquired for the British Museum in 1886-87contained 1,482 objects. To face p. 117, vol.
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Antiquity Dealers in Cairo. 117 to abandon the tablets, and to send them back to theman from whom I bought them. In reply I pointedout to him that every Great Power (and many LittlePowers) in Europe already had an agent in thecountry buying for its Central Museum, and thatGreat Britain liad at least an equal right to have anagent collecting antiquities for it. Sir E. Baringsanswer took the form of a peremptory order to me toreturn the waxed tablets to the dealer, and I feltobliged to remind him that I was not a member ofhis staff, and that I intended to carry out the in-structions of the Trustees, and to do my utmost toincrease the collections in the British Museum. Herethe interview ended abruptly.^ The remainder of my time in Cairo I spent in theBulak Museum, and made myself acquainted with thevery fine collections of monuments of the Ancient Empireexhibited there. When once I knew the positions ofthe exhibits I found Masperos Guide an excellentand instructive work. I made in the Mu

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