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Kourion Excavations, Episkopi, Limassol D.
7 July, 1941Director of Antiquities, Department of Antiquities, Nicosia.
Dear Peter,
Many thanks for your letter of July 3rd. I hope you'll excuse the slight delay in answering it. I have just received a reply to my letter from the University Museum regarding the neolithic site, and their answer, I fear, is not over encouraging. They write that in view of the possibility of another dig in the classical field elsewhere, that they would rather let the thing slide for the present. So far they have not been able to arrange this other dig, and they were unaware of your generous offer to lend us Mr. Dikaios to direct the excavations. However, I am writing them again, and when I return home toward the end of the Summer, I'll bring up the matter again. I think they would feel that in order to justify a single season's dig there should be a good chance of results making a substantial contribution to Cypriot Archeology. Your trial dig might well give the indication they require, but I think we'll have to have their intention made clear that if results prove encouraging they'll be prepared to undertake a proper dig. Could you give me a rough idea of what a three months campaign would cost at the present time on the scale envisaged by Mr. Dikaios. Much might depend
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