Correspondence·PU-Mu 1050, Box 2, folder 9·January–April 1954

January–April 1954

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Typed and handwritten in English. Every line is transcribed, and the text sits beside the scan.

Scan 88 of correspondence PU-Mu 1050, Box 2, folder 9 (January–April 1954), typed and handwritten in English. The transcription follows.

Scan: Penn Museum Archives, Philadelphia, PU-Mu 1050, Box 2, folder 9, Courtesy of the Penn Museum.

Unnumbered pageScan 88 of 143

211 Jesse Hall, Columbia, Mo.

Feb. 26, 1954Dear Roger:

I think I'm about ready to give a considered answer to the several points brought up in your letter, which I've been working over this week-end. First in that I have no drawings of tombs. I very carefully left behind everything to do with the tombs. In fact I have no drawings other than those which Christoforis made especially for me and of those a set of sun prints has been left behind, both the originals and sun prints of these, but nothing else. By general plan I imagine you refer to the one I had made that includes Kourion-Episkopie and of which I put the most important tombs. I did not put on this map the details of Tombs 17, 18, 17 and 18, but these are found in so far as I was able to reconstruct them from little sketches on the map of Area F. If you feel they ought to go on the general map as well, that can be done. I felt it was enough to have them on the larger area map.

For areas to be protected, I should like the areas around Tomb 16, ...

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The matter of the Greek in the tomb got into some other state. I thought it had been checked by Mr. Vennar ... [illegible]

Printed: AIR LETTER

Printed: VIA AIR MAIL PAR AVION

Stamp: COLUMBIA MO FEB 26 1954 6:30PM

Printed: MESSAGE MUST APPEAR ON INNER SIDE ONLY NO TAPE OR STICKER MAY BE ATTACHED IF ANYTHING IS ENCLOSED, THIS LETTER WILL BE SENT BY ORDINARY MAIL

[printed: FIRST FOLD] [printed: SECOND FOLD]

Saul S. Weinberg 211 Jesse Hall Columbia, Mo., USA

Prof. G. Roger Edwards Curium Excavations Episkopi, Limassol CYPRUS

Handwritten: signature

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