Correspondence·PU-Mu 1050, Box 2, folder 10·May–December 1954

May–December 1954

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

Scan 72 of correspondence PU-Mu 1050, Box 2, folder 10 (May–December 1954), typed and handwritten in English. The transcription follows.

Scan: Penn Museum Archives, Philadelphia, PU-Mu 1050, Box 2, folder 10, Courtesy of the Penn Museum.

Unnumbered pageScan 72 of 165

Printed: THE UNIVERSITY MUSEUM / 33RD AND SPRUCE STREETS / PHILADELPHIA 4, PA., U.S.A.

Printed: AIR LETTER / VIA AIR MAIL / PAR AVION

Stamp: AIR MAIL 10¢ U.S. POSTAGE

Stamp: PHILADELPHIA PA AUG 25 1954

Handwritten: Rent

Handwritten: Mr. G.R. Edwards, Kourion Excavations, Episkopi, Limassol, CYPRUS

Stamp: LIMASSOL 4.30PM 30 AU 54

Stamp: CYPRUS 2.30PM 30 AUG 54

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: SECOND FOLD

Printed: FIRST FOLD

Typed letter text, sideways, partly illegible in scan: "…On my return I find your two letters, June, and two films from Boston… the other is an outdoor film with mosaics and statues… Dear Mr. Edwards…"

Typed letter text continues: "…in the matter of Gjirkoffa, I think it a very good solution… Please thank Dick for his letter… I do not write him because I am… stay in Cyprus… Dr. Dow… Sheffield… I think we should pay the…"

Typed letter text continues to the foot of the sheet, lines not fully legible at this resolution

65 figures hard to readstruck struck outadded written in above” jug ditto, and what it repeatsword reading not certain

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