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| J.P. NICOLARDOT | Enkomi, 18 October 1966 |
| POB 8 FAMAGUSTA | |
| CYPRUS- |
Monsieur le Professeur Claude SCHAEFFER Membre de l'Institut Institut Français d'Archéologie BP 1424 BEIRUT (Lebanon)
Dear Master and dear Sir,
I acknowledge receipt of your letters of 5 and 12 October. It was with pleasure that I made the acquaintance of Mr and Mrs Forrer, with whom I had not yet had the opportunity to work. As you will see from the enclosed notes, the excavation of the rampart has only effectively begun, because of the thick layer of alluvium which covers the archaeological zones in this region. The beginning of the removal of the "Konnos" having been delayed according to the arrival of Mr Courtois. You will also find 2 sketches, one of the sherd painted with 2 figures, the other of the calathos, pottery coming from the pits studied by Mr Lagarce.
seewith MrNicolardotRegarding the excavation of the rampart, I would like to be able to show you on the ground a place (to the North) situated between a sounding now partly filled in and the excavation made by the Cypriots - I think it would be
Margin bottom: = (chant. Serv. Ant. Enceinte Nord; attendre).
65 figures hard to readstruck struck outadded written in above” jug ditto, and what it repeatsword reading not certain