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Manuscript·34 CDF art. 142-2·1953

Enkomi-Alasia, 7th season of excavations, 1953Claude Frédéric-Armand Schaeffer

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Handwritten in French. Every line is transcribed and translated, and the English sits beside the scan.

Scan 20 of manuscript 34 CDF art. 142-2 (Enkomi-Alasia, 7th season of excavations, 1953), handwritten in French. The transcription and translation follow.

Scan: Collège de France, Paris, 34 CDF art. 142-2, CC BY-NC-ND 4.0.

Unnumbered pageScan 20 of 71

Pasted-in item: typewritten sheet

ENKOMI EXCAVATIONS (FAMAGUSTA) -------------

UNDERTAKING

I hereby undertake to make adequate provision for the preservation and return to Cyprus within 1 year from to-day of a selection of finds from the 1953 Enkomi excavations which I have been authorised to take with me for study etc. at the Louvre, Paris, under export licence No.2683 dated 12th December, 1953. Particulars of the finds in question are given in the enclosed Inventory.

sign. Sch.

Nicosia, 12th December, 1953.

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

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