Manuscript·34 CDF art. 144·1950

Inventory of Tomb 5Claude 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. 144 (Inventory of Tomb 5), handwritten in French. The transcription and translation follow.

Scan: Collège de France, Paris, 34 CDF art. 144, CC BY-NC-ND 4.0.

Unnumbered pageScan 20 of 32

On the large sheets of tracing paper:

22. Inv. no. 4239 well SW. Spindle bottle, red lustrous ware 23. " 4250 Well SW no. 7 Vessel in the form of a hand, red lustrous-ware 24. " 4251 Well SW. 4th layer no. 6. Red lustrous-ware, stroke polished. 25. " 4254 Red lustrous ware 26. " 4265 T. no. 52 Red earth, surf. mat (rather coarse) -------------------------------------------------- The two hydriae no. 4229 (34) and no. 4230 (36) and the drawings' developments.

I still count 10 days to finish Tomb 5 (there are still about sixty vessels, including the vessels in glass paste and the ivory objects which are in the museum.) and about a week for the vessels of tomb 11 not drawn by Mr Drouin.

I will then remain in Nicosia until 15 March if it is possible from the credit point of view and if you agree. I have received £ 30 from Mr Megaw to pay my bill at the boarding house (£ 20/10/- for 4 weeks). Petrakides too is paid now.

A week ago I went to Larnaca to fetch the collection of bronzes, given by Mr Stilianou. As it weighs about 35 kilos I ask you for permission de to send it to Beirut through Messrs. Hull & Blyth. I had taken a return ticket to Beirut for the plane and the collection would be too heavy for the plane (perhaps not too heavy but the transport would cost too much).

Giorgios and Michael were able to restore many more vessels from sherds collected in the tombs. In washing the vessels of the tomb 5 Michael unfortunately mixed up many labels, and rectifying these errors cost us quite travailles additional work. Best regards, also to Madame Schaeffer. Your very devoted Wolfgang Farsch

P. S. I hope the drawings will still arrive in time for 10 March.

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

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