Letter·34 CDF art. 168-1·1951

Correspondence between Megaw and Schaeffer on the display of a silver bowl at the British Museum and the end of their collaboration, with a copy of a letter from Megaw to HaynesClaude Frédéric-Armand Schaeffer and Arthur Hubert Stanley Megaw

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

Scan 4 of letter 34 CDF art. 168-1 (Correspondence between Megaw and Schaeffer on the display of a silver bowl at the British Museum and the end of their collaboration, with a copy of a letter from Megaw to Haynes), typed in English and French. The transcription and translation follow.

Scan: Collège de France, Paris, 34 CDF art. 168-1, CC BY-NC-ND 4.0.

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Nicosia, 15 Jan. 51

Dear Megaw,

Thank you for your letter of Jan 8. I shall be glad to see the [illegible] of a [illegible] bowl at the British Museum, [illegible] R.S. [illegible] as you suggest. The photographs enclosed [illegible] and the measurements [illegible].

You tell me you are off to Syria and I have sent a [illegible] copy of the [illegible] on the [illegible] measurement [illegible].

I hope [illegible] is you have [illegible] ... and continue to [illegible] well.

My best regards to Mrs Megaw.

Yours sincerely,

C.F.A. Schaeffer

Handwritten: Schaeffer

Handwritten: signature

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

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