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ENKOMI
P.S. I reopen my letter on receipt of yours of yesterday 7 inst. This large statuette is surprising and, as you say, if an antiquary had brought me this piece at the Louvre, I would have put it through the sieve of criticism. In particular, the state of preservation is unexpected, these enormous horns left intact and in place, this nose and these ears opened with pliers, without any damage, this headdress without precedent. I do not understand the gesture of the right hand: if it held the harpe (the form of this latter would be interesting to know), it must have held it vertically. However, many details are good. As far as one can judge with a magnifying glass, the state of oxidation inspires confidence, also the tenons cast with the under the heels. Moreover, the conditions of the find leave no room for doubt. Moreover there is not in Cyprus, nor in Syria, a bronze-workshop capable of producing a piece so important. The identification of the figure calls for reflection. Evidently, it is a god; but which? It is not impossible that it is Ba'al. And yet, I doubt it. Ba'al has an aggressive attitude which is completely lacking in this god. At first sight, the most comparable bronze is the Ba'al of Ras Shamra (Syria, 1936, p. 145-146, fig. 25 and pl. XXI) ; … continues
65 figures hard to readstruck struck outadded written in above” jug ditto, and what it repeatsword reading not certain