Letter·34 CDF art. 168-3·16 March 1949

Communication to the Académie on the 1948 Enkomi excavation season, with Dikaios's covering letter to SchaefferPorphyrios Dikaios

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

Scan 2 of letter 34 CDF art. 168-3 (Communication to the Académie on the 1948 Enkomi excavation season, with Dikaios's covering letter to Schaeffer), typed in French. The transcription and translation follow.

Scan: Collège de France, Paris, 34 CDF art. 168-3, CC BY-NC-ND 4.0.

Unnumbered pageScan 2 of 26

[handwritten: Lefkosia [illegible]]

Handwritten: 16.3.1949

Handwritten: Dear Claude,

[handwritten: Your letter gave me [illegible] to receive your news. I hope it had a good journey. You are [illegible] of Lefkosia [illegible] of [illegible] to Paris [illegible] well [illegible] ...]

[handwritten: I am sending you back herewith the [illegible] of your [illegible] ...]

[handwritten: Unfortunately I cannot [illegible] in Paris ...]

[handwritten: [illegible] ... I ask you to [illegible] my [illegible] ...]

[handwritten: [illegible] ... Porphyrios Dikaios ...]

Handwritten: Very cordially yours,

Handwritten: signature

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

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