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 25 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.

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Unnumbered pageScan 25 of 26

Handwritten: 12.

and retains at the upper part a gold sheet which probably covered the body. It is analogous to that found by Mr. Schaeffer at Minetel-Beida et datée du XV et XIV siecles (Voyez Ugaritica pl. XXV ). The second statuette represents a deity seated and recalls in its style the statuette in copper of a deity found at Ras Shamra by Mr. Schaeffer (Ugaritica I plXXVIII ). The latter is attributed by the distinguished archaeologist to Hurrian art and is datée par lui du XIX- XVII siecle.La découverte de these statuettes at the site of Enkomi is of particular importance; it confirms the existence of close relations of this town with the Syrian coast and above all with the famous port of Minet-el-Beida and with Ugarit, relations which Mr. Schaeffer has already brought into relief.

Handwritten: Fig 17 and 18

Handwritten: P. DIKAIOS

Handwritten: 12

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

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