Letter·34 CDF art. 168-3·22 March 1949

Letter from Schaeffer to Dikaios about his communication on the god statuetteClaude Frédéric-Armand Schaeffer

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

Scan 3 of letter 34 CDF art. 168-3 (Letter from Schaeffer to Dikaios about his communication on the god statuette), handwritten in French. The transcription and translation follow.

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

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On the other hand, according to photo 9, it seems that it is the point that touches (?) the god's hand, not the handle On the other hand, the attitude of the right hand does not indicate that the god held the harpe-faucille (I see what you say Do you wish to maintain the harpe proposal or should I introduce the sickle idea?

3. You do not clearly state the date (even provisional) of the statue, and you do not say either that you are drawing back from the present moment before even an approximate dating I therefore advise you to be clearer here, otherwise you will be accused of evading the difficulty. Make a proposal or say: I give up for the moment on dating. This will allow the members present to make their proposals if they are capable of doing so. – Regards, Cordially to you

C. Schaeffer

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

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