Document·34 CDF art. 168-3·14 May 1946

Budget 1947 Mission de ChypreClaude Frédéric-Armand Schaeffer

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Scan 1 of document 34 CDF art. 168-3 (Budget 1947 Mission de Chypre), typed in French. The transcription and translation follow.

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Printed: LIBERTÉ · ÉGALITÉ · FRATERNITÉ

MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS

General Directorate of Cultural Relations.

Printed: RÉPUBLIQUE FRANÇAISE

PARIS, 14 May 1946.

Handwritten: Budg. 1947

CYPRUS MISSION (Mediterranean)

Direction: Commandant C.F.A. Schaeffer, Director of Research at the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, assisted by an architect, a draughtsman, and a secretary-accountant.

Location and Aim of the Research: Main excavations at Enkomi near Famagusta (32°50'l.Est, 34°55' long. N). Clearing of a maritime town of the 3rd and 2nd millennia before our era and of the Bronze Age necropolises.

Start of the Research: Summer 1947.

Budget: 3.000 Cypriot Pounds or 1.440.000 Frs.

Cypr. Pounds
Transport of Mission and Equipment Syria-Cyprus-Syria150
Hire of Driver and car150
Maintenance of Mission for 60 days360
Purchase and hire of heavy equipment225
Architect's salary 3 months150
Draughtsman's salary 3 months150
Foreman and Inspector of the Antiquities Service125
2 Team leaders for 50 days of excavation100
100 workmen for 50 days of excavation1.250
Hire of the excavation site275
Compensation for destruction of crops50
Miscellaneous and unforeseen15
TOTAL: L. Chyp.3.000
Francs1.440.000

Payments: Grant to be paid to Commandant Schaeffer through the intermediary of the French Consul in Cyprus (Larnaca).

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