Letter·34 CDF art. 168-3·15 November 1946

Letter from Schaeffer to the director-general of the Commission des Fouilles on balancing the Enkomi mission's budget, with an expenditure statementClaude Frédéric-Armand Schaeffer

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Typed 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 the director-general of the Commission des Fouilles on balancing the Enkomi mission's budget, with an expenditure statement), typed 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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STATEMENT OF EXPENDITURE OF THE ENKOMI MISSION Excavation campaign September and October 1946. (L. = Cypriot or English pounds)

L.

Travel expenses Turkey - Cyprus - Syria-
charged to the budget of the Ras Shamra Mission
Maintenance of the Mission for 47 days (est. 360)318
Transport and hire of car and lorry (est. 180)147
Purchase and hire of excavation equipment (est. 225)62
Salary of the architect and the draughtsman-
charged to the Ras Shamra budget (est. 200)
100 workmen (average) for 40 days of excavation1.860
(est. 1.350)
Area foreman for 50 days of work at 2 L.100
(est. 100)
Hire of land and indemnities (est. 325)263
Pounds2.750
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Budget of the Mission. Credit 1946 Pounds 2.750. ==============

Certified true and correct this statement amounting to Two thousand seven hundred and fifty Cypriot Pounds.

Handwritten: signature in blue ink: "Vu: P. Dussaud" (illegible surname partly)

Handwritten: C.F.A. Schaeffer

Stamp: Commandant Claude F.A. SCHAEFFER / Directeur de Recherches / Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

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