Antiquities Law Section 14 Licence to ExcavatePorphyrios Dikaios and Claude Frédéric-Armand Schaeffer

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KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS that I, Porphyrios Dikaios, Acting Director of Antiquities, (hereinafter called "the Director") by virtue of the powers vested in me by Section 14 of the Antiquities Law, 1935, have granted to C.F.A. Schaeffer, M.A. D.Litt. h.c. Oxford, Director of the Ras Shamra Expedition, Conservateur du Musée des Antiquités Nationales, Fellow of St. John's College, Oxford, (hereinafter called "the Licensee") this licence to carry out scientific excavations with the object of discovering antiquities subject also to the following terms and conditions:-

(1) The excavations may be carried out by the Licensee on the area of land under Plots Nos.260, 261, 262, 263, 264, 265, 330, 331, 332, 333, 334, of the Land Registry Office Map Sheet No.24, Plans Nos.41E and 49E situated in the village of Enkomi in the District of Famagusta and delineated in red on the plan annexed hereto and marked "A".

(2) The excavation may be carried out for a period of two years commencing on the date hereof.

(3) This Licence is personal to the Licensee and cannot in any circumstances or on any form be transferred or assigned in whole or in part to a third party.

(4) This Licence is issued at the sole risk of the Applicant with express and absolute reserve of the rights, of any, of third parties, and without any responsibility on the part of the Governor of Cyprus or the Director.

Dated the 9th August, 1945.

(Signed) P. DIKAIOS.

Ag. Director of Antiquities.

I hereby acknowledge receipt of the Licence herein-before contained and declare that I shall duly observe its conditions and the provisions of the Antiquities Law, 1935, under which and subject to which the Licence has been granted.

(Signed) C.F.A. SCHAEFFER.

Date: September 3rd, 1945.