Document·34 CDF art. 168-3·18 November 1946

Budget of the "Cyprus Mission"Claude Frédéric-Armand Schaeffer

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Directorate General of Cultural Relations. 18 November 1946.

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CYPRUS MISSION (Mediterranean)

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

Location and aim of the Research: Main excavations at Enkomi near Famagusta (35°50' l. E, 34°55' long. N). Clearance of a maritime town of the 3rd and 2nd millennia before our era and of the Bronze Age necropolises.

Periods of Research: Winter 1946 and 1947.

Budget: 3.000 Cypriot Pounds or 1.440.000 Frs. Pounds Cypriot

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
Archaeologist's salary 3 months150
Salary of a foreman and Inspector of the Antiquities Service125
2 Team leaders for 50 days of excavation100
100 workmen " " " " "1.250
Hire of the excavation site275
Compensation for crop destruction50
Miscellaneous and unforeseen15
TOTAL:L. Chyp.3.000
Francs1.440.000

Payments: 1946 Provisional payment: 600 Cypriot Pounds (= 288.000 frs). 1947 Payment of credit balance: 2.400 L.C. (=1.152.000 frs) Payment to Commandant C.F.A. Schaeffer (address: Barclay's Bank, Famagusta) through Mr. the Consul of France at Malta and the Consular Agent of France at Larnaca (island of Cyprus).

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