Letter·34 CDF art. 168-3·18 July 1944

Letter from Dikaios to Schaeffer on exclusive excavation rights at EnkomiPorphyrios Dikaios

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Typed in English. Every line is transcribed, and the text sits beside the scan.

Scan 1 of letter 34 CDF art. 168-3 (Letter from Dikaios to Schaeffer on exclusive excavation rights at Enkomi), typed in English. The transcription follows.

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

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Stamp: crest with "HONI SOIT QUI MAL Y PENSE"

THE OFFICE OF THE

DIRECTOR OF ANTIQUITIES,

CORRESPONDENT'S NUMBER

Telephones: ------------ D/Ants. 397. Office. 61.

CYPRUS, Nicosia, 18th July, 1944.

SUBJECT:

Dear Doctor Schaeffer,

With reference to your letter dated 15th June, 1944, requesting that the site of Engomi may be reserved for the Ras Shamra Mission I have the honour to inform you that your request has been noted and that no licence will be granted in respect of the site in question without prior reference to you.

Yours truly,

Handwritten: signature

Ag.Director of Antiquities.

Dr.C.Schaeffer, St.Johns College, Oxford, England.

ANH.

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