Letter·34 CDF art. 168-3·1944

Correspondence with Dikaios on the exclusive right to excavate at Enkomi for Schaeffer's missionPorphyrios Dikaios and Claude Frédéric-Armand Schaeffer

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

Scan 5 of letter 34 CDF art. 168-3 (Correspondence with Dikaios on the exclusive right to excavate at Enkomi for Schaeffer's mission), typed in English and 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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23rd November, 1944

Dear Sir,

I have received your letter dated July 18th, stating that no licence will be granted in respect of the site of Engomi without prior reference to the Director of the Ras Shamra Expédition.

I thank you for this information.

Yours truly,

The Director of the Antiquities Department, Nicosia, Cyprus.

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