Document·34 CDF art. 168-3·14 May 1946

Cyprus Mission summer budget 1946–1947Claude Frédéric-Armand Schaeffer

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

Scan 1 of document 34 CDF art. 168-3 (Cyprus Mission summer budget 1946–1947), typed in French. The transcription and translation follow.

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Directorate General of Cultural Relations. November 14 May 1946. ----

(Autg. 1947)

CYPRUS MISSION (Mediterranean)

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

Location and Aim of the Research: Main excavations at Enkomi near Famagusta (32°50'l.Est, 34°55' long. N). Clearance d'une ville maritime du IIIº et IIº millénaires avant notre era and of the Bronze Age necropoleis.

Date Commencement of Research: [handwritten: 1946 & 1947] (struck text: "##6/1946 à 1947" approximately)

Budget: 3.000 Cypriot Pounds or 1.440.000 Frs.

Cypr. Pounds

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
Draughtsman's salary 3 months150
Foreman and Inspector of the Antiquities Service125
2 Team leaders for 50 days of excavation100
100 workmen per " " " " "1.250
Hire of the excavation site275
Compensation for destruction of crops50
Miscellaneous and unforeseen15
TOTAL: L. Chyp.3.000
Francs1.440.000

Payments: Subsidy to be paid to Commandant Schaeffer through the intermediary of the French Consul in Cyprus (Larnaca).

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