Document·34 CDF art. 168-3·16 November 1946

Cyprus Mission, winter 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 2 of document 34 CDF art. 168-3 (Cyprus Mission, winter budget 1946–1947), typed in 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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Printed: Directorate-General of Cultural Relations.

Stamp or handwritten date at top right: 15 November 1946.

Handwritten: signature or initials above title

MISSION TO CYPRUS (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 purpose of the research: Main excavations at Laxoui near Famagusta (35°50' lat. N, 34°35' long. E). Clearing of a maritime town of the 3rd and 2nd millennium BC and of Bronze Age necropoleis.

Period of research: Winter 1946 and 1947.

Budget: 3.000 Cypriot pounds against 1.440.000 Frs.

Cypriot pounds

Transport of Mission and equipment Syria-Cyprus-Syria180
Premises Driver and car180
Board of Mission for 60 days360
Purchase and hire of heavy equipment228
Architect's salary 3 months180
Archaeologist's salary 3 months180
Salary of a area foreman and inspector of the Antiquities Service186
2 gang leaders for 90 days of excavation100
100 workmen " " " "1.260
Rental of the excavation site276
Compensation for destruction of crops90
miscellaneous and unforeseen18

TOTAL: L. Chyp. 3.000

Frs 1.440.000

Payments: 1946 provisional payment: 600 Cypriot pounds (= 28.800 frs). 1947 payment of credit balance: £ 600 L.C. (=1.195.000 frs) Payment to Commandant C.F.A. Schaeffer (address: Service's bank, Larnaka) through the intermediary of M. le Conseil de France at Haifa and the French Consular Agent at Larnaka (Ile de Chypre).

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