Document·34 CDF art. 168-3·5 September 1947

Cyprus Mission, winter budget 1947–1948Claude Frédéric-Armand Schaeffer

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Scan 1 of document 34 CDF art. 168-3 (Cyprus Mission, winter budget 1947–1948), typed in French. The transcription and translation follow.

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Stamp: Mission Archéol.

Handwritten: Missiou Archéol.

Directorate General of Cultural Relations.

Handwritten: 5 September 1947

15 November 1946

CYPRUS MISSION (Mediterranean)

Direction: Commandant C.F.A. Schaeffer, Director of Research at the National Centre for Scientific Research, assisted by one 2 architect, one archaeologist, one secretary-accountant. [handwritten: (MM Pironin and Forrer)] [handwritten: (Mr. Coche de la Ferté)]

Location and aim of the Research: Main excavations at Enkomi near of Famagusta (35°50'1.Vst, 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 1948.

Budget: [handwritten: 2.000] Cypriot Pounds or £960.000 Frs. Pounds Cypriot

Transport of Mission and equipment Syria-Cyprus-Syria150
Hire of driver and car150
Maintenance of mission for 50 days250
Purchase and hire of heavy equipment225
Salary of the architect 2 months200
Salary of the archaeologist 2 months100
Salary of a foreman and Inspector of the Antiquities Service150
6 Team leaders for 50 days of excavation100
50 workmen at 10 Lt. per night 40 days1.000
Hire of the excavation ground25
Compensation for destruction of crops50
Miscellaneous and unforeseen20

TOTAL: L. Chyp. 2.000 Francs 1.440.000 960.000

Payments: 1948 Provisional payment: 600 Cypriot Pounds (= 288.000 frs.)

1948 Payment: remaining credits 2.000 L.C. (1.960.000 960.000 frs) Payment to Commandant C.F.A. Schaeffer (address: Barclay's Bank, Famagusta) through the intermediary of Mr. the Consul of France at Malta and the French Consular Agent at Larnaca (island of Cyprus).

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