Letter·34 CDF art. 168-3·15 August 1952

Letter from Schaeffer to Dikaios on Enkomi I, disagreements with Dikaios and the excavation scheduleClaude Frédéric-Armand Schaeffer

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

Scan 11 of letter 34 CDF art. 168-3 (Letter from Schaeffer to Dikaios on Enkomi I, disagreements with Dikaios and the excavation schedule), handwritten 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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verbally on the spot when you & he came to visit my excav. in 1951 and also in my reports & especially in my letter of January 17 this year. I would like to make you this proposal to help to clear up the problem concerning the date of construction of the two ashlar buildings excavated by your departement under Dik. and by me in 1949-50, for this is the crux of the whole matter: I invite you & Dikaios dur. my season this year to come watching the opening of some of the spared original floors of my building 18 and or new ones I hope to find, in order to see what pottery & other datable remains they contain. In exchange I am anxious to be present at the opening of some of the intact floors I of your building what could be done in a day or two at the occasion of my presence at Enkomi this fall. If your funds for excavations in 1952 should be exhausted, I would be glad to put at your & Dik.' disposal my workmen for these soundings. I very much

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