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Letter·34 CDF art. 168-3·23 March 1953

Correspondence between Schaeffer and Megaw on the 1953 season, the silver bowl and the tablet found by DikaiosArthur Hubert Stanley Megaw and Claude Frédéric-Armand Schaeffer

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

Scan 2 of letter 34 CDF art. 168-3 (Correspondence between Schaeffer and Megaw on the 1953 season, the silver bowl and the tablet found by Dikaios), typed in English. The transcription follows.

Scan: Collège de France, Paris, 34 CDF art. 168-3, CC BY-NC-ND 4.0.

Unnumbered pageScan 2 of 4

Handwritten: Lyon 19.3.53 (à bord)

Stamp: 15.3.53

Handwritten: 15/3/53

Dear M. Schaeffer,

Glad to get a telegram this morning about the arrival of the silver bowl and the tablet found by Dikaios. The telegram was very welcome, and I hope to hear more from you soon about the find, which seems to be of great importance. [illegible]

I am writing this to you in the hope that you will be able to give me some idea of the contents of the tablet and of the date of the bowl. I have seen the photographs and it seems to me that the inscription is of considerable interest. [illegible]

I am sending a copy of my notes on the bowl under separate cover, and I hope that you will find them useful for the publication. [illegible]

Yours very sincerely,

Handwritten: signature

A. H. S. Megaw

65 figures hard to readstruck struck outadded written in above” jug ditto, and what it repeatsword reading not certain

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