Letter·34 CDF art. 168-4·28 January 1950

Letter from Schaeffer to Forrer on the work to be carried outClaude Frédéric-Armand Schaeffer

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

Scan 1 of letter 34 CDF art. 168-4 (Letter from Schaeffer to Forrer on the work to be carried out), handwritten in French. The transcription and translation follow.

Scan: Collège de France, Paris, 34 CDF art. 168-4, CC BY-NC-ND 4.0.

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28.1.50

Dear Forrer, I have indeed got back here after a very bad crossing and two days of delay. Everyone is well at the Castel Blanc and they send you their best regards. I hope that you are well and that you have been able to organise your work. (Here since I got back it has not thawed, -5°C this morning and you can congratulate yourself on living in a milder climate). I need, as soon as possible, the following drawings: 1) the Egyptian statuette inlaid with gold. You can execute the shadows as we discussed for the drawings of the fine hydria from tomb 2, that is to say for a screen print, not in line. 2) drawings of the objects in place by level in tomb 5. 3) the plan and sections of this tomb 5 4) the drawing of the types of vases objects from this tomb 5 to be executed in Nicosia. 5) plans and sections, records of the objects in place in tomb 2. 6) vessels from this tomb, also to be made in Nicosia

3A seals (drawing) in Enkomi stone, the one with the fine lion and the others of the same

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

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