Letter·34 CDF art. 168-4·19 September 1949

Telegram from Schaeffer to the Cultural Relations service to extend the season after the discovery of gold objectsClaude Frédéric-Armand Schaeffer

Translation·

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

Scan 2 of letter 34 CDF art. 168-4 (Telegram from Schaeffer to the Cultural Relations service to extend the season after the discovery of gold objects), typed in French. The transcription and translation follow.

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

Unnumbered pageScan 2 of 2

MLT Baillon-Neumann Cultural Relations 78 rue Lille PARIS

Important discoveries with gold objects oblige us to extend excavations Enkomi please transfer urgently one thousand pounds sterling to be drawn credit Ressamère 1949 through consulate Malta stop. President Commission Antiquities informed stop Please confirm and indicate date arrival credit Malta letter follows greetings Schaeffer

With Reply Paid 10 words

C.F.A. Schaeffer, director [printed: MISSION ARCHEOLOGIQUE FRANÇAISE] Enkomi

Handwritten: C.F.A. Sch.

[handwritten: already left, sent 19 Sept. to Enkomi]

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

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