A letter signed Pironin and Forrer, an envelope fragment, a Barclay receipt and four photographs of the excavation areaClaude Frédéric-Armand Schaeffer

25 OctoberRep. of Damascus 2/XI.47. recom. bien observer les niveaux et le raccord entre mycén. et post-myc. etc.

Dear Sir,

I hope this letter will reach you at Beirut; I have indeed learned this morning from Mr Dikaios that you were embarking, as planned, on the Providence. He also told me that you had made arrangements for money to be paid to us: we thank you for this this will allow the normal running of the excavations until your arrival.

I hope that you and Mrs Schaeffer have had a good journey. I hope above all that the "medical precautions" have not caused you too much inconvenience.

Here, the work continues in a satisfactory manner: health is good and we have not yet encountered any unforeseen difficulties. The rampart is being cleared little by little; a good length of it is visible and we have begun the trench perpendicular to it while continuing the small soundings to try to reconstruct the general plan of the enceinte. We are working

Margin left, written sideways: join me in sending you our respectful regards and wishing you a prompt / and easy arrival. / P. Pironin Coche de la Ferté