Document·34 CDF art. 168-4·15 September 1947

Budget 1948 "Mission de Chypre"Claude Frédéric-Armand Schaeffer

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15 September 1947

CYPRUS MISSION (Mediterranean)

Direction: Commandant C.F.A.Schaeffer, Director of Research at the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, assisted by two architects (MM. Pironin and Forrer), a secretary-accountant, an archaeologist (M. Coche de la Ferté).

Location and aim of the Research: Main excavations at Enkomi near Famagusta (32°50' lat. E, 34°55' long. N.) Clearance of a maritime town of the 3rd and 2nd millennia before our era, and of the Bronze Age necropolises)

Period of the Research: Winter 1947 and 1948.

Budget: 2.000 Cypriot Pounds at 480frs = 960.000 Frs Pounds
Cypriot
Transport Mission and equipment Syria-Cyprus-Syria ·150
Hire of driver and car150
Upkeep of mission for 50 days250
Salaries of architects, 2 months200
" of the archaeologist, 2 months100
" of the secretary-accountant, 2 months80
1 Foreman, 50 days of excavation50
50 Workmen at 10 shillings, 40 days of excavation1.000
Miscellaneous and unforeseen20
TOTAL:L.Chyp.2.000
Francs960.000

Payments: 1948 2.000 Cypriot pounds (= 960.000 Frs), to Commandant C.F.A.Schaeffer (address: Barclay's Bank, Famagusta) through the intermediary of M. the Consul of France at Malta and the Consular Agent of France at Larnaca (Isle of Cyprus).

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