Letter·34 CDF art. 168-4·1 May 1949

Five letters from Dikaios to Schaeffer about the excavations at EnkomiPorphyrios Dikaios

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

Scan 14 of letter 34 CDF art. 168-4 (Five letters from Dikaios to Schaeffer about the excavations at Enkomi), 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 14 of 20

Handwritten letter, pencil, seen through the paper so the text is mirrored; partly illegible

Handwritten: Nicosia

Handwritten: 1st May 1949

Dear friend,

I try below (on ...) to have [illegible] there are two points [illegible]. I must return to what you wrote to me about the [illegible] to give you more details on the question [illegible] of the [illegible].

I would like [illegible] Tranchemmer Tranchemmer (?) ...: I you [illegible] ... that [illegible] ... c. III. (?)

As for the [illegible] I think you are right ... the [illegible] of work ... [illegible] ... of the [illegible] ... the [illegible] ... the question [illegible] ... I or II ... I would be [illegible] ... Hindu ... the [illegible] ... of Bamsame ... [illegible] ... (?) ... [illegible] ... of the [illegible] ... [illegible] ... I am [illegible] ... of [illegible] ... [illegible] ... (?) ... [illegible] ... I have [illegible] ... Cyprus ... [illegible] ... [illegible] ... the [illegible] ... VIII century ... [illegible] ... [illegible] ... [illegible]

Handwritten: signature

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

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