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1) We were unable to see, among the island's antiquity dealers, any objects cleared as coming from Salamis. Perhaps they really have none, perhapsperhaps they also fear to indicate this origin.
Handwritten: Étienne Coche de La Ferté
If an archaeological expedition were to be sent to Salamis from Cyprus, it would also be necessary to take into consideration the cost of the local wages (9 to 12 shillings per day). The extent of the work to be executed, the difficulties generating costs - which may arise concerning the spoil earth; it would therefore be advisable to expect that this undertaking would require fairly substantial funds. In case these could not be made available to the prospective excavators, it would perhaps not be superfluous to recall here that there exist in Cyprus other Hellenic centres incompletely cleared or even barely explored, such as Soli or Palaeopaphos, which might require only a more limited financial effort.
Moreover, according to the statements of well-informed inhabitants, statements which have not yet been verified, Greek tombs containing vessels, can easily be excavated at a point near Sk. c. of Salamis.
as far as one can judge at the Nicosia museum (1), the most penetrated by Hellenic or Roman influences, among the centres of classical culture of the island.
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