Letter·34 CDF art. 169·1 July 1965

Correspondence between Schaeffer and Karageorghis on the excavations, Ducos and his study of the Salamis horsesClaude Frédéric-Armand Schaeffer and Vassos Karageorghis

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Handwritten in English and Greek. Every line is transcribed and translated, and the English sits beside the scan.

Scan 1 of letter 34 CDF art. 169 (Correspondence between Schaeffer and Karageorghis on the excavations, Ducos and his study of the Salamis horses), handwritten in English and Greek. The transcription and translation follow.

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Printed: COLLÈGE | Paris, le

Printed: DE

[printed: FRANCE] La Chaumiere, Fréland [printed: —] Ht~^Rhin, 13 VIII. 65.

Printed: CHAIRE

Printed: D'ARCHÉOLOGIE

[printed: DE L'ASIE OCCIDENTALE] Karageorh.

My dear Director and Colleague, thank you very much for your letter of July 19th. I am glad that M. Ducos has been able to study the osteological material from your important Salamis finds as well as our Enkomi crania & bones from the early iron age sanctuary. I am looking forward to see you & Mrs Karageorghis again in autumn. I cannot leave France before early october but hope to be in Cyprus towards october 7th. Pending my arrival, my assistants headed by R. Kuss will arrive in Nicosia & Enkomi already end of August. There is the new house to be arranged & the old put in order again, the plans of the last excavations have to be finished by M. Kuss and Nicolardot and drawings by Mrs Kuss & by Mlle Courtois if I can … continues

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