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Karageorghis [stamp: 55]
12 November 1969Enkomi-Alasia Expedition B. P. 8, Famagusta.
Dear Director, I agree with you that the bronzes in very poor condition, found in 1967 in the well of an armourer of the 12th century av. n. è. were entrusted to the laboratory of the Central Museum of Mainz, renowned for its methods of rescuing fragile antiquities. The work lasted more than a year with a team of six specialists. The result was spectacular: we owe to their efforts the discovery even of a unique cult chariot whose presence we did not suspect among the shapeless fragments and heavily oxidised at the bottom of the well. According to the Director of the laboratory, Prof. Dr. Hundt, the cost of the operations amounted to 30.000 deutsche Mark. It is true that the laboratory intended to lend us its assistance free of charge, given the interest of these bronzes and in particular of the 4 bronze swords of the type of the Bronze Age European contained in the find. But the duration and difficulty of the conservation operations and casting could not have been foreseen at the start of the work. Prof. Hundt confided in me about this problem and I reported to you. Finally
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