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Institut français d'archéologie, Beirut. 21 November 1949.
Dear Director of the Department of Antiquities of Lebanon, BEIRUT.
Dear Director,
I have the honour to ask you kindly to permit temporarily into Lebanon, for study purposes, at the Institut français d'Archéologie, the antiquities contained in three parcels deposited at the port customs of Beirut by me, on 21 November on my arrival aboard the IONIA, from Limassol (Cyprus).
These antiquities come from my excavations at Enkomi (campaign of September to November 1949). They must be studied, drawn and photographed at the Institut français d'Archéologie in Beirut. They will be returned before 27 February 1950 to the Department of Antiquities of Cyprus, with the exception of a few which need repairs and which will be sent to the Musée du Louvre, Paris.
None of these antiquities is intended to remain in Lebanon. It is therefore a transit.
In support of my request, I enclose: a) an inventory of the antiquities in question, b) a temporary export licence signed and sealed by the Director of Antiquities of Cyprus, dated 19 November 1949.
I ask you to return to me authentically this document, and to accept, Sir, the expression of my high consideration.
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