Letter from Schaeffer to the French consul, M. Lapierre, on the publication of Enkomi I and the grant awarded to the missionClaude Frédéric-Armand Schaeffer

Handwritten: Enkomi 1951

23 June 1951

Mr J.Lepierre Consular Agency of France Larnaca Cyprus

Dear Mr Consul,

I thank you for your letter of the 13th instant, and return to you herewith, signed, the receipts relating to the grant of 2.100 pounds for the research of 1951 to Enkomi. I would be grateful if you would have the sum transferred to my account at the Barclays Bank in Famagusta.

With a view to putting the final touches to volume I of Enkomi, devoted to the results of the excavations of 1946 to 1950, the work was very long and will occupy nearly 400 pages and more than 100 plates. The references had to be undertaken at the British Museum for the comparative archaeological material found. I think the volume may appear in the autumn. I am currently correcting the proofs.

Part of the grant is going to be used to help pay for the publication, which is costing more than expected. I shall confine myself this year to a short stay on the island for stratigraphic checks, and to finishing the continuation of the excavations proper, probably next year.

In any case I shall have the opportunity of seeing you again. The historical results of the latest excavations are very rich and form a new centre of archaeological research particularly interesting for studies on the still most obscure periods of Mediterranean protohistory.

I also hope that on my return I can settle the Stylianou gift which is still in the hands of the museum. I had arranged that it be shared between the Nicosia museum and the Louvre; the curator had [illegible] the time to deal with this group and [illegible] within the time agreed for the acquisition.

Please present my very respectful regards to Mrs Lapierre and believe me, dear Mr Consul, your sincerely devoted

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