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Handwritten top left in red: Refce. 6l.63 / & Min. (22)
Handwritten top right in black, underlined: Permit
Handwritten top right in blue: 67
I the undersigned Papa Michael A. Kakkourds of the village of Ayios Seryios in the District of Famagusta, hereby give my irrevocable permission and consent to Dr. C.F.A.Schaeffer of the French Archaeological Mission to Cyprus to carry out excavations for the purpose of discovering antiquities on my land situated in the village of Enkomi in the District of Famagusta, shown on the Lands and Surveys plan No.XXIV/49 under plot No.329;
Provided that in respect of any damage which may result from the excavations, Dr.C.F.A.Schaeffer shall pay me such amount by way of compensation as may be mutually agreed, or, in default of agreement such amount as may be fixed by the Commissioner of Famagusta whose decision I shall accept as binding and conclusive.
GIVEN this 30th Day of August, 1954.
Signed by the said
Papa Michael A. Kakkourds [handwritten: Παπα Μιχαήλ Α. Κακκουρά]
In the presence of
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Note: the typed name reads "Kakkourds" with the letters "kk" overwritten in blue ink as "KK" above the line; the transcription above preserves the typed form.
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