Letter·34 CDF art. 172·Undated

Two undated letters from Kuss to Schaeffer on the study of objects found during the excavationsR. Kuss

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

Scan 1 of letter 34 CDF art. 172 (Two undated letters from Kuss to Schaeffer on the study of objects found during the excavations), handwritten in French. The transcription and translation follow.

Scan: Collège de France, Paris, 34 CDF art. 172, CC BY-NC-ND 4.0.

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Margin top: Kuss.

Paris 3 August

Sir

Further to my previous letter addressed to Vitznaun, please find enclosed.

the drawings of the three Cypriot vases, as well as two of these vases, the third having been returned to the Louvre. the plates and films that I was to hand over to the service photo. of the CNRS, as well as the prints withdrawn from this service before its closure. in a red folder, drawings of impressions and of objects under temporary export, as well as the box containing these objects. the pencil sketches of the cylinders for checking the accuracy of the elements. the drawings and photos are grouped so that each series corresponds to one photo overall (8) and to the box of impressions.

I still have the box taken from the Foreign Affairs and containing some objects, as well as the photos that Mr Chuzeville took, and also some cylinders to finish. With your agreement, I will telephone you on my passage through Paris around 15 August, in order to hand over these last things to you and take your instructions before my departure on the 31st of this month.

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