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Letter·34 CDF art. 174·22 November 1976

Letter from Pierre Amiet with the results of analyses by the Louvre's Oriental Antiquities department on a silver statuette AO 15733Pierre Amiet

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

Scan 1 of letter 34 CDF art. 174 (Letter from Pierre Amiet with the results of analyses by the Louvre's Oriental Antiquities department on a silver statuette AO 15733), typed in French. The transcription and translation follow.

Scan: Collège de France, Paris, 34 CDF art. 174, CC BY-NC-ND 4.0.

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Printed: MINISTÈRE DES

Printed: Affaires Culturelles

Printed: Musée du Louvre

Printed: Conservation

Printed: Le 25 novembre 1976

Printed: Palais du Louvre, 75001 PARIS CEDEX 01

Printed: 231.59.40

Dear Sir,

I have only just received the analysis report on the silver statuette, AO 15733, sent to me by the Laboratory. The latter is overloaded with work, and this explains its extreme slowness: I hope you will kindly excuse it.

I much regretted not meeting you during your last visit, at the end of September. I believe Dominique Beyer gave you correct information about the object you showed him: he is a very pleasant colleague whom I would like to make a mission head,-when he has gained a few more years.

Handwritten: Please convey my respectful regards to Madame Schaeffer. Yours cordially, dear Sir, to your devoted sentiments

Handwritten: Pierre Amiet

65 figures hard to readstruck struck outadded written in above” jug ditto, and what it repeatsword reading not certain

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