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Letter·34 CDF art. 174·1935

"Cyprus analyses": letters from Léon Brun with analysis results, a metal fragment from Erimi and sketchesLéon Brun and Claude Frédéric-Armand Schaeffer

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

Scan 17 of letter 34 CDF art. 174 ("Cyprus analyses": letters from Léon Brun with analysis results, a metal fragment from Erimi and sketches), typed in French. The transcription and translation follow.

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

Unnumbered pageScan 17 of 22

Figure: pencil sketch of a long bronze blade/spear-like object with a hatched red section at right, with a red arrow; a small circled mark at upper left; labels: "Socketed spearhead", "ENCOMI Tombe 419, No 27"; red handwritten annotation at upper right

Socketed spearhead ENCOMI Tomb 419, No 27

Eta 8,89 pb 1 % copper 86,50 % Sn 1,04 % iron

Handwritten: justifies data for the analysis

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

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