Letter·34 CDF art. 175·19 November 1949

Letter from Schaeffer to Megaw, "Undertaking"Claude Frédéric-Armand Schaeffer

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Scan 3 of letter 34 CDF art. 175 (Letter from Schaeffer to Megaw, "Undertaking"), typed in English. The transcription follows.

Scan: Collège de France, Paris, 34 CDF art. 175, CC BY-NC-ND 4.0.

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[handwritten at top right, underlined:] DUPLICATE.

Handwritten: underlined heading

UNDERTAKING.

Director of Antiquities, Nicosia.

With reference to the five packages of various fragments of ancient pottery, including two small bronze statues and various small finds - all from the Enkomi excavations, particulars of which are given in the enclosed list prepared by Mrs. Elli Klokkaris, the Record Keeper, and which are being exported to the Louvre (France) by Dr. C.E.Schaffer for purposes of study under Licence to export antiquities No.1135 inxfixvxxpxxxx, I hereby undertake for and on behalf of the said Dr. C.E.Schaffer to make adequate provision for their preservation and return to Cyprus, i.e.

(a) The two small bronze statues and the other stone and ivory small finds within one year from to-day;

(b) The various fragments of ancient pottery within three years from to-day.

(W. W. Förrer) Architect of the French Archaeological Mission to Enkomi (Famagusta).

Nicosia, 14th October, 1950.

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