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Damascus. The others are still in development and I will bring them. These are the tablets 24.244 (gr. hymn to špš, 4 ph.); 24.245 (2 ph.); 24.252 (2 ph.); 24.258 (2 ph.); 24.253 (2 ph.); 24.260 (3 ph.); 24.261 24.28 (2 ph.), 24.277 (liver, 4 ph.), 24.327 - 323 - 326 - 303 (2 ph.). -
As regards the continuation of the information on the new texts, I ask you to defer your communications to the Academy or elsewhere until I am back. My wife and I would like to have the pleasure of attending the session and of listening to you. We shall be back if all goes normally, by the end of the year. -
I received here on the 9th inst. the copy of the Communiqué intended for the Press of the Institute and of Paris, therefore too late to send it to Damascus. It is moreover unusable for them, since it contains no of the indications on the content of the texts that I communicated to you by letter of 26 Oct. and that you confirmed after examining the transcribed passages. The Communiqué distributed by the Institute thus appears somewhat emasculated compared with that of Damascus and this is regrettable. Fortunately, the commentary that you no doubt added during the session
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