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Printed: MINISTÈRE DES AFFAIRES ÉTRANGÈRES
Printed: LIBERTÉ-ÉGALITÉ-FRATERNITÉ RÉPUBLIQUE FRANÇAISE PARIS
in tools of every kind for metalworking, the prospecting in the mines, xxxxfixx a small sceptre bearing a decoration of birds in the round standing on brackets and, [handwritten: The treasure] ornamented with pendants shaped like stylised flowers, xxxx [handwritten: also contained] [handwritten: which] xxx a series of bronze rings that could be bracelets as well as well as ingots.
In the same region we uncovered several tombs intact of the Mycenaean period as well as of the sub-Mycenaean period. Elxxx Set into the subsoil of the [handwritten: dwellings] maisons, they yielded an abundant xxxxx funerary assemblage which complements our knowledge of the pottery and of the metal objects of the 15th to 12th centuries before our era.
A first inventory makes it possible immediately to grasp the cultural and commercial orientation of the island, turned first towards Asia, notably Syria and Egypt, then at the course of the 14th century bending towards the West under the effect of Achaean influence.
Handwritten: still
We have not yet found any written document that would allow us to determine the ancient name of the town of Enkomi which we are in the process of clearing. But the frequent use of graffiti attesting the use of writing in characters Cypriot, allows us to expect the discovery of an inscription in the course of the excavations to come. In concluding this part of my report I wish to note the welcome and effective help that the Mission found from the Department of Antiquities of Cyprus, from its director Mr Megaw and from the Curator of the Museum of Nicosia, Mr Dikaios.
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